Attended the race briefing today; maybe I am getting really picky or overly critical, I found lots of improvements to be made. #1) tell everyone to shut off the cell phone prior to the start of the briefing, #2) have a laser pointer to pin out routing, #3) have a mic for people to ask questions, #4) get more seats rather than asking people (non-athletes) that come early to give up seats for tardiness athletes; in my book, tough. #5) have signs directing people to the proper meeting rooms; there were rooms specifically for non-English speaker athletes.
It really annoyed me when you try to focus and a bunch of yahoo athletes sitting behind you playing around with their cameras with annoying clicking sound. Or talking loud commenting on a specific point that was totally irrelevant. I got pissed. Four times, I had to turn around and give these Korean participants stern looks. Have a brain!
Seems this Ironman organization has a lot to improve in terms of logistics; I am sure they put lots of thoughts into the race itself but information/communication/directions are less than stellar.
Speaking of less than stellar, I have not seen any upper Sheraton hotel management around. Seemed all we saw were little lowly staff fending on their own. Pretty bad. I dropped a letter off regarding the readiness of the staff as well as the condition of our room to the GM of the hotel yesterday, have not received any response. Maybe he's hiding out from the Typhoon.
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