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Race Reports for Gulf Coast Triathlon 2009

[1]
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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: Conditions are very hot and shade is almost non-existent.
[2]
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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: Any race would be a failure with out all of the volunteers. Thank you for supporting us. I am grateful and think you all were great! The beach was beautiful, the bike course was very good. The run course was decent. I would do this again fo' sho'. I am certainly proud of doing my 3rd Half IM in 12 month period (Fl Half May '08/ Miami-Man Nov '08 / GCT May'09) and I do this for fun and don't want to lose sight of a great accomplishment. Am I beating myself up for missing a time goal or being a little slow? A little bit. We spend a lot of time doing this sport, and we all want to do it well. I'll break 6 next time...
[3]
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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, great support
[4]
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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: This is by far the best Triathlon I have done to date. They had great volunteers. It was extremely well organized. They had 5 aide stations on the bike. The pancake breakfast was great, the pasta dinner was great and the party after was awesome. The fact that the hotel is right by transition and swim start just cant be beat. Not having to wait in long lines at the porta potties is really cool.
[5]
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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: Too easy

  • Comments: I have attended this race a number of times. As an athlete, I was blown away by it. I really enjoyed it and thought they put on an outstanding races. Volunteers were plentiful and endured the heat with the athletes.
[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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The relay thing is not the same as doing the whole thing. Having done the whole thing before it just feels a little empty. I did have fun and was proud of Marcy's performance and dispite my teammates indescretions I had a blast. This is a rockstar race. Dispite alot of new competition this race still rates among the very best.
[7]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?
  • 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: I feel fairly good about the race since this was my first. I will be back next year and hopefully put up better numbers. Check back then.
[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: Max HR 188 Avg HR 162 4,879 cal burnt
[9]
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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 well run race. Volunteers were great. Draft Marshalls on the bike course were nice to see. I'll be back next year.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
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  • Comments: Great race. There must have been as many volunteers as there were racers. Everyone was so helpful and I am glad I chose it for my first HIM. I believe this is a great race to get a feel for the distance (as long as you don't mind a little heat).
[11]
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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: Always a first class event. Really you cannot ask for more from a race.
[12]
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Terrible run performance because of a lacking nutrition plan. A well organized and supported race however, that I would like to attempt again.
[13]
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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: The organization of this race was amazing, and the volunteers were fabulous! They were out there in the heat, just like us, yet they kept cheering us on and doing everything they could to make it easier on us. Best part about this race -- it was a celebration for me. Almost 5 years ago I was airlifted to a trauma center with a broken neck and other broken bones, along with other injuries. So this whole thing was amazing to me -- that I could do this at my age, and that I was strong and healthy enough to get through this. Of course I wish I could have done better, but I gave all that I had on that day. And it gave me such joy throughout the day. Even as I sit here reliving it, it brings a smile to my face!!!
[14]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This is a nice race. It is well put on, and the voluntter support (especially on the run) was teriffic. The race organizers can't control the conditions, but they did a great job with everything else. My only disappointment was the expo. I had read it was "open to the public" so I expected a lot more. This is a nice destination race. It's late enough in the year that it's warm and the family can "play on the beach" and do fun stuff. Yet it's early enough the tourism hasn't hit yet.
[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: The organizers did a great job with the race and the events surrounding the race.
[16]
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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: Really Well done race. Including a great all you can eat GREAT FOOD awards ceremony into the night after the race.
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