Subject: Atlantic City Triathlon This weekend!.
Is anyone else a little pissed that they cut the run course to 5 miles? Did you even notice? It's listed as a little blurb in the athlete guide. No real announcement about it.
There reasoning is "their goal is to lessen the impact on traffic as much as possible". I call BS. If that was the case, you'd alter it, not shorten it. It's the same course, just turning around sooner. I think they took crap about Challenge and the city told them to get in and get out.
Wouldn't the thinking be that the race is a fast as it's slowest competitor. So if the slowest person would be walking the 10K, say 15 minute miles. You cut a 1.2 from the course, aren't you really just saving yourself 1/2 hour max?
I'm really bummed about it. Last year it was my first Olympic and I was hoping to gauge any improvement on the same course and apparently two weeks out, they decide this.........
Anyway, see you Sunday!
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