Anyone doing Nathans? (Page 4)

Ditto on the wish I was racing.  I think I will be there with my camera to try and catch some of you speedy people for fun for part of the morning anyway. 

See you tomorrow.

Stephen

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Runspingirl - I will be with you in the orange cap hoping those OLY pros don't catch me!! 

I'm #487!  Good luck everyone!

So that was a generally crappy race for me.  Anyone have any idea on the distance of the oly swim?  I've heard most people feel it was long.  Based on my time, I have to believe its long!

Yeah, I understand the difference in time w/pool vs OW and wetsuit vs no wetsuit, but 1500m in 40 mins was something like 2:26/100 yds.....and I can barely do that in the pool on an easy day (I must be dragging my stroke out A LOT to see that kind of pace).  I know I got a bit off course on the way out and had to angle back to the turn, but certainly not near enough to come up with the pace I had.  My goal was 30 min (stretch goal!) and I was expecting about 35ish.

Was anyone involved in the crash(es)? I was on the corner of Priest and RioSalado and the accidents were the worst I have seen. Bike on Bike head on.

Kim an Bry.  I know I miss alot of you... sorry about that. 

I spent about 4 hours in Tempe today taking pictures.

You can use the code NATHAN09 for 10% off the super low prices for this race.  (If I sell a 4x6 of every picture I post, I will barely cover my gas money) 

I am testing a new provider for my photos and would love any feedback from anyone that goes to the gallery for a visit or places an order.

Hope to see you guys out there sometime soon.

I was at Nathans from start to finish. I took a nap when I got home like I had raced lol. I took a few hundred pics. It will take a min for me to get them up. If you let me know your numbers I will try and see if I see your numbers in the pics. Everyone looked great out there today. The weather was great and the splits looked fast. Great Job to everyone who raced.

Great job everybody, great race!

I set a PR in the OLY by more then 20 minutes. It's amazing what being adequately trained will do!

Glad to hear that the consensus is that the swim course was long.  I had my best OWS ever (by far) and still came out in 38:38.  I know I added a lot of extra distance due to going off course (I think I actually ended up in North Phoenix on the back at one point), but I felt a lot faster that 2:25/100.

Congrats everyone!!   

I was glad to get my first open water swim tri out of the way