TriAmerica series reviews?

Just did one of the TriAmerica series races yesterday and I wasn't at all impressed with the organization, planning, value, or safety of the race overall. Wondering if there are other folks out there with similar/different experiences.The short version: $85 got me a T-shirt, finisher medal, small pizza, and some soda (along with water and Gator on the course). Not even so much as a Power Bar or gel sample in my race bag. There was broken glass in the chute on the beach leading to T1, the bike dismount area was a mess because they had sprint and Oly racers on the course together and there were people dismounting while others were trying to zip by for lap 2 on the bike. The run (10k) was extremely boring and lacked any creativity...a 2.5 mile straight line out with a ~1mile loop on the ned then back the same 2.5mile death march. The bike course was marked fairly well but it hit some major roads and we had to contend with cars. I actually had to out-sprint a van that didn't seem to care I was even there. Apparently a big fire engine pulled out behind some poor girl and blaster the siren causing her to veer off the road, into the curb and flip over a fire hydrant. Oh yeah, the first wave of swimmers headed off towards the wrong buoy and not one of the boats or kyaks bothered to redirect them for a good 5min. Finally someone sent them in the right direction but they were already 300m off course. We couldn't believe how long theylet them swim the wrong direction.Okay, I'm done complaining...wish my first Oly race was a better experience. Hopefully the crew at Piranha Sports does a better job with Diamond in the Rough in 3 weeks.