tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603310121784038818.post8207565166856735705..comments2023-04-13T05:49:33.133-04:00Comments on Marshmallow Man to Ironman: Race Report: Tour de KingJon Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194112285903636442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603310121784038818.post-14407512345799647372011-10-05T17:09:10.585-04:002011-10-05T17:09:10.585-04:00Yeah, the start was a mess... for some reason they...Yeah, the start was a mess... for some reason they neutralized the first 1k or so that was on the road, so everyone was in one big bunch going into the singletrack! Made no sense... they needed to do the opposite - have some early wide stuff to let everyone get spread out, then toss us into a narrow trail. I don't *really* want to harp on that though because in every other respect the race was *awesome*! Trails were amazing, food was great, support great, even the big yellow schoolbus didn't suck. :) I just wish there were more point-to-points like this... but nice that we now have two excellent ones to start and end the season!Jon Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194112285903636442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603310121784038818.post-3366971680633649162011-10-04T21:55:07.352-04:002011-10-04T21:55:07.352-04:00Thanks for the review! I really wanted to do this ...Thanks for the review! I really wanted to do this race, but got in a crash last week (bike salmon, maybe drunk), so I skipped it. I'll definitely be keeping it on the 'to do' list for next year, and now I'll know to have some smaller gearing. I agree with you about the start; looking at the course profile, I was wondering how they could prevent it from being a big bottleneck at the first section of singletrack. I also hope that gets fixed for future editions.Heather Shearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808803885537864893noreply@blogger.com