Kansas 5150 (Page 5)

Originally posted by kuatb

Bummer, one of the VERY few questions they answered on the facebook page was that you don't have assigned transition spots.  It's first come, first serve.  Seems silly to have such a free for all, but whatever. 

Originally posted by Barkeep

Picked up my packet and got a free copy of Chrissie's book, which I hadn't bought yet. Cool deal if there was acopy available and you wanted to read the book.

I know there is a lot of random complaints on here, but just remember, come Sunday morning you know you're going to swim 1.5k, bike 40k, and run 10k (or less if you are doing the sprint). Aside from needing to know the course, the start time, and the transition open time, what else is there to worry about? Now you just have to show up and race. Just keep it simple. I never understand this constant need for communication on stuff that ultimately doesn't matter at the end of the day. Transition closes at 7:15. It makes no difference if my wave goes off at 7:30 or 8:00, I plan on being ready. Bracelet or no bracelet, I'm sure the organizers will make sure that I as an athlete with a bib number and a timing chip will be allowed to race. Sheesh.

Originally posted by Jayhox

Thrilled with the bike and happy with the run, although I still need to push the pace a bit more than I did. The second time up the hill on the run wasn't a fun one.

Originally posted by Jayhox

Well, I qualified for Des Moines and will get the entry fee waived by being 4th in my age group. Sort of bitter-sweet. A few strong competitors in my age group did not compete when it looked like it might get cancelled and the swim was a certain no-go. Completely understand their decision. Also, I was only a couple of minutes outside of 1st place and I think I had a good shot at making that up if we had a swim. Oh well, we still had a fun bike-run session. Had they waited just 15 more minutes, I think the swim would have been on and we could have had a full tri. But I understand their time constraints and there was no way they could have known the weather would dissipate as fast as it did.

My Garmin had me at 23.6mph average on the bike and about 7:03/mile on the run. Both the bike and run courses were a tad long, so the official results differ from my Garmin. Thrilled with the bike and happy with the run, although I still need to push the pace a bit more than I did. The second time up the hill on the run wasn't a fun one.

Originally posted by JayhoxHad they waited just 15 more minutes, I think the swim would have been on and we could have had a full tri. But I understand their time constraints and there was no way they could have known the weather would dissipate as fast as it did.

My Garmin had me at 23.6mph average on the bike and about 7:03/mile on the run. Both the bike and run courses were a tad long, so the official results differ from my Garmin. Thrilled with the bike and happy with the run, although I still need to push the pace a bit more than I did. The second time up the hill on the run wasn't a fun one.

Originally posted by dprocket

It's not neon. But otherwise looks nice.

how did you mount the bottle between the aero bars...did you use a mount or just a cage+zip ties?

And is the wheelcover one of those aero jackets or something else?

Originally posted by Jayhox

The wheel cover is the Wheelbuilder Aerojacket.