In case you're wondering what happened at Issaquah..

Course profile... 400m swim, 15mile bike, 5k run on random grass & bark chips..

Signed up for the race a week ago but then found out at packet pickup they eliminated the elite wave which was too bad, apparently USAT sanctioning doesn't allow for it now..

At anyrate I was at the front of my wave 35-39 thinking a winner for the overall would come from it..

I tracked everybody in front of me on the bike through T2 so just a few guys.. just prepping to run them down over the 5k.

Got into T2, couldn't find my shoes at the bike rack.

Thought they'd been moved or taken, but nope, I was #753 but racked my bike @ #653 that morning, finally found it..

T2 = 3min.. should have been 30-45 secs.. That cost me the win in the AG.

Unfortnately the winner came from another wave w/a very fast time so I would not have contended for Overall even assuming I didn't screw up T2.

However, if we'd had an elite wave I'd have had to rack in the "elite rack" and maybe had a chance since missing my stuff in a single rack marked "elite" would have been next to impossible, but who knows? :) ..