Coastal Carolina sprint

I have never even heard about the race. I Googled and saw it is the 22nd annual running of the race. I live in the upstate so maybe some of the coastal people might know more about it.

Stung by a jelly fish in a 300 meter pool swim would really suck

Thanks for the replies, sounds like it's a pretty small event, they have a mountain bike category! I wonder if I'll be the only doofus in an aero helmet.

It's a small race. Fun. Mostly locals and college students. A couple of years ago, it was the "test" for one of the classes at Coastal. The bike course is 2 laps with lots of turns. The run is out and back. Usually around 50-60 participants. You will not be the only one in an aero helmet.

It was a fun race, I think maybe 75-80 people total.

For the pool swim they had people "estimate" their 300yd time and started the fastest "estimates" first. That put me as the 16th starter, and some people really overestimated their swimming ability because I caught the guy ahead of me on the second pool length and passed 4 or 5 people overall.

Transition area was set up as you would expect at any tri, no problems.

Bike course was flat with lots of turns, as people have said. I was one of the first bikes on course, and they didn't have anyone directing people at the first U-turn, so I missed it. Probably lost 45 seconds to a minute before I figured out what happened. When I came around for the second lap they had someone holding a big U-turn sign, that would have been welcome earlier!

The run was fast and flat and the weather was perfect.

Overall I thought the race was run nicely and everyone was friendly and helpful. Perfect early season workout, I'll do it again if I'm down there in the future.

Thanks for the follow-up. I think an important take away message in these smaller races is to really know the course. They rely on volunteers who sometimes get confused or don't show up in time. Glad to hear you had a good time