Berkshire Bank Y-athlon - TriathlonSprint

Nice lake - very nice venue - POORLY marked swim. Basically three buoys covering the half mile. All participants had yellow caps making sighting difficult. Swim exit was also poorly marked; a group of us missed the swim out & had to run across the beach.

Put out a few more buoys & mark swim exit better.

Organized transition area - well-marked bike/run outs

Nothing - Transition was about the only organized part of race.

More loops. Run was challenging, but poorly planned. There has to be a 5k there somewhere that does not require loops. Again, exit was poorly marked and I saw several runners who had to backtrack as there was no direction at finish.

Unfortunately this was one of the races that really makes you appreciate well-organized events. Saw one volunteer (stationed at a cross-street) leaning against a guard rail and texting on his phone. I don't blame the volunteers, but it appears there was very poor communication between volunteers and directors. A LOT of bugs need to be hammered out before next year. Hopefully they get their act together as this could be a very good event.