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Race Reports for Spring Classic Duathlon

[1]
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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: Improved performance over last year by 4.5 minutes. Could have been a couple of minutes better without flat tire.
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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: Overall I am pretty happy with this race - my best time prior was 1:34:47 so even with being mindful on the runs this was 4 & 1/2 minutes off my best time. Also got both runs well under an 8:00 split time, and this was really my best differential between run paces (:26). In some ways, I think the injury has helped me overall because I didn't feel like I was killing myself to get these run paces like I would have before. Will need to take a look at the HRM footpod calibration as it's a bit low. Take aways: running - work on good steady deep breathing bike - dismounts, more time in race rear wheels overall - watch out for too many layers, need a plan to allow to strip off layers in T1 easily
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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 easy

  • Comments: Very happy with my race.
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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: Nice race and a very strong field of competitors. Wish they would better identify teams versus individuals. It is an easy course in that it is flat and straight. It was hard because of cold, wet and some wind. The road was a bit rough but I plan on doing this each year.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Every racer will have a bad one sometime, and today it was my turn. It was a good learning experience and I got some good takeaways on this, and have some things to work on with bike gear and my run pacing. The bike was real disappoiment but the biggest disappointment in myself was the run times, especially the first one before things went south - last year's first run pace was 7:11, the only positive thing about these runs is that I didn't feel like I was pushing as hard to keep the pace, so knowing that I need to push past to that uncomfortable level will get me much closer to my 7:00 split goal - the HR data also shows that I didn't push as hard as I could have, the HR data was in the 170s and for pushing my goal pace should be right around my max HR 184 or so AA volunteers like last year's lost timing chip were very helpful and supportive with holding my bike while changing it, also thanks to the other racer who gave me CO2, and was sorry to hear that her bike was DOA on the cou
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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 first run, Fair T1 transition. Bike felt uncomfortable, possibly a low seat, T2 sucked needs work. 2nd run felt uncomfortable, maybe add some bricks.
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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: Timing chip fell off on R2, but event folks were able to still get my times. Did a great job of keeping me informed about it as they were trying to get the data. The weather really did make things more of a pain on this race, but shouldn't be an issue by summer events Points earned per Race Center scoring - 81.03 points Race folks did announce this was worst weather in race history, so won't let that deter me from doing race again in future
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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: I wish they could have dialed in some warmer, dryer weather - oh and less wind! holy moly i didn't need that wind. The even was well-organized, and seemed well-planned. Good dj at the start, good setup on starting and T1. I will do this race again next year. Oh, the only thing I would change is that the gun was the start, not when my chip crossed the mat. Still, as I was in no danger of winning my AG, a few seconds did not really matter. Since we had most of the road to cross the start and there were only 271 people it went quickly.
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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 would've been 4th place by 10 sec. Top 3 of my age group are also in the top 10 overall female. I did pretty well, considering how little experience I have in this sports. Yey, I rock!
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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: Expected my first race to clock in around 2 hours, but came in at 1:40. Made it into the top 50%. Very happy with the race, and also my training for the race. Great first Duathlon!
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Good early season test.
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[12]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This was my first duathlon and I had an great time! The race was well organized and in a nice location. I will definitely do it again.
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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: Very safe course management. Good job to AA Sports. Canceled the post race awards ceremony, which was a smart idea. Too wet and cold to stand around.
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