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Race Reports for RAGE Triathlon - Half Course 2008

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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: Just right

  • Comments: This was their first year doing a half and it needs work for sure but it was a decent race with an race director who really cares about making the race better. This is the toughest half-iron I have done but I wouldn't want them to change it. I think I could do better given better decision making but probably couldn't cut more than maybe a half-hour off my time.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Not enough aid stations on the run course. Not many events after the race. Good pancake breakfast, however.
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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 my third race but a completely new course so there were some different challenges that I experienced. I need more practice swimming in very cold water so that I don't feel so clausterphobic and constricted. Once I got into the deeper water, it was warmer and that feeling went away. As I approached the shore, the water was definitely colder and I could feel that constricted feeling coming back.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: A couple other things to add: My goal was to break 6:35 and qualify for the Halfmax. I would have come close, but even taking out the mistakes and mechanical problems, I would have been 12 minutes short or so. the other way to qualify is be in the top 1/3 of my AG. Just missed that as well even without the problems. I was still VERY happy to break the 7 hour mark and set a PR. It would have been closer to 6:45 without the issues. My wife bought me a present! The night before the race, she presented me with some Oakley bike/run sunglasses. She picked the "LiveStrong" version because she knows my racing colors are yellow! She SAYS that she did this on her own and never noticed that I have been oggling them in the store a half dozen times! Since the HIM took longer than the Sprint and Oly. Most of the post race activities where over when I finished! I also had to get a Large finisher's t-shirt because they were out of the XL when I was done. The staff felt bad since I
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