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Race Reports for Ridgefield Sprint Triathlon 2008

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Race rating (4)

Comments: Second year for this race. Course was better this year but transition needs some work. I felt bad for some of the slower racers who had to navigate through a crowd to get in and out of transition. Nothing a few more barricades couldn't fix. Will definately do this again next year.

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Race rating (4)

Comments: This is a tricky venue as it's cramped. Bike and run go out and come back on the same stretch of road, so at certain times during the race there is 4-way traffic on a 2-lane road. They did a good job of seperating the different folks but the finish area was a squish. I've heard that the folks that own the lake (and have a motorized boat ban) are keen to not have the race back due to the rescue boat that they have. This would be a shame - can they cover the swim without motorized support? Is there any where else in R'field to have the tri? Nice race - courses are a little tough but fair and not totally crushing for newbies. Lake is spring-fed and nice conditions. Field doubled this year to 400. It's a treat to have a race so close. There was packet pick-up the day before where you could have also practise swum between 6-6:45pm. "Tech"style t-shirts and nice little backpack thing for race bag. RD had involved local bike shop (Bethel Cycle) who were there day before and for last minute things

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Race rating (3)

Comments: I don't want to knock this race hard, because I think the RD is a good guy who has done a lot of work for it, and it is a nice little local race. But some things need work. The layout of this course, I felt was just horrible. It made for extremely disorganized finishes for both the bike and run portions, and people were constantly crowding the course and getting in the way. I heard the announcer say, "Come on people, there are racers here, GET OFF THE COURSE". But the layout was such that it really facilitated bad behavior. Too much going on in a tiny area. Then, the post race activities were also mashed in there, so just...I dunno. I didn't know where the food was (Tom had to tell me, as he had been a spectator and noticed), and just a few other layout issues. The volunteers at the aid station and at the guiding points were great, except at the very end because I think there was too much chaos. As I mentioned above, I was approaching the bike finish and no one affiliated

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