Did LG Oly for the first time this year. Heard lots of bad reports on race organization. Overall I’d say that “Low Budget” Frank deserves his rap. I watched him talking to several people throughout registration and he’s something of a tool IMO. He is not a tri guy and his heart doesn’t seem to be in the sport. His races don’t benefit anything and I suspect he cuts corners to turn a profit for himself. I avoided the long registration lines by showing up at 9:30 p.m. so that went smoothly. Race day: Beautiful day, no major problems, though the course markings could still use more improvement and getting into and out of transition gets a little bottlenecked. My one major criticism. I know some people rejoice at the short swim distance. Call me a purist or whatever, but i felt ripped off. It isn’t fair to compare this time to my (or others’) Oly times. I had a PR in this race by 15 minutes (2:32) b/c that swim was way too short, in spite of those brutal hills. I came out of the water in 15:30. Anyone who wants to figure their “true” time should about double it according to my best guess b/c i’m usually a 29:00 minute guy in the Oly. With GPS, Frank should be able to measure the swim within 2 yards. He obviously FUBARed the distance and didn’t even try to be accurate. Anyway, beautiful day, excellent course with a run every bit as challenging as they say. Bike was rolling hills and scenic. Overall, i had a fun day but the race director is, to be charitable, unimpressive. I’m thinking of e-mailing him and asking how he screwed up so badly and seeing if he’ll give a credit towards next year’s race. Or maybe i can use this swim time to make it into the “elite” division in the Chi tri next year. . .
Goolsbee, who won the pool on predicting your 1/2 IM time???
“For some sports you need a ball. For triathlon you need two.”