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Race Reports for Dewey Beach Sprint Triathlon

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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: A great race for my first tri. Lots of really supportive and nice people. The night before the tri they had a first timers seminar and they also had a separate wave for first timers (I chose to go with my age group). A couple of words of caution: If you're a beginner, make sure that you spend some time swimming in the ocean before coming out to race. Also if you're a weak swimmer (like me), make sure you get / rent a wet suit. While the waves were pretty friendly for this year's race, I was at Dewey a month earlier to train and swam in 4+ foot swells and that was not a pleasant experience.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: They never start on time. But I'll take that reality with the rest of the laid-back vibe and ease of bringing a family.
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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 and free beer. I am doing this again next year.
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  • Comments: I will retun in 2013 to conquer that swim. The bike and run are short and flat, this race is all about the ocean swim. I am still getting over the reality that the swim is what destroyed me. S many of my friends think I must be this great swimmer because of the events I try, that they wouldn't, but in the context of endurance sports I have so so so so far to go to begin even to be a back-of-pack participant. That's ok, if it was easy it wouldn't be worth it. When I do he Manhattan swim some ay, I'll remember the time I couldn't swim against the current.
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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 Dewey Beach Sprint Tri is a great race and a lot of fun!
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  • Comments: swim was miserable.
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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: it is a great race - TONS of people, and a fair number of guys like me who just go out and do it without much training (some tubbies here and there too!) Swim sucks every year - hoping it will be easier next year. No Bonfire this year - maybe next year.
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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 race really is a great one. We may return for Olivia's birthday weekend again next year. The food tent was well supplied for the huge number, the beer tent didn't run out before I got there, the volunteers were everywhere and knew their jobs, the sound system was clear, the swim course was well-guarded, packet pickup was smooth. Even though this is my first year, it's my 6th sprint triathlon, and as for overall race experience, this one was top. Nice tshirt that had more color than usual, along with custom water bottle I will use. I didn't get a finishers medal the size of a homemade ceramic ashtray from the 70s, like I did at TriRock, but I wouldn't expect one for a sprint really. I'll take a well-thought out course and free Dogfish Head beer any day.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 would like to say that this was a very well run and organized race. I love Dewey Beach and vacation there every year and was so happy to finally come back and do the town triathlon. The event did start 30mins late but I wasnt upset about that. I did think it was a little weird that as a clyde, I was in the 10th wave. Every other race my wave is usually the first but it was a nice change and I didnt mind it at all. Lots of great volunteers and town support and alot of police presence assuring that we had the roads safely all to ourselves. Post race food was amazing! I felt like I was in a restaurant with all the different items they had for athletes. Also, a beer truck was a nice touch. Good swag for the money, (shirt, water bottle, samples of things, etc.) Great atmosphere also. Being able to sit on the beach after the race was nice and everyone was super friendly. I am not a fan of ocean swims but I would definately do this race again. *On a side note, there was a swimmer who went
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Late start. I understand this is their usual. No great desire to do the ocean swim again.
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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 had a lot of fun. Everyone was very helpful. I managed to finish. I got free beer and then I got decent shopping in tax free Delaware. Great first triathlon to get bit by the triathlon bug.
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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: Good Race but they ran out of free beer towards the end so I didn't get any :(
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: What a great day - I finished! I finished 10 minutes behind the winner of the master clydesdale group - and finished ahead of most of the participants - better than I thought I'd do. I'm already planning my training to get ready for next season's races - Oly anyone?
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[14]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: had lots of fun,will be back next year
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Course avg was just right, but swim was a bit too hard, and the bike and run were too easy.
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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 was a fun race even though the bike was cut short and the run did seem a bit longer then 3.1. The beer was great just wish they had more efficient lines. Look forward to next year.
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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 am definitely addicted- I can't wait to compete again.
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[18]
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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:

  • Comments: Race well organized. For 700+ people, the lines were not very long. Good selection of food and beer afterwards.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Very good race course and a fun day. Only wish I was aware run course was longer than 3.1 miles. I would have prepared better and probably had a better run. Final Stats: 30/73 Novice Males - 273/389 Overall Males - 411/668 Participants
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