Nationals details

[Michael Rees]

hey guys,

   So this e-mail is intended to be a super-list of everything you could possibly need to know about nationals this weekend, so if any of it is redundant, way to be on your shit!

Wave assignments

the whole list can be found via below link, but I just listed them as well

http://www.usatriathlon.org/events/usat/2013/04/collegiate-national-championship/races.aspx

Athlete	Wave
Rees	1
Booz	2
Ethan	1
Chad	5
James	3
Ross	2
Evan	4
Allie	2
Hannah	1
Bolt	1
Nicki	3

weather

http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/Tempe+AZ+USAZ0233:1:US

Saturday: high of 92, low of 66, it is going to be ridiculously hot!!! make sure you are drinking water like a fratboy drinks beer on a friday night

Pre-Race Pasta Dinner
USA Triathlon will host a free pasta dinner for competing athletes and one coach per team on Friday. Do we want to go? please respond to this part!

The menu will consist of...
- Rosemary roasted chicken
- Baked cavatappi tossed in a light butter sauce with asiago cheese
- Marinara sauce with fresh mozzarella on the side
- Caesar salad
- Fresh baked rolls with butter
*Gluten free meals will sub in mashed potatoes for the pasta
**Vegetarian meals will sub vegetables for the chicken

 

Address to Tempe Marketplace:
2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy.
Tempe, AZ 85281

Itinerary for the weekend

Thursday, April 11
5pm	Athlete Briefing
5:30pm - 6pm	Packet Pick-up Draft-Legal Race *Mandatory
Friday, April 12
7:30am	Transition Opens - Men
8:30am - 8:50am	Swim Warm-up - Men
8:50am	Transition Closes - Men
9:00am	Men Draft-Legal Start
9:00am - 3:00pm	Packet Pick-up
9:00am - 4:00pm	Expo Open
9:30am	Transition Opens - Women
9:30am - 9:50am	Swim Warm-up - Women
10:30am	Course Closes for Men
10:50am	Transition Closes - Women
11:00am	Women Draft-Legal Start
12:30pm	Course Closes for Women
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Open Swim *Only Time
2pm	Rules Briefing
3pm	Captains Meeting *Mandatory
3:30pm	Collegiate Mixed Team Relay Briefing *Mandatory
4:30pm - 9:00pm	Pasta Dinner at Dave and Busters
Saturday, April 13
5:30am	Transition Opens
5:30am	Expo Opens
7:30am	Transition Closes
7:30am	Collegiate National Start Men Wave 1
7:40am	Men Wave 2
7:50am	Men Wave 3
8:00am	Men Wave 4
8:10am	Men Wave 5
8:20am	Men Wave 6
10:50am	Bike Cut off Collegiate Men
11:00am	Collegiate National  Start Women Wave 1
11:10am	Women Wave 2
11:20am	Women Wave 3
11:30am	Women Wave 4
2:00pm	Bike Cut off Collegiate Women
2:00pm (approx)	Bike Check-out Begins
3:00pm	Course Closes
4:00pm	All Bikes MUST be out of transition
2:45pm	Mixed-Team Relay Transition Opens
3:45pm	Mixed-Team Relay Transition Closes
3:45pm	Mixed Team Relay Final Instructions
4:00pm	Mixed-Team Relay Begins
5:00pm	Mixed-Team Relay Ends
6:00pm	Expo Closes
8pm - 9:30pm	Award Ceremony

Water Temperature

The water temperature at Tempe Town Lake was 71 degrees on March 26, 2013. this means that the race IS WETSUIT LEGAL!

Course Maps

From the terrain maps that I found, both the bike and the run courses look really flat!! It is going to be a fast race

Bike

Run

Thats all I have for now! stay tuned for any followups

Rees

[Allie]

Our team slot for the pasta dinner is super early...like 4:30. I think we were maybe talking about doing a group drive to Whole Foods for dinner the night before the race? It's 10 min from the race site. They have lots of options for people (sandwiches, salad bar, prepared items) including the vegetarians/vegans on our team. I know we've elected to opt out of the mass pasta feed in the past too.

Thoughts or objections?

--

Allie Middleton

Duke University | Trinity '13

Cultural Anthropology & Neuroscience

(c) 541.390.8993

[margo pitts]

Great options at WHole Foods for pescetarians too.......Greg!

[Michael Rees]

sounds good, whole foods it is!