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Race Reports for Columbia Triathlon 2012

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  • Comments: I was very happy with the race based on my training. Humbled that I was 9+ min slower than last year even though I "felt" strong out there. I'd like to time travel back and give myself a pat on the back for last year and then time travel back to now and give myself a kick in the ass for this year.
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
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  • Comments: Overall, a great race on near perfect conditions from a weather perspective. Very organized and went off without any major problems. Tons of officials on the bike course, good location and I will do this again next year. I missed my goal by about 10 mins and I need to train harder with more running (18-25 miles a week) so my pace improves to meet my goals.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race... I plan to do it again next year. The ONLY complaints I have is the shuttle from the Sheraton hotel to the park did not seem very organized. Also, and this is a big complaint, the race timing did not include rankings for the different events. When I did a MTS event last year, I could see how my swim, bike, run and transitions compared against the other runners overall. I would have liked to see how my swim and transitions compared to others overall, within my gender and within my division.
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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 plan to be back to kick this courses butt!
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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 stuck around the finish line, said thanks to Leanda and shook hands with the Lucas and Matias who came in right after me. I didn’t know where I had finished, but Deanne said she thought I was fourth. Results weren’t going to be posted for a long time, but I got a free massage while waiting and then we decided to pack up my bike, head back to the hotel, shower, and come back to the race site to check the results. When we got back, results had been posted and I was 4th! I couldn’t be happier with my race. I swam, biked, and run up at a level that I feel represents my current fitness, and it’s hard to complain about that. This race is a HUGE confidence boost heading into IMLP—to PB on a course by 7 minutes is a testament that work works. Bring on the big training for IM!
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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! I beat last years time by 15:03 so I'm stoked. My power on the bike was awesome and the run was tough, but managed to hold on and finish strong. This race is lots of fun for me. I get to start in one of the first waves, so actually finish early and get to watch everyone else come in. The swag was really sweet this year - love the duffle bag. Weather was absolutely perfect.
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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
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  • Comments: A great challenging olympic course. According to the race director there were 2600 registered athletes. Quite the turn out. My race was great, my wife went off in one of the last waves, and unfortunately some of the water stations had start ti run out of either gatorade or water.
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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 a tough course. Come prepared.
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  • Comments: Was just really disappointed in my time overall. I could think of a dozen reasons for this: heat, nutrition, taking a couple weeks off training for medical reasons, travel, my focus being more on Eagleman this year, etc, etc. But this was my first race where I felt like I took a step backwards. I guess I just need to be putting more into this if I want to keep improving. Total time: 2010: 2:44:26 2011: 2:45:26 As always, a fantastic event. I had a good time visiting old friends even though my performance was disappointing.
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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
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  • Comments: Another year and another Columbia Tri in the books. Being pretty close to home it's hard to pass up. I dropped 9 minutes from last year so I am very happy with that. Not sure if I can pull that off again next year, but that would have me breaking 2:20 :) We will see!
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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: TriColumbia always put on a really well organised great race. Great swag bag as well this year. This is a challenging course and one that I find extremely difficult to pace. After three goes at it I'm still learning but sadly this is going to be my last Columbia Triathlon, probably ever. I am going to miss my annual trip to Centennial Park in May.
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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 race. It brings out the best competition in the area. The F50-54 AG winner had a time of 2:30:27 (22 min swim, 20.5 mph bike, 8:10 min/mile run). One woman had a 7:19 min/mile pace The swim in Centennial Lake is the biggest negative. It's just kind of murky and yucky. The bike course was great!! Run course really good too. Loved the massage at the end. This race also has great swag (should given the registration fee) - great duffle, visor, bottle, shirt, food stuffs. I love the duffle. It is my very own tri-bag now!! I was using my daughter's old swim bag (it had her name on it). Now I am legit!
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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 a race that I hope to come back to every year. Fantastic organization. Tough course that brings out a really strong AG field. There's a good reason that it has been going strong for almost 30 years now.
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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 TriColumbia! This was my best race yet!
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