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Race Reports for Parvin State Park Sprint Triathlon

[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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Second year in a row doing this race. It's in a very rural part of New Jersey, kind of nice getting away from the built up area that I live in.
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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: Really like this race. Good time of year, good location, fits well as a "prime" race for my training programs while allowing some time off afterwards before kicking up the programs again for the finish of the season.
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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: Another solid DQ race; they do a good job. I was scheduled to do the Piranha-timed race in Middletown, DE on Sunday but circumstances didn't play out to allow for that and this just fit the schedule better.
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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: There weren't many post race activities run by the race, but Team Triumph had a great celebration going on! This was my first tri without any family, but TT really did a wonderful job replacing them. They cheered and were encouraging the whole way through!!! A good intro race, but the bottom line is that this race didn't have too many newbies, and my lack of training showed. It's really time to step it up.
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[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 by D&Q
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[6]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: There was only one water station for the entire event. It was halfway through the run. There was also water and food at the end.
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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: Another solid effort from the DQ folks. The rain kind of screwed this one up; once it started coming down it came down hard. I've never been around when they started packing up the racks and getting all the race accoutrements put up, and I've stuck around longer than we did here. With the rain, though, they wanted to pack up and get gone and I don't blame them.
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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: Overall, not a bad race. The line for race numbers/chips before the race was annoying, but during the race everything was very well organized.
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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: 2nd year in a row I've done this race and I do enjoy it. I will be back next year to take care of that lake!
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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: Will probably do this again mainly due to the fact that its close and I know the course pretty well. Its a good race, well organized.
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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 hit my goals, plus this is my first tri in 3 years.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: Best finish to date. The winner was 2 mins ahead and is a NCAA collegiate gaylord. 38 seconds off from overall podium. Nice going wee man. Keep 'er lit!!!
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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: Would consider doing it again. Although I may try the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon during the same weekend next summer.
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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: Parvin State Park was the right size race for me. Laid back and everyone was so friendly and encouraging. I went to the Philly tri this weekend, too. Exciting, but glad I was just a spectator at it -- this time.
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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'm demoralized today because my buddy who did his first race beat me by 5 minutes. He passed me on the bike and I couldn't stay with him. Knew that if I didn't stay with him on the bike, I'd lose him on the run since he's a faster runner than I am. I'm feeling sorry for myself and I'm sure it will only last a day or two but it still sucks.
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[16]
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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 enjoyed this race. I did the duathlon last year. It's a nice area and the folks that run it are nice and know what they're doing.
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[17]
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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: Liked the race a lot. Was organized and on time and will probably do this one again next year if sprints are still my game.
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[18]
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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.
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[19]
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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 like this event, although I still want to whine about the swim (which I think was longer than claimed, doggone it!). I've now done three of the DQ venues (Belleplain twice, Marlton Lakes twice, and now Parvin) and I really like this one; good one to put on the calendar every year. I can't complain about the DQ races...they do a nice job and their events are a good time, plus they give you so many events. I'd like to see bigger crowds (like they have at Marlton Lakes), but 235 isn't bad.
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[20]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good location, well run, well timed. Bad transition area setup. Lake was shallow & lots of algae.
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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 overall. The race director kept referring to how great a field we had today. I’m not sure if he was being serious, or just trying to make everyone feel better if they didn’t finish where they’d hoped. Either way, I was surprised at how well I did! I was 34th overall (out of about 160, I’m waiting for the “official” results), and placed 3rd in my age group (Male, 30-34)!! For the first race in 707 days, I was very happy. I find this pretty significant because the toughest age groups for men are 30-34 and 35-39 (the latter being the toughest). Just fyi - for women it's late 30's to early 40's that have the best endurance athletes. You might think it's the young kids in their 20's, but it takes a long time to build the endurance necessary to maintain speed in a triathlon. Now I feel even better! Overall, great way to get back on the racing “horse.” The transitions went well; I don’t feel like I lost hardly any time. Granted, I didn’t have a wetsuit to contend with,
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[22]
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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: 2nd year I did this race. Don't know why they did the course change but it worked out ok. Fun race, very relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere. Enjoyed myself on the course, had fun. A good mix for good competition (Some the regions top AGers) and alot of newbies. Fun race, no thrills, but great location and vibe to it. DQ does a really nice job.
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[23]
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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: I later learned that no one else entered as an athena, so if I would have stayed for the awards ceremony, I would have won a medal or something.
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[24]
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Very disapointed that the run was better marked.
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[25]
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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 liked this race. No major frills, no DJ, but it was a nice course, a nice lake, good organization, and really good volunteers. I enjoyed the expirience and likely will do it again.
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