Quote Originally Posted by KSH
Your transition was weird. What was up the yellow bags, and changing tents? We don't get those here in Dallas, Texas! Was it so you could dry out? Very interesting indeed.
The setup was a bit weird from a classic triathlon point of view. The swim was in the UBC olympic pool, we had to get out of it at one end (shallow), walk to the other end where the exit is (the green mat for walking is visible on the swim pic), while we walked some volunteer walkie-talkied our race number to the staff on the outside so they prepared our wetbag, we then went outside and were handed our wetbag. The wetbag is necessary because we had to run about 300m to get to the transition area, so at the very least you needed shoes. The temperature in March is also variable so a towel to dry yourself out minimally and maybe put on some clothes. The change tents are there for those who want to take off their swimsuit I guess but I didn't see anyone really use them. I can imagine that two or three years ago when it snowed in the morning people did use them!!

Now that I know better, I would not have stopped there. I would just have pulled on my sneakers and ran to the transition area and decided what to put on on the way. But that's what firsts are for...

Thanks all for your great words! I'll keep you posted...