Sept. 11 Triathlon in KC -- Great Cause!!! Info inside (Page 2)

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Awesome!  That will be about right for the "transition area" . . . if you want to call it that.  I think the bike racks may end up being the various trees and park benches.  :-) 

Actually not a bad thing.  Kind of adds to the uniqueness of the event.

I will be doing the long course and (likely) wearing a royal blue and white 2XU tri suit and riding a white and black Quintana Roo Seduza bike.

I've been thinking about making my own rack for a while now.  Guess this would be a good time to finally tackle that little project...

Actually, if you did that, they would not mind one bit.  Make one for me while you are at it.  Deal?  :-)

Tell you what, if I get around to it and it comes out okay, I'll post back here with the materials costs and maybe if I could make a few bucks I'll make some more. So no promises, but I'm easily bribed...sometimes

Who wants to use a rack tomorrow?  First come first served, except for me, my spot is reserved!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=210050&posts=10#M3680739

Holy Moly! 143 racers was the final count I believe. It was great meeting everyone today and congrats to Patrick on the win. 

Yes, 143 was the final count.  They were expecting 50-60 when they first thought of opening it up.  I loved the relaxed atmosphere.  My transition spot was a tree, AWESOME!  Nice and Hilly thank goodness it was a sprint.

Many, many thanks to Patrick (Jayhox) for reminding me how slow I am and how much work I've got to do this winter   Super fast job out there Patrick!

Nice work on the bike racks Eric but I really like my tree!

Thanks, guys.  Beautiful weather.  Sorry . . . PERFECT weather!  Great course.  Fun people.  Great Race Director and volunteer crew.  Relaxed atmosphere, but tons of energy and enthusiasm by the spectators.  What a great event.  That is on my yearly calendar from here on out.

Reece -- let us know how the highway-bike-rack-gremlin insurance replacement works out.

Jon - Sorry about your equipment issue.  But you now have a cool and unique story for how you gutted through a finish in spite of it all.

Impromptu-made bike racks from forum members, swimming under the dock to get to T1, tree racks . . . the race had it all.  :-)

Again, great to meet some of you!  See you next year when the race schedule picks up again.  (or before then for some group rides.)

Bike situation looks grim.  KDOT/MDOT have nothing.  I've checked Ebay, Craiglist for possible sellers of "my" bike.  Checked some bike shops, no dice yet.  Auto, nor renters insurance covers anything.  Was in Trek store today, they had a 1.5 for just under $1,000 after 15% discount, size 62.  Hardware is Tiagra but heck, I had Sora .... I'll be going with a road bike with aerobars, just looking for sales.  Used bikes in the 60-62 frame size are rare.  Thankfully my friend Frank is loaning me his roadie, it's a 58 but with the seat raised it's O.K.

I'm glad everyone had a great time. I wish I could have done it with you all. I would have suffered. My legs feel fine today, but my arms are killing me.

The Olathe Medical Center Triathlon was wonderful. And I didn't freeze! Like today, yesterday morning was a perfect morning for a race.