GCT: USAT Penalties - Triathlon Week

05-09-2005, 01:41 PM

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Interesting note: check out all of the penalties for "Headset on Run".

I am pleased to see so many position violations being called that were
*not* drafting.

It always makes me nervous when I half-wheel ahead of someone, and they
begin to accelerate, just as I hear a (marshall's) motorcycle
approaching from behind.

There seems to have been no shortage of "overtaken" penalties, but less
"blocking" violations than I would expect.

rsquared

05-10-2005, 06:05 AM

"rsquared" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

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>Interesting note: check out all of the penalties for "Headset on Run".
>

That is interesting - a Head Ref who says "what part of NO headset
don't you understand?"

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

05-10-2005, 07:57 AM

In article <1115667717.795098.320570@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
"rsquared" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

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> Interesting note: check out all of the penalties for "Headset on Run".
>
> I am pleased to see so many position violations being called that were
> *not* drafting.
>
> It always makes me nervous when I half-wheel ahead of someone, and they
> begin to accelerate, just as I hear a (marshall's) motorcycle
> approaching from behind.
>
> There seems to have been no shortage of "overtaken" penalties, but less
> "blocking" violations than I would expect.
>
> rsquared
>

You've got to love a race that actually enforces the rules. Someone got
caught drafting FIVE TIMES?! Most races I do they don't catch half the
people drafting.

--Harold Buck

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

05-10-2005, 09:08 AM

Harold Buck wrote:
> In article <1115667717.795098.320570@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
> "rsquared" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
<<Snipped my own verbiage>>
>
> You've got to love a race that actually enforces the rules. Someone
got
> caught drafting FIVE TIMES?! Most races I do they don't catch half
the
> people drafting.
>
> --Harold Buck
>
>
<<Snipped Harold's Signature Text>>

I have done GCT about fifteen times. It has certainly not *ALWAYS*
been this thoroughly policed. I think Charlie C. uses this as a
relatively close-to-home race for training referees.

It is usually well-covered, from mid-stream & faster. Behind mid-pack,
is usually the law of the jungle. That is why so much of the pre-race
"buzz" is about your age group's start order; the back is usually a
mess.

To be fair to the race organization (incl. refs), the course layout,
field size (1,500+), topography, wind, and typical proportion of
newbies has periodically created a perfect storm for packs.

rsquared

P.S. - I did not participate this year; used my time off to go to
Europe.