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Race Reports for Greater Cleveland Triathlon - International Distance- 2017 CANCELLED

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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Distances and maps were off, which threw pacing off. Late start, disorganized, and very rough roads and several rough train tracks. Will not likely be doing this again, which is unfortunate because it's my hometown!
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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: This race was well-organized, with excellent volunteer support.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: was a B race, was not tapered, just took the day before off, swim was really hard, first half of the bike was hard, then found the groove, didn't push it too much on the run, despite all of that, just 1:15 off of getting 3rd in age
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: All-in-all the GCT is a great race (much more positive than negative). The wave starts ran late due to swim conditions. Times/awards seemed to take a long time to be posted - Lots of odd looking times in the on-line posted results (e.g. 23 mile bike split completed in 39 minutes!). I would still recommend this race to anyone.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: A little disappointing due to leg cramping which hasn't happened to me in awhile, due to the competition, not sure I would have medaled even if I would have run my best race, overall, given the situation, glad I was able to salvage a decent outcome by going slower than normal on the run, swim was challenging due to waves/current, bike was challenging due to the hills,
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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: Enjoyed the race greatly. Registered at the last moment and glad I did. Not having the full tri was disappointing in a small way but when I looked at that large body of water, I was really intimidated and figure I would've been the last one out of the water anyways. Very well organized and fun event.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: This is the second year in a row (I was told) that this race has been changed to a duathlon due to rough lake conditions. Mentor Headlands may not be the ideal location. I will probably just do Cleveland Triathlon in the future as the swim is more assured (due to the breakwall) and the bike course is closed to traffic. I was really psyched up to do my first olympic tri but then had to settle for a du. Oh well. Also, I am a bit irked that I don't know why I was penalized. I will look into finding out why later. I would recommend this race to others as long as they are aware of some of the course/ site limitations.
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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: disappointed that the swim was cancelled, and duathlon is not a strength, bike course was fun and it turned out better than I thought, feel better today than the monday after my previous race
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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:

  • Comments: Really well run. Mickey did a great job. Gu's everywhere, in transition, at every aid station. Bike aid stations with Gatorade bottles, metals and goodie bag at the finish. Will definitely do this next year, shooting for the HIM.
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