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Race Reports for Athletes for a Cure 2008

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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?

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

  • Comments: What can I say, this race was at Disney. How much better could it get for a guy from the north whose's wife is addicted to Disney. Ok, so I'm kinda hooked on "the magic" too.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I am sure it was typical but I really would have like more to drink that a choice of warm water or warm red poweraid. I am not a big fan of poweraid in the first place and there were no other nutriiton options. Ok here is where I rant. First of all, you have to park a million miles away from where bike dropoff is and it was a mandatory bike drop off the day before. So I parked and rode my bike to dropoff. Riding on roads sharing traffic so I wore my helmet. I realized later I could ride a bus back but not knowing that I left my helmet with my bike. I did put a plastic bag over my cockpit covering my helmet. It is only a 50 or so dollar helmet but still. I arrived race day to find my plastic bag removed, my helmet gone, my spare tube missing from my seatpost, and the thing that pisses me off the most, my freaking aero bar pads. Thankfully they left my computer but man was I pissed about my pads. I was able to go all the way back to my car for my old helmet which just happened
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  • Comments: Didn't experience any of the negative things that I've heard about this race in years past. I'm sure this is a result of Philip LaHaye helping to organize/direct the race. The trail run sucked as much or even more than I thought it would, but it was fun. I'm glad I did it, not sure I'd do it again. Overall, happy that we signed up.....didn't mind the high race fee as the proceeds go towards prostate cancer research. Since my father-in-law had great success in treating his prostate cancer with experimental proton radiation, it was good to support the cause. It was hard to do this race and not think of Christine a lot. We had signed up for the HIM at this venue together, hung out pre-race and exchanged photos and stories while our husbands cheered us both on during the race less than 3 months ago. Its still unbelievable that she's gone.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

  • 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 volunteers were great and the race course was challenging. The only bad thing I could say is that instead of pulled pork sandwiches and beans, I would have preferred just a bagel, oranges, or bananas. This was my first Oly distance and I really enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you volunteers!!!
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