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Race Reports for Vineman Showdown at Sundown

[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?No

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

  • Comments: I'll try to do this race again next year. It was fantastic! I believe I'm hooked on triathlons now :) Note: My rank on swim was much better than rank on the bike & run.
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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: The achilles hill for this race is transition. This set up was different than previous years and probably safer but more congested and more of a hassle than previous years. Due to the geography of the park, there's really no way around it. Going to go with running shoes and platforms next year for the bike.
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[3]
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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?

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

  • Comments: Good begginers race.
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[4]
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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: Odd to race in the afternoon, but I'd definitely do this race again next year.
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[5]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: I thought the race was o.k. I'll probably do it again because I had a good time but the course was not my favorite.
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[6]
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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: The nasty hill right out of transition is the worst part of this race, it's a little dangerous. Otherwise, beautiful venue and well run as usual.
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[7]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: loved the afternoon start, beautiful venue, bike climb out of transition was dangerous (lots of falls, people not clipped in, people walking bikes up and down)
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[8]
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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: Good race for experienced and first timers. Afternoon races are nice, you have plenty of time to get there, setup and get warmed up. The course is short but fairly technical. Coming in and out of transition is technical here as well. Bike handling skills are a must on this course. Probably not a lot of opportunity to get on the aerobars so a road bike might work better here for the twisties and hills.
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[9]
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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?

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

  • Comments: The volunteers were great. It would have been nice if they had a refreshments tent open before and after the race, given the race time was 5pm.
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[10]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Some of the hills were good size, not rollers. Wind really picked up on bike course. I did not like the run course after going up stairs out of transition, it took me to the halfway point to get my heart rate down. Was glad to finish!
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[11]
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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: Next year, I will shoot for closer to an hour.
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[12]
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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: It is the best, since it is my first triathlon! Had a really good time.
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[13]
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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: I love that this had a 5:00 pm start. What a lovely time of day to be racing, and when it was done I went home and vegged out and didn't feel guilty about wasting the day away like during other races where I'm toast by noon and lay around till dinner. I hope more race organizers take notice and it becomes common.
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[14]
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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: Great race! Love the 5pm start time. The only reason I did not give this race a 5 rating is the hill in and out of transition, it's very dangerous.
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[15]
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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 race...very organized and fun.
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