feeling relieved but stupid
md6
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well i have just found that there are now bike lap times available for my first tri. Having been thouroughly dissapointed with the bike time, i thought I'd have a look. As i scrolled down the page i noticed something, my lap count went up to 10, the race was over 9 laps...and the guy that finished first only had 8 lap times...well If I did an extra lap, surely i can knock that off my time at least for my personal records? Or am I just cheating myself with my lack of basic numeracy skills?
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I'm sure you're not the first mate and definitely not the last... Nine laps though? Yeesh! I struggled to count to 4 at Eton, having to shout to the misses "IS THIS MY LAST LAP?"... "YES YOU DOUGHNUT!" was the spiriting reply.
I know that I will never be able to count. Which is the biggest lesson of all!
Risking a DQ there Flavadave!
Really??? *gulp* Maan, I got so much to learn...
Yeah, if a marshall spotted you apparently - counts as outside assistance. I did the Oulton Park Duathlon, which is a six lap bike. The race info had tips on counting the laps which specifically referred to not being allowed to have someone tell you what lap you were on.
Best to work out a codeword for the last lap [:D]
That's what comes from doing 18 lengths instead of 16....
(In my defence the lane marshal didn't give me the 2 length warning that we were promised and when I popped up after 16 and said "I'm finished, right?" she looked at the guys I'd lapped and said "Errr, two more" then got back to chatting with her mate.)