The saying is that timing is everything and at Boulder Peak this weekend the saying was proved right. On Saturday we went to packet pickup early, leaving my house around 10. When we arrived, there wasn't much of a crowd and we were out of the expo in about 15 minutes. On the way out of the reservoir, a line was already forming at the gate.
On Sunday morning we decided to leave my house at 4:30. An ungodly hour at which only owls and triathletes are awake. When we got to the reservoir there was a small line to get in but were through by 5 when the transistion opened. We shouldered our bikes and walked to body marking. After a few minutes in line, we were in transistion setting up our bikes. Last year I was much later and had to hunt for a spot. This year, I was in the second rack in my row.
After setting up my gear, I walked to the bathrooms where there wasn't a line. Since I had over an hour before my start, I checked over my gear a few more times and just relaxed. Looking towards the reservoir entrance, the line of cars was almost as long as the line for body marking. There were so many people still trying to get in that the race was postponed for fifteen minutes. I just relaxed happy that it wasn't me this year.
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