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Race Reports for 2006

[1]
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Race rating (4)
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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: Finished a little slower than I wanted, but I had fun and pushed through the pain after the swim. I think my new nickname is going to be "Left"
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  • Events on time?

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

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  • Comments: This was my 2nd triathlon ever so I'm very happy to have finished #2 in my age group. They didn't have overall, but if my math is correct I came in the top 20 overall. I beat my target time by 5 minutes so I know I can continue to improve. Finishing #2 only makes me want to work harder to finish #1. The race started late, but that's ok because I arrived a little later than I wanted to. Once the race got going it was great! I'll be there next 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: It was a really fun race! Announcer was great, organized with lots of volunteers and cold water and Gatorade. Swim was great. Austin is such an intense Tri-community, it's a little intimating to come into from Kansas, but I learned so much! 3D racing did a very nice job despite the late start; they took care of the situation and kept safety in mind. I had a really nice time and would defiantly do this race again!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I don't know how this ranks overall, it was my first Tri, but I liked it. the swim course for sprint was a breeze. The bike was not too bad but the gravel on some of the turns gave me a little bit of a scare. The run course was much rougher than I expected.
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[5]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I liked the race but I think the run trail was too challenging for me. Overall I was happy with it all though. My personal goal was to complete it under 1:45:00 and I did it. My other goal was not to walk at all during the run, which I messed up, so I was upset about that. When compared against were I would have come in on my age group I would have been #14 out of 23, which is better than I ever expected. And thanks to the fact that there were barely any athenas I won that!
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[6]
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  • Organised?
  • 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: I'd do it again because I know the site from Danskin. I like how the bike course went the other way than danskin did so the hills werent as hard.
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[7]
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Race rating (3)
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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: Since this is my first, I don't know if it's good or bad. Race didn't start on time, but that can happen. I thought they did a good job, except my hotel they recommended sucked bad (Holiday Inn Town Lake). Race was good though.
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[8]
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Race rating (4)
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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: I WILL DO IT AGAIN.
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[9]
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Race rating (3)
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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: The race starting late was a distraction and the RD should have just stepped up and apologized instead of trying to blame everyone else. Once things got going, it was a nice race. There were lots of volunteers, post-race was decent. I'll probably do it again.
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Race rating (3)
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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: The race itself went very well. The barracade snafu should never have happened, but the final result was just fine. (Special thanks to the Sheriffs Dept for their extra effort here.) However one swim wave (mine - men 34 & under) turned at the wrong bouy, so our swim times were shorter than others. This should have been prevented by a volunteer. Because of this, overall rankings were not valid (although age groups were still good). Things that were good included: - Nice course - Made use of delay time to clarify the course and answer additional questions. - plenty of volunteers - good traffic control - plenty of bike rack space (if people would just use it fairly) - post-race food (better than just bagels and bananas) - post-race raffle - bike jersey for early registration was a nice, different touch Some of the pre-race/logistics still need some work. Specifically, these were the things I noticed: - Check-in only had a single line, and just wasn't set up as well as
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[11]
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Race rating (4)
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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: Things got off to a bit of a rocky start - 3D apparently dropped the ball on getting the bike course set up, some equipment problems, body marking was "buddy style". It made for some unhappy folks. I thought it was fine - the weather was great - we were surrounded by great folks. I didn't rack my bike on Saturday - I'm glad I didn't. I wasn't asked to show a race number entering or leaving the T-area - ever! I even left the transition area with my bike before the race began to get something from my car and never even got a second look. Afterward, I walked out with my bike and nobody checked to see if I was a participant. There were tons of non-racers in the transition area all morning before the event and by the time I finished. That stuff makes me pretty nervous. It also seems they took an extended amount of time to post results to the website (which continues to be up and down). Kind of disappointing. Overall, I loved the course - the race itself was fantastic! I think 3d needs
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