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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island 2012

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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Overall I think that the race was much improved from last year. The rerouting of the bike course to miss much of Central Avenue was a blessing. There were still some pretty rough areas, and you can't help but have pot holes and other impediments once you get into the urban area of any race, but at least we didn't have too much to contend with for the first 45 miles or so. The run course still had the same goofy loop into a parking lot for about 100 meters or so. Last year I thought that it was just a last minute thing to make the distance, but I guess its part of the course. Just doesn't make sense to me... you've got an entire city to plan a run course and you can't get an extra block somewhere along the way? The parking lot thing is just pretty hack in my opinion... I mean come on this is a WTC Ironman event... not a local church group 5K. Two other things that kind of irk me as well... the post race food situation for one. I mentioned the chocolate milk thing... that was
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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: I don't know that I would do this race again. I did not like the point to point aspect. I also did not like the swim bike or run courses. overall I felt like the course sucked, but it might have also been because I was not really ready to race.
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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: ROADS: A lot has been said about the road course and the conditions of the streets. I was ahead of most of the pack, and didn't see the graveyard of equipment and tires that others behind me saw. There were definitely some questionable areas, and I got a bit nervous for my rims, but the Boyd wheels held up fine. Having the mountain bike background certainly seemed to help.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: This is a great race. It is well-run (as are most WTC races). I am not a fan of having two transition sites, but they aren't too far apart which makes it nice for pre-race activities and spectating.
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