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Race Reports for Moses Lake Triathlon - Olympic Course

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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?No

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

  • Comments: Nice event. Second time here. Nice people. A good race for first timers. Organized.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I was having a lot of fun and really happy, even though I was clearly in last place, until I found out they'd already removed the final water station and turnaround point before I even got there.
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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 is really a great event. The warmer temps are such a bonus this time of year. Fast, straightforward course and BUDU does a great job of organizing. This is my second time doing this race and is one of my favorites.
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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 was very happy with this race being my first one of the year. It definitely gave me a list of things to work 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: Just right

  • Comments: I think BuDu does a good job with this race. It's on time and well organized. And they get the results posted very, very quickly.
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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: Lots of cheerleaders out on the run course made it fun, they had all made up different cheers about running. Very cute. When I was about two miles into the run, a woman was heading in and told me I was the 12th woman and that she was in a relay so she didn't count....throughout the run I passed two women, which put me in the TOP TEN! Yay!!! I'm summing this up to say that yes, my performance this year was a little bit better than last year, even though the clock doesn't say so....due to the swim distance change....imagine if I'd had a healthy digestive system. Well, there's always 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: Obviously, as this is my first race ever, I have no reference point to compare. I am happy that the water temperature was not as bad as reported last year - not that it seemed to help my swim or anything. I am almost certain that I was the only first time triathlete at this race. Everyone else clearly was quite experienced, with many serious competitors. Budu Racing does a very good job putting on a race. But one suggestion would be on the race entry form, to maybe have a check box to indicate if this was your first race, so perhaps some race volunteer could guide you through the process a little better, i.e. tell you to put the green swim cap on rather than letting you look like the complete idiot newbie that you truly are. Otherwise great job. It feels good to finally join the triathlete club, even though I am a most lowly member.
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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 going to be an annual event. Besides a great race, Lynne and I had so much fun on our road trip!! Visited friends, were fed and given places to sleep, saw gorgeous mountains, played in the snow, explored a wind farm....so much fun! My performance this year was FOURTEEN MINUTES FASTER than last year, with improvements evenly spread across all three events. I think following a good off season plan as well as pretty much doing all of the workouts in my Olympic plan helped a lot. Also sleeping the night before the race and proper hydration and warm up really helped as well. Thankfully both the lake and air temps were mild. Can't wait to do next year. I've set the bar high for myself!!
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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: Great race to learn how to execute a triahtlon. Could not compare to others at this point, BUDU puts together a good event, I had fun.
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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: Had a BLAST! Fun time with fellow BTers and friends. THANKS TO David (briderdt) for the RACE ENTRY!~~
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: What a great small event! They gave us free picture at the finish! Usually you have to pay $20 for it, that was nice! Also gave away a bunch of raffle prizes - I got a bottle of Hammer gel - can't complain about that :) Volunteers were very cheerful and helpful, people at the finish were super nice and friendly. And of course I qualified for Nationals! Great success overall!
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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: As I was heading out to the water in the morning I kept telling myself, "This is the last time you have to do this. You never every have to do this again. Just get through this triathlon and you don't EVER have to do another one. You don't even have to do Troika; (the half ironman I'm registered for in August)." I was so freaked out that I just could not for the life of me remember WHY I do these things! Now I remember why. I do them because once I couldn't. I was too lazy and too fat. I do them because they scare me and I refuse to let fear keep me from doing something amazing. I do them because they are a way to EXPERIENCE LIFE. I do them because some people can't. I do them because some people who have every excuse to say they can't, do them (like the guy with the prosthetic leg who beat the tri-suit off me). I do them because I love the challenge. And I do them because Ann and Lisa talked me into doing them! So I'll keep doing them. I know I'll be nervous again on the next one,
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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 love Budu Racing. They are so friendly, helpful and fun. They even give you a free picture of you crossing the finish line. It was wonderful. Unfortunately because I finished so late most of the post race activties had finished. Not their fault obviously. I always walk away from these events with a great sense of achievement and can't wait to do another Budu Event. I recommend them 110%!
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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: LOVED IT! I am so glad I have reached my goal this early in the season. I am going to do another Oly at the end of summer and see how it compares. In between I will be doing more sprints and probably throwing in some long runs to try a half marathon. This particular race was so well organized, and it was so much fun to hang out with the huge BT group!
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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 missed when the AG awards were handed out while I was doing my cooldown run. When I came back, Bob gave me my 3rd place medal. Wow! My first AG award. It was a 2008 Nationals qualifier, so technically, I guess I can compete at the Nationals in September in Portland. The volunteers at this race are so great, there was a group of girls at one corner of the run who did very motivating cheers! The water station women were so kind and personable. Thank you Moses Lake! I'll be back. Most awesome moment, I went to get some post-race food. The woman at the station asked me how I did, I looked at her and said "Pretty good, I won an award in my age group for the first time ever" and my eyes fell on the dragonfly necklace she was wearing. For my friends that know me, the dragonfly has a very special meaning to me since my sister Nanette passed away. My sister was at my first triathlon ever, and that dragonfly necklace reminded me that she was celebrating with me at my first olympic
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