Countdown to ELLT 2021: let’s review the schedule

Like every year, the same but different, calm but tense, 5 events, 3 days, 20+ racers

Thursday

+ Racers arrive from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and New York City

+ Draft starts around 8pm, maybe closer to 9pm — drafting for rock climbing only

+ Prep gear for soccer and rock climbing, complain about the teams, brag about past triathlons

Friday

+ 0715 – depart for Dunks and soccer

+ 0800-0930 – soccer

+ 1000-1230 – rock-climbing at MetroRock in Newburyport

+ 1230-1400 (that’s 2pm for Eric Lapham) – lunch at Riverwalk and draft for for golf

(those arcade games are gone, sad to say)

Still Friday

+ 5:15pm to finish – golf at Cape Ann Golf Course, Essex, MA (note: enough time between lunch and the first tee time to return to Adams Lane, have a beer, put on a proper shirt – Chris Heffernan – and pick up the necessaries on the way to golf)

Dinner – Adams Lane and draft for mountain biking

Saturday

+ 0730 – depart for mountain biking, Dunks en route

+ 0800 – group ride while the course gets marked

+ 0930-finish – time trial

Still Saturday

+ 1230- 1400 — lunch at Ipswich Brewery and draft for basketball

+ 3pm – finish — 3v3 hoops

After hoops – feast, closing ceremonies, and the end of ELLT