Learning triathlon - you have not started until you've worked transition

[triman]

Cross posted from trigeeks and hidden behind an ljcut re reduce duplication.

Comments

[filleardente]

Sounds like a great time! By-the-by, seeing the iPods in races really bugs me, it is so clear in all the rules & announcements etc. Women should never run with them on the trails anyway, it's common sense safety-wise. No matter how good a runner, a woman is vulnerable running alone on a trail. I'm really not an alarmist nor a scaredy cat, bad things happen every year. Why are people so paranoid about open water swimming, yet will run in the dusk with an iPod along a remote trail with a history of unfortunate events? Okay, climbing down off my soapbox now. . .

Do I detect a perverse sense of pleasure derived from your hand in the time penalties? *winks*

[mizmizuno]

Hmm... were you volunteering for the referee or for the race? :P

I've worked in transition a lot, too

[anetmarie]

I can't believe a bike got into transition without having both ends plugged - they checked mine when I brought it in Sunday. the handout did state transition was to close at 6:30 -- another reason I didn't feel up to racing -- I didn't feel like waiting around for nearly and hour and a half before my wave started. I usually put my race belt on while running out of transition but if I'm asked I hold it up to show the volunteer that I do indeed have it.

There was nudity in transition? why was I up on the bridge??

Re: I've worked in transition a lot, too

[triman]

Yep, right there in transition two women stripped their swim costumes, one just took bottoms off, the other took a 1-piece off, both tried to hide behind a towel, neither succeeded. The were in the "bottom" 1/8 of the competitors ;-)

Re: I've worked in transition a lot, too

[leahruns]

I really enjoyed reading all this. I will be sure to volunteer to work transition, which sounds a lot more fun and educational than the year I worked the bike turn corner and directed traffic.

BTW, my second Danskin, I came into transition and looked around for my number, which was on a race belt laid out with my running shoes. Not there...I left without it, totally freaked and puzzled. When I was collecting my stuff to go home, there was my number and belt. Turns out the woman next to me had taken it by accident and worn it for her run! I enjoyed her race pictures immensely.

Re: I've worked in transition a lot, too

[triman]

its personal preferance, but I alwYs put my number on inT1. in the uk yhey don't have bike numbers so you have to wear it on the back most races then you just twist it around for the run!