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Race Reports for Pioneer 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: Feel like I'm in a pretty good place for this early in the season. Only took a 1 week off-season after IM Florida last November. Did IM 70.3 Florida 2 weeks ago and have taken it pretty easy since then. Hopefully my fitness keeps getting better so I can remain somewhat competitive this 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: Failed to get my watch programmed correctly; only recorded info was as a bike event; but total time was on track with the total for the event. Gotta research this.
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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 good early season race. Pool swim is nice in April when an open water swim would be far to cold to consider. The bike course is a good out and back with one down and up hill in each direction. It was a very windy rainy day so weather was a challenge. The run course winds through the small town of Petersburg, IL. Pay attention to the course markers. There is not a volunteer and every possible turn.
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  • Comments: nice local event!
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: For a first race of the year it was a good guide to see where else I need to work on. However - this was by far the worst organized race I have ever done, and thankfully I am not registered to do another race this year by these organizers.
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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: Other than the unorganized and slightly late start to the swim, the race was good. Challanging but fun course. I will be back next year, its a good race to see how the rest of the season is going to shape up.
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  • Comments: Had a great time - season is underway, so that in and of itself made it a great day! It was a personal best for Sprint Distance and the race itself, so again...........no excuses and no complaints. I have a LOT of work to do, but this was a confidence booster. I told myself a GREAT day would be in the 1:09/1:10 bracket - got a smidge over 1:11. Game on!
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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:

  • Comments: I like this race a lot
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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:

  • Comments: As always, good race in Petersburg. Swim start a little more disorganized than usual, but overall another quality event.
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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 easily one of the best sprint races in the area. The post race food is awesome. Great atmosphere. Great post race messages. I do think they went a little cheaper this year on the age group award plaques because usually they put a name plate on them that has the age group and date and this year it just says 'first place', but I'm definitely not complaining. I'm just happy to have won one! Just thought I'd make a note of it. They went a little more expensive on the shirts if that makes up for it! Very cool technical tee. I'll definitely use it during training!
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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 good race put on by this group. Challenging course, but fun and fair. Registration was a little congested as was the pool swim, but not sure what you can do about that.
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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 nice race!
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[13]
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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 love this race. Maybe that is where my Tri journey started. I will always be partial to this 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:

  • Comments: Good race, challenging course. Well run.
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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: Well this is my 1st of many Tri's and this one will be special to me. I was ready and I worked really hard! My goal was between 1:08 and 1:10. I reached it and more I was 15th overall and 2nd in my age group. Whatmore could I ask for??? maybe 52 less seconds? LoL maybe next year!!!
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[16]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: It was a great race, not sure if I would do it again, except that it is a good early tune up. The water stations need to be uniformed, with both water and Heed at ALL stations. Not having water at the last station really pissed me off, not acceptable. Otherwise, the people were quite friendly, volunteers were ample and teh race was a lot of fun
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall I had a great experience. As a first timer I thought this race was great, just the right size and difficulty. Plenty of volunteers and they were all nice and helpful in answering all my questions. I was on a high for the rest of the day. I can't wait for my 2nd Tri at my new addiction.
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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: Only criticism I have is that the rack I was assigned to was very crowded. Was fine until about three people came in at the last minute and tried to cram their bikes in between mine and the bike on the end. They started moving people's bikes around. I told them not to touch mine. Yeah, I'm an a**hole, but if you want a choice spot, get there early.
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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 hard

  • Comments: I didn't take the "gently rolling hills" part of the race description seriously. I hadn't trained on hills and I paid for it. I have to say, I wouldn't describe the last two hills before the turn around on the bike and the last hill on the run as "gentle" but all and all it was a good first tri.
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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:

  • Comments: Very well organized, especially for a 2nd year race. Lots of volunteers. Very friendly people. Will be back.
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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 given it is their first year and they seamlessly ran a mini tri immediately before the sprint. Well organized, on time, fully staffed and good food afterward.
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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 prepared and organized first race. Course was nice and challenging. Great early season race.
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