Be very afraid, Ironman Lake Placid bike course at the beginning of the ride can look and be just like Central Park on some Saturday mornings in the summer… moving dense human crowd on wheels with some mad squirrelling. Upload this video – IMLP Jul 26 2009 – bike loop 1 density example 2 – and focus on:
1. finding any free riding space on a road,
2. judging variety of bike handling “skills” and confidence of race participants,
3. noticing frequent blank and shell shocked looks on some athletes faces,
4. law enforcing “efficiency” of race marshalls on motorcycle,
5. TriLife athlete’s (Big Nathan) self-diagnostic signaling to the coach (ignore verbal coaching instructions).