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Race Reports for Cooper Sprint Triathlon

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Still my favorite local race. Great facilities and best pool around here.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is the perfect 1st timers triathlon. Sprint distance, pool swim, good crowd, fairly easy course, but just challenging enough to make it interesting. Organization was good and post meal food was decent. Transition area was not overly crowded. Great race. Will definitely do it again in the future. They have 3 a year.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race. I hope to do it again in the future.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Still probably the best sprint triathlon (with pool swim) in the metroplex. They did give out finisher medals which surprised me.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Love this venue. Started 20 minutes late today.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race. Very close to my house so I love that part. Well organized and fun. Loved the breakfast after the race. Eggs, turkey bacon, and pancakes. Loved it. And Coffee too!! This makes this one of my favorite races.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race. They started a little late, but not bad since I started earlier than most.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Overall this was an impressively well organized event. I will definitely be doing the next one this year and years to come. The only thing I would recommend the organizers do is have mile markers for the bike and run for beginners. It helps with the psyche and orientation to where you are within the course. Otherwise, a must do event for all levels. Thanks to all of the volunteers. They never get the credit they deserve.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good food afterward. Lots of volunteers who were very friendly. Easy packet pickup. Very well organized. I feel like this was a good race for me, even having finished so low in my age group. There were just a lot of fast folks there!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Swim start messy, great time overall, contestants were super friendly. This was my first tri and I am ready for the next one.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is still the best venue of any sprint triathlon in the DFW metro area. That's probably why all the fast guys show up! I was 41 out of 583 people overall yet was only 11th in my AG! Talk about fast people! Next year, I would really like to try and break 1 hr on this race. That still won't allow me to podium but it will definitely be the goal! Same course as last year: 2011: 1:02:46 2012: 1:01:36 Delta: 1:10 sec faster! Given my slower T1, Bike, and T2 segments, my faster swim and run still resulted in a faster overall time! Pretty happy with the results!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Love this race - will do it every year! One of the few locations where I'm guaranteed to have some race support from the family.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was my first and I enjoyed it. I plan to try an open water swim; I expect that I will prefer it. When the race start comes around, I want to start rather than wait for an hour.
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  • Comments: Good race, again.....the swim start was a HUGE cluster. No one to control who was going into the water based on their numbers. (I'm not talking about sandbaggers or beginners putting 3:00 as their swimtime....just people with no regard to the numbering system). I let the RD know about this. I may do the race in October here....but if that issue isn't corrected at that race, this may be my last time doing it. Other than that....can't complain. good race, support, volunteers, and post-race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Some parking, marking and handling issues with the new management. But the course is good, the site is nice and I like the race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This race is probably my favorite sprint since it's so close and the course is nice. If they can fix their racking order, it would be great! Good food (eggs, bacon, sausage, bagels, pancakes, as well as apples, bananas, and oranges)!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My only complaint is the chaos of the swim start and not enforcing their own rule about starting in order of bib number. I will email the RD some suggestions for this
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Was a fast race and fairly flat course. The volunteers were encouraging. The facility is great. I really like the run sections on the rubber track surface. That was nice on the legs. Bike course had several turnarounds but they were managed well. Only complaint is the swim start. Wheels off with everyone jumping in line whenever they wanted. Maddening to say the least with slow swimmers in the way. If you are going to ask for swim times, please abide by the order. Breakfast was pretty good and the finishing area was nice with plenty of room for spectators. Would do this one again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very well done for a sprint tri with pool swim. They could do a better job of organizing the line for the swim, people definitely just went "whenever." And I think they could've briefed volunteers better. I appreciate the volunteers, but a few didn't have a clue what they were doing and actually slowed my progress cause of it. Beautiful area, a few too many turns on the bike, but smooth pavement and no traffic. For a sprint they have a nice tech-shirt and the breakfast post-race was truly nice. I'd say if you want a sprint race in the DFW area, do this one.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Parking was kinda crappy-They could have at least mowed down the 4 foot tall grass but I had a nice spot by the fence up front. The Facilities were absolutely amazing. I took advantage of their 1 month free membership prior to the tri. A++!! Can't seem to reiterate how amazing all of the facilities were...showers, towels, soap, lotions, water and lockers all available inside the facility. Bathroom poolside, and about 8 port-a-potties in the transition area. I will DEFINITLY register again for this wonderful triathalon. I hope they schedule another this fall like Kelly said in the email!!! Please do another one!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall I think this is a well-run and fun event. They didn't oversell slots, they had plenty of water, and got through the swim pretty quickly. They had volunteers at every turn on the course (not much chance for anyone to get lost.) I felt this year the race got even better/ was more well-run which I think means they really listen to comments and try and improve. Fun local race and I would do it again. I also like that we got memberships to Cooper as part of the award - that's really nice!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I will definitely do this race again - great location, people, and facilities. Very family friendly!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Took 1st place in Clydes 40/up,great race for 1st timers & a family friendly race. Lots of room for the kids to play & real rest rooms in the Cooper facility.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The timing chips were a pain. Felt like I wearing one of those things that calls the police if you leave house arrest. Rubbed a raw spot on my ankle. First time I've ever had that happen.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I definitely enjoyed the Cooper Sprint - great environment, great management, awesome volunteers. They could have posted the results with more updates as they didn't bother to update the results board at the end so some people who came in later didn't get to see their times until the online results were available.
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