I've been racing triathlon for about six years and have been pretty active with my club's triathlon for about four years. The Navy Tridents' Triathlon & Duathlon is very near and dear to my heart. We have a great club that donates their time to make the race happen each year.
One of the smarter things I did as the race director was to wear my kilt on race day. I knew there'd be a lot of people needing to find me and the easiest way for them to find me was to tell them to look for the guy in the kilt. It worked like a charm!
Not too long ago, the organizers of the Subaru EPIC Dartmouth Triathlon asked me if I wanted to be involved in their race. They are adding a new distance in 2015 and want someone to look after the transition zone and swim portion of the half iron distance. The Subaru EPIC races have been been running for three years and are going strong with an entire weekend of races.
It turns out that I know most of the core organizing crew from the race community and am getting to know them better. Their concerns are exactly the same as the Navy Trident race, except the Navy Tri is a sprint distance (750m pool swim, 20k bike & 5k run). The EPIC iron distance race (3.8k lake swim, 180k bike & 42.2k run) is so spread out, it creates an entirely different set of organizational challenges.
I'm amazed at the level of detail they have gone to ensure that all of the racers' needs are met.
The organizers are really smart. They've put the swim of the new Subaru EPIC Half Iron Triathlon almost rate at the turn around for the full iron bike course. The competitors do the swim and transition to the bike and then bike along the same route as the iron competitors. Then everyone uses the same run route. This eliminates any duplication of efforts.
I'm playing a small part of the race but am really excited about it.
If you decide to do the race, let me know how it goes. I'll be the guy in the kilt.
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