drafting penalities @ IMH? - Triathlon Week

10-19-2004, 10:42 AM

Are there any thoughts as to why there where so many penalities at IMH?

Regards,

Pat

10-19-2004, 11:01 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].gov>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Pat Brug) wrote:

> Are there any thoughts as to why there where so many penalities at IMH?
>

Lots of people were drafting? :-)

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

10-20-2004, 07:52 AM

It was windy as hell, you are down in the aero, not always paying
attention, next thing you know, you are on someone's wheel.

Mark

Harold Buck <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].giganews.com>...
> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].gov>,
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Pat Brug) wrote:
>
> > Are there any thoughts as to why there where so many penalities at IMH?
> >
>
>
> Lots of people were drafting? :-)
>
> --Harold Buck
>
>
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
> and party every day.
> Then it was every other day. . . ."
> -Homer J. Simpson

10-21-2004, 03:29 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (M Kochanski) wrote in message news:<1767f76c.0410200552.25ad1dc8@posting.google. com>...
> It was windy as hell, you are down in the aero, not always paying
> attention, next thing you know, you are on someone's wheel.
>
> Mark
>
> Harold Buck <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].giganews.com>...
> > In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].gov>,
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Pat Brug) wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any thoughts as to why there where so many penalities at IMH?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Lots of people were drafting? :-)
> >
> > --Harold Buck
> >

Because the Pro's started 15 minutes early, the draft police basically
followed them the entire bike ride - which is why the this year we saw
a winner that was the best triathlete of the day (WHO DIDN:T DRAFT)
not to take anything away from Deboom and Mark Allen, but if you saw
the races (e.g. 1995 and 2001-2002) what you saw from most of the
better runners was DRAFTCITY through the entire bike - without
drafting, these guys would have had a hard time winning!!!

10-23-2004, 06:05 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (zboy) wrote in message
> > >
> > > > Are there any thoughts as to why there where so many penalities at IMH?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Lots of people were drafting? :-)
> > >
> > > --Harold Buck

I've noticed drafting being prevalent at many of my local races. At
the LA Triathlon I had to shake and break wheel suckers and actually
yell at one parasite.

Drafting ruins the essence of triathlon. If they have to suck (wheel)
they should stay home.

Phillip