Floyd Bennett Field, ITT June 2008

What's the worst thing you can do to your time at an ITT?  Take a wrong turn!  This year the promoter didn't have a marshal or even at cone letting us know not to turn.  I was in my zone and had sunscreen in my eyes and maybe I was a bit delirious b/c of the heat, but I managed to turn when I was supposed to go straight.   I lost a lot of time and completely lost my rhythm and motivation.  Stupid on my part, yes, but once I heard how many people did this, it made me realize that the promoter really should have used a few of the dozens of cones that were at the finish to make sure no one turned where many of us got off course.  Oh, well.....  next TT I will do better for sure.