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Race Reports for Smithfield Sprint Triathlon 2013

[1]
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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: Great BBQ for post race party, but only water to drink.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: I'm saying "not organized" and "not enough volunteers" because before the race everything was chaos. I couldn't find packet pickup. They didn't have women's fit shirts. I couldn't find body marking and timing chips. Usually setup has these great huge flags so you can find things. The barbecue was AWESOME. And the people I met were great.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Well-run event. Nice post-race BBQ. Took too long to start awards ceremony. Stiff competition, due to team points series competitors.
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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?No

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

  • Comments: Good race with great BBQ afterwards.
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[5]
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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: Couple of observations, I put a swim time of 2:06/100y, but they decided to leave 15 sec. between each swimmer which meant the event started at 10am but my swim start was 11:48, nearly two hours of waiting around which wasn't ideal. Probably made for less congestion in the pool but I hate the waiting to start, also meant I suddenly had to think about eating again before starting as too much time had passed since breakfast. I like the bike course on this race, but the bike out is a little winding and I saw many racers have difficulty mounting as they are trying to mount and navigate a quick turn at the same time. Many close calls with the faster racers. Bike out/in is very close together and there was a chance for head on collision if the racers weren't careful. For those who care, they award finisher medals for this event which was nice as you don't see that in sprint level tris very often. BBQ lunch at the end was good. BBQ was yummy, macaroni and cheese was good but cold, corn
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is the third time I did this race and was the best so far.
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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?

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

  • Comments: Super organization, great to have it at 10am also, which makes it accessible for a drive down from DC area. Food was amazing, other Tris please take note!
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: good race but I might be taking my frustration at myself out by nit picking the small problems of the race organizers
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