So with timed races they provide a microchip that tracks your time. In most road races it laces into your shoe and off you go. With a triathlon event - you don't have shoes on for the first leg of the race. So they create a contraption of sorts to wrap it around your ankle. Truth be told, I don't remember how that worked at RR last year. I remember at the end they cut it off of my ankle. But I don't know what the strap was made of.
Well in S&P it was a cloth velcro type thing. And as the woman handed it to me she said - now don't make it too tight because your ankles will swell. Has she seen my ankles? I have Fred Flinstone feet - they are as long as they are wide and the ankles go right along with it. Not a foot that you see and go - oooh sexy. They are just functional. And "not too tight" was not an option. For it to close it needed to be a little snug. And I was OK with it - hmm come to think of it I think I should train the next 4 weeks with something strapped on my ankle when I swim - you definitely notice it in the water. Well I was Ok until it got all wonky and turned around under my sock for the run. Needless to say I got a little microchip burn.
And when I get new batteries for my camera (hopefully tomorrow) I will download the shots and show you all.
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