[quote]I Was There... wrote:
That was in San Diego in 2008. Scott Bauhs and the Kenyans from Alaska followed the cyclist. A kid from Hawaii Hilo and myself turned the correct way while arguing with volunteers. This happened about 1.75 miles in. We were in about 30th-40th place at this point. Opening mile was 4:50 fpr leaders. I was at 5:04. We led for about a mile before the leaders caught back up, and the Kenyans threw elbows pretty good. The race got stopped at the 6k mark. Women started on time and once all the women were done we restarted. Times were about 2 minutes slower than pre race estimates. It was hotter than hell at that point too. A formal complain to the NCAA got ignored, as I should have been going to NCAAs. KNOW THE COURSE. It was the most confusing course ever too!
The only way to know that course was to be from UCSD and run it a couple dozen times. There were loops upon loops through the trees.
I was watching and remember that athletes came from 2 directions at the same time, then the race was called. It was interesting. After they called the race every team but one was bitching and moaning. Chico went back to their team area and seemed unfazed by the extra warmup. At that point it was easy to see who was going to win (not that there was much doubt ahead of time).