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Race Reports for Rockman Half Ironman Triathlon 2009

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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: The weather played a bit of havoc with volunteer turnout. Since it was raining, some of the vols did not show up on race day for their positions. To the RD's credit he was able to scramble pretty well and cover any gaps in volunteers by moving people around on the fly. There were a couple intersections on the bike that didn't have vols this year that had them last 2 years, and 1 of the run aid stations was unmanned when I came through ( admittedly pretty close to the front ), though about 1 minute later the RD passed me in his car going the other way to deliver volunteers to the aid location, so it was manned after that. There were cups and heed and gels out, just nobody to hand them to you. Not the end of the world by any stretch. All the busy/trafficked intersections had a police presence directing/stopping the cars, so that was solid again. Overall, this is a great race. It's small enough that it's not packed wall to wall with people, but large enough that there's some
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: No mile markers anywhere on the bike or run course. No medal at the end. They already took the finishers chute down and their was still a runner on he course. Parking was a half-mile away. Chris McDonald did race which was cool. They have to make some big changes if I to come back again. I had a free entry to this race so I did not mind that much, but others I heard were not happy.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I am writing this the day after the event, and my legs are SHOT, walking hurts, stairs, well, i am sure they all grew about 3 feet each during the night. we'll see how the next few days go!
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