Kinetic Half : Official Thread (Page 4)

Skippy74 - 2010-05-05 8:25 PM BIG NEWS!!!!

Not sure if everyone has seen it yet but they changed the swim from the two loop course of the past to a ONE LOOP swim!!!  So no run in the middle of the swim...


And I go off at 7:08 (M35-39 and 45-49)---third wave!!!

Skippy74 - 2010-05-05 8:21 PM Ummmm I'm seeing some wind....let's hope that passes...

jeffdav - 2010-05-06 7:54 AM

It cracks me up that there are so many fellow 'mid-life-crisis' dudes in this race that the M40-44 age group needs its own wave

jeffdav - 2010-05-06 9:17 AM

As a 41-year-old geezer, I'm ripping on myself too

sk2a2005 - 2010-05-06 9:09 AM

Well this OLD LAdy is in wave 5 At least I have 2 other waves behind me so I shouldn't be last in the water Praying for good weather Sat.  Looks like we may have to battle some rain.??

DanielG - 2010-05-06 12:41 PM I still get a kick out of the fact that the 40-44 male is the second fastest age group out there. I would have thunk it would be the kids but apparently not.

Skippy74 - 2010-04-20 10:18 PM Stu---I have an Xterra and they make a good wetsuit (especially for the price!!) BUT I definitely recommend even a quick swim before the race (even if in the pool) just to see how it fits---or wear it might rub...

Well I'll be driving down the morning of the race so I'll be there early (have to do packet pick-up also...) so we could just pick a time and meet on the corner of the beach near the water---right where you come out of the water at the end of the swim/near where you enter transition from the swim... 

And the 12:30 finish for everyone was just some positive thoughts (I guess I should have said 11:30 so that everyone understood that I meant we would all be in the mix for an overall win)!!!!  I just hope everyone enjoys the day and is happy with their results...

Skippy74 - 2010-05-07 8:26 AM Sounds good---if transition is set up the same way as last year then the where you enter from the swim/exit for the run is right at the sidewalk (if you look at the run course) leading to the water....meet there after the morning briefing---should give everyone time to walk across the beach before their wave starts...

Let's hope the thunderstorms don't happen

vibratingp00 - 2010-05-07 3:06 PM Does anyone know about the water hand offs on the bike?  I was reading through the race information and I wasnt sure how that worked.  Is it really a hand off, like in the run?  Or do you actually stop?  And do you bring your own additional water bottles?

I probably should have read through the race info earlier than this.  Thanks for any help.

Skippy74 - 2010-05-07 3:19 PM

Last year they used Hammer bike bottles (so fit in regular cages...)--they had people along the road to hand off water or Heed (if I remember it was 3 folks with Heed followed by 3 with water)...just point to the person that you are going to grab the bottle from---some will kinda run along with you some just stand there---so slow down to a speed that YOU are comfortable with (keep in mind they get scared too if you going pretty fast...) OR you can just stop and get what you want/need (just make sure nobody is right behind you and kinda pull off the road (they were in spots with a good shoulder).  There is a drop zone at the stops too---just toss your old bottle (so if you start with one of your own make sure it's not your favorite because you won't get it back!!) and grab a new one---in the past I've even just started with a regular store (7-11) sports top bottle of Deer Park in my cage and when I tossed it I obviously didn't care... 

Jacklcm - 2010-05-07 4:18 PM Good luck to all.  Looks like good water temps and not too hot.  Rain rain go away.  I'll be in novice bringing up the rear wave.