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Race Reports for Culpeper International Triathlon 2011

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Race rating (5)
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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 loved this inaugural Int'l Distance race. More time to enjoy this beautiful venue. The volunteers were fantastic, and the ice-baths at the finish were a God-send.
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Race rating (3)
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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: So last night when I was looking at the forecast for today's race I just kept thinking to myself that the heat would be "the challenge of the day". Challenging it was. The swim went well. The bike also went pretty well (18.5mph avg on a very hilly course). Then I got the run. It was 90 degrees with about 90% humidity by 10am when we were on the run course. That course was fairly hilly, more so than I expected. I couldn't run all that fast simply because it was too darned hot. But, the worst part was that in my heat-induced delerium I TOTALLY missed the half-way turnaround and ran an extra .5 miles. Ugh - that was pretty demoralizing. The second half of the run I just tried to just keep a steady but slow pace and tried to keep within what I could do in this heat. My official time shows I came in at 2:49 - but I stopped my Garmin at 6.2 just to give me an idea of where I should have been. After finishing I had to lie down for about 10 minutes. My buddy Dave looked me and said "Dude, you don't
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