I walked over from the hotel to the race site (about a half mile away) to check out the transition area and the swim-to-bike path. I wanted to see it with people using it so that I know what to expect tomorrow. Everything looks good! The swim-to-bike path isn't as long as I though (maybe a tenth of a mile) and the wetsuit strippers were cracking me up.
I walked back to the hotel with the race still going on, and ate some breakfast. I was sitting in my hotel room when the storm finally hit -- heavy rain and ferocious wind. I can see the bike course from my window, and I felt so, so bad for the people I could still see battling through the rain. It made me cringe to see their shadows through the sheets of water. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. That sucks so much. I hope they make it in. It's always the slower people (like me) that suffer the most. :(
Thankfully, the weather is looking great for tomorrow.
Oh, I wish I had known you were there, would have been great to meet you.
I was volunteering and standing right on the other side of the wet suit strippers as a back up helper in case they got swamped but didnt happed, they did a good job!
And your right, storm hit and those poor racers on the bikes, yikes. I was back in my suv by then waiting to get out, which by the way sucked b/c they wouldnt let anyone leave until last cyclist was in. I knew I should have parked in the garage and walked, even tho it was quite a distance.
Have a great race tomorrow, I'll be in that seminar, yuk.
rockon`