I had to leave town on Monday right after the race so I did not make it to the awards banquet. Does anyone know how I can get hold of my finisher’s photo? I’ve already called the IMC office and my finisher’s photo does not appear on the “ASI photo” site.
Thanks!
funny, one of my finisher’s photo is on the ASI site, but the other one (which i saw a hardcopy of onsite the day after at the ASI tent) isn’t on there. I emailed ASI, but haven’t heard back yet…
Did you check the “lost and found” section on ASI. It’s for photos that they couldn’t see the race number. The majority are swim exit pics, but it may be worth a look.
That’s okay. You can have mine.
heh.
PoC
Same for my wife but she has no photo at all. We did find her arm however…thinking of using this shot! See the arm circled in red. Honest, that was her.
http://i32.tinypic.com/2rgdy1g.jpg
GrahamK said: We did find her arm however…thinking of using this shot! See the arm circled in red. Honest, that was her.
I’m afraid you are mistaken. Detailed forensic photo analysis of an enlarged portion of that photo …
clearly shows that what you thought was your wife’s arm is instead a rare photograph of the Lake Okanagan monster known as Okopogo. Here’s a better photo of said beast:
Rumor has it that Ogopogo overslept because his normal alarm clock sound for this particular day, the cannon called “Maranatha”, was not used to start the race this year. (Why was that? Anyone know?) When he finally awoke some 12 hours and 25 minutes later than anticipated, he was both pissed and hungry. He went looking for something to eat (being similar to a whale he feeds on krill) but all he could find on the lake bottom were hundreds of the el-cheapo plastic timing chip ankle bands that IMC officials decided to use instead of the standard neoprene and velco bands given out at virtually every other triathlon. (Yes, that was a rant. Athletes paid upwards of $550 for this event. Then, as the last step of packet pickup, we were asked to “contribute” $5.00 for an ankle band. Talk about petty nickel-and-dime tactics!)
Anyway, that finish line shot serendipitously caught the outstretched neck and head of Ogopogo just as he was about to vent his anger upon an unsuspecting runner near the west end of Lakeshore Drive.
Just thought you’d like to know.
Dan
When a newbie asks for my advice about triathlon, I always start by telling them that the most imortant thing to focus on is the finishing picture and to practice these few important steps:
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Look ahead of you and behind you as you approach the finish line, make sure that you have a sufficient gap between you and those ahead and those behind. Sprint ahead, or maintain pace or come to a full stop (whichever is required) to maintain or secure that gap.
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When crossing the finish line, pose appropriately - hands in air, joyful expression is good, look of severe pain is also good, beginning to collapse is best, but checking your time on your watch not so good.
If you don’t follow these simple rules, all that swim, bike and run stuff is wasted, utterly wasted! and there was a lot of it!
Please bring step #1 to your wife’s attention and remind her of it as required in the future. She will thank you when she sees her picture.
Classic!
Excellent advice!