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Thread auf SlowTwitch, auf dem sich die direkt Betroffenen austauschen.
Natürlich sind wir, denen nur ein spannender und unterhaltsamer Abend auf der Couch in mutmaßlich epischen Bedingungen entgangen ist, in einer deutlich anderen Position als potenzielle Teilnehmer vor Ort.
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Zitat von Teilnehmer1
...Yet another example of this corporation lacking the foresight and planning to conduct effective communications and contingency planning for inclement weather.
Despite the cancellation of the race, thousands of athletes still travelled to the venue this morning putting themselves at an unnecessary risk....
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Zitat von Teilnehmer2
...t’s fine to be disappointed. I am too although getting out of the car this morning hit by a 35 mph gust, I was pretty sure I was gonna start the swim and see what the conditions were like and if unsafe for me I’d call it
Sitting in the changing tent watching the framing rattle in the wind, got the message....
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Zitat von Teilnehmer 3
...I’ve been at races in which the conditions would have been tolerable for 80% of athletes, but were canceled/shortened nonetheless—simply because they worry about the worst swimmer in the crowd. That’s always frustrating, because the sport is supposed to be hard and the weakest athletes should be self-responsible for deciding when not to race. I blame IM on those days.
This looks a day when cancellation was a no-brainer, so not the day to take aim at IM.
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Die meisten Teilnehmer finden die Absage an sich O.K., kritisieren aber z.T. den späten Zeitpunkt der Entscheidung.
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