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Nantucket Triathalon
Saturday was the first running of The Nantucket Triathlon. It took two years of planning, but we got 500 participants for an officially sanctioned sprint race. At this length, there is a .5 mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride, and a 3 mile run.
Saturday was the first running of The Nantucket Triathlon. It took two years of planning, but we got 500 participants for an officially sanctioned sprint race. At this length, there is a .5 mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride, and a 3 mile run.
The fastest time were just over an hour, and 154 people finished under an hour and a half. 355 results were recorded. I don't know if that means that the rest didn't finish or just didn't finish in time to have their results recorded. Perhaps some of both?
A friend recruited me to help prevent accidents at a particularly dangerous corner for the cyclists. Following a fine old Nantucket tradition, racers and automobiles shared the road. No force on earth could make the town stop traffic on a summer weekend. The bike ride started and ended in town. On the return, the road comes to an intersection at the bottom of a small hill. There was a policeman directing traffic and a stop sign. My job was to alert the cyclists to the upcoming hazard. This was at the end of their rides and many were in the zone. So I woke a few up. The traffic hazard was pretty frustrating for some of the riders -- seconds up in smoke! Next year I have some ideas of how to handle this a little better, assuming there basic situation (race, traffic) stays the same.
Saturday was the first running of The Nantucket Triathlon. It took two years of planning, but we got 500 participants for an officially sanctioned sprint race. At this length, there is a .5 mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride, and a 3 mile run.
The fastest time were just over an hour, and 154 people finished under an hour and a half. 355 results were recorded. I don't know if that means that the rest didn't finish or just didn't finish in time to have their results recorded. Perhaps some of both?
A friend recruited me to help prevent accidents at a particularly dangerous corner for the cyclists. Following a fine old Nantucket tradition, racers and automobiles shared the road. No force on earth could make the town stop traffic on a summer weekend. The bike ride started and ended in town. On the return, the road comes to an intersection at the bottom of a small hill. There was a policeman directing traffic and a stop sign. My job was to alert the cyclists to the upcoming hazard. This was at the end of their rides and many were in the zone. So I woke a few up. The traffic hazard was pretty frustrating for some of the riders -- seconds up in smoke! Next year I have some ideas of how to handle this a little better, assuming there basic situation (race, traffic) stays the same.
If not now, when?
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I have never heard of cars on a race course, but this would have handicapped the faster cyclists as they were stopped in the automobile traffic.
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