One of the gals at the swim squad this morning did the sprint and said it was fun and that’s about it.
If you planned to “race” bay to breakers you were only kidding yourself.<<
No one “races” B2B. Everyone I know who did it, did it for the party.
To say it competed with UVAS is to say you care more about USAT rankings or shorter course races than you do about the 1/2 IM distance.<<
Actually, no. I really like the UVAS race. It’s a fun race, they do a good job (with real food at the end).
Most people can’t/won’t do three 1/2 IM races within 4 weeks, so with the three choices in May in NorCal, I’d personally put an ES race at the bottom of the list.
IMO, what he should have done is to do a sprint and an Oly distance race. I get asked all the time about Oly race options, mostly from new folks who have done a sprint or two and want to try something longer.
clm