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Race Reports for FirmMan Rhode Island 2008

[1]

Race rating (4)

Comments: Considering they had to postpone due to Hurricane Hanna and still had the event go off without a noticeable hitch, I was very impressed. They certainly know how to put on a race.

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[2]

Race rating (2)

Comments: The swim course was poorly marked and very hard to follow. They need to add more big buoys in the middle to help out (Apparently one swimmer got lost and showed back up at shore close to 90 minutes after the start of the race). Some of the intersections on the bike were poorly marked and some of the volunteers seemed to not have any idea on what was going on. Even the some of the police didn't seem to be fully aware of the intentions of the cyclists (a car hit one of the cyclist at the end of the bike). My greatest beef was that the last half mile of the run was on the beach. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have people run in soft sand after already putting in that much exercise needs to have their head examined. That being said, the majority of the volunteers and police did a great job and for a race of that length there are quite a large number of both. Part of the discrepancy may have had to due with the two week postponement of the race due to weather. All and all

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[3]

Race rating (3)

Comments: FIRM did a good job with this race, I'm just not a fan of the ocean swim and bike course.

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