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Race Reports for PA Warrior Tri 2009

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Overall, I thought this was a good sprint with enough challenges for experienced and beginners. Now the bike is a bit tough for beginners, but mostly due to that one hill. And the advertised swim can also be a bit daunting as most sprints I’ve been in are usually 1/4 to 1/2 mile. The run was course was fine and offered the challenge of a trail run vs a street run. Now a few comments I made on the feedback sheet: - They should have chip timing. - I prefer bagels, fig newtons, and fruit to pizza. The latter is just a bit much to digest for me. Plus, pizza’s fairly fattening. And what’s pizza without beer anyway? ;-) - They really need a third buoy instead of the flag that they used. - They have to advertise with clubs a bit more or something. To be fair, there were several other competing events this weekend, namely Steelman in Quakertown, a sprint in Boiling Springs PA, and the Spirit of Morgantown Tri festival. I actually didn’t hear
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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: I mainly did this race because I was going home to see my family. I had a great time doing this. I didn't go out there to set a PR or anything, mainly to have fun, especially since this was the first race of my tri season. I will do this race again, especially if I happen to be up in the area the same time it's going 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Both of my other races have been quite a bit larger in terms of number of racers than this one. I was a little thrown off by lack of a course talk/orientation the day before, lack of swim warm-up time and the all-at-once start instead of waves. Given the size of the event, though, the organization was adequate and everything went smoothly. I was concerned about navigating the trail run course, but it was well marked and had plenty of volunteers providing directions. The volunteers on the bike course could have been a little more attentive - at one turn, the person giving directions was sitting in their car on the other side of the road and would occasionally point towards the direction we were supposed to go. My biggest issue was the number or racers who were riding their bikes into the transition area - I thought that was grounds for disqualification. If its not, then I guess I'll start doing it, too. Overall good race - I would do it again.
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