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Race Reports for Sacramento International Triathlon

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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: Beautiful race venue. Sacramento has it made for swim bike run. Small turnout at just a little over 100 participants. UC Davis held it down with the top 3 finishers. I need to focus on the task at hand and not get tunnel vision. Enjoy the whole experience since I traveled for this race.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Well, this went off much better than it seems to have done in the past (and than I expected it would). I found a couple of race reports from last year and they were pretty bad, but the organizers seem to have fixed some of the problems. The swim starts were about 15 minutes late, but it wasn't a big problem. It was the timing company that caused the delay, I believe. There were plenty of volunteers on the run course, but fewer on the bike and they were pulled as soon as the last rider went out, which was a little disconcerting on the way back. I felt a little abandoned, but I was in the very back of the race at that point, so maybe that's normal. The organizers had also discouraged spectators, which was kind of sad. Especially since there was fairly decent access to the bike course. I would consider doing this race again, but it's not a definite yes.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Saw a volunteer on the ride making out with his gf.. that would have motivated me a little more if she was a little hotter. Water boys need to pay attention more.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I'd do this race again, especially now that I've figured out the course. Sacramento is a great town, and it's a really nice small race. I definitely want to do it again next season, to NOT be last. I really am over that. ;-)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: No post-race food/snacks or activities. Quite disappointing. Good flat course for beginners, but so badly marked it made it bad for beginners. I'm glad it wasn't my first-ever triathlon because I would have been frustrated. Just not the ideal first experience for my first olympic. Oh well, best part was doing it with others that I know - and having Carolyn and Leonard there to cheer me on. Even though the report sounds so negative, I did have a lot of fun and I am glad I completed my first Olympic (even if it was slowly finished).
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  • Comments: At first I had a poor impression of the organizers of the event. The one course map they had was pretty vague, bad driving directions to the event, only two people doing body markings for a 3 event race. Then the announcer got on the loud speaker and said to forget about the body marking, we came here to race not stand in line, yadda yadda. So I realized that this is a super low-key casual but fun group. They were pretty amusing to listen to on the loud speaker. I will do another race from this group, but be prepared to bring my own post race food (it was gone when I got there).
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  • Comments: Had a bad transition from biking to running. I used Beckys bike, seat was wrong height.
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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: I completed my first TRI!
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