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Race Reports for Zephyrhills Sport Sprint Triathlon

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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: The RD came to talk to the USAT Official about the bridge incident. Bridges over the Intracoastal are scheduled to open every 30 minutes (a change from 2 years ago when they opened on demand). The Tender was under orders not open the bridge for the duration of the race. There are some heavy hitters that live on the IC, so I wonder if someone made a call to someone who made a call ... . In any case, the RD was pretty distraught and wanted to give the two minutes to the affected racers. I think he did. This was a fun race that I will do again next year, if only to have my head in a better place. TONS of food afterwards. It's a Publix (supermarket) event and they get a lot of race sponsorship. Zephyhills was giving out TONS of flavored water, Hillshire Farm deli meat for sandwiches, lots of fruit. We had a whole picnic (hmmm, maybe not make picnic for 10 the day before?) with savory scones and oriental chiken wraps that we dragged over to the Combat Challenge team tent. Hung
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