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Race Reports for Desert Grande Triathlon 2011

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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: First of all, let me say that this is a great race for new folks to the sport. It is short and fun. It's rad to see a lot of people there for their first tri or du and you can see their excitement. That being said, this race would be so much better if there was a closed transition area and USAT rules were in effect. For the newbies to go from this race to a USAT race would be difficult. Some of the easiest rules (ipod, help from others, closed transition area) were being broken left and right and it became frustrating sometimes to look like that bad guy asking people to get out of the way. All that to the side, it is a great grassroots tri. 20 years strong and I'll keep doing it for 20 years more.
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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: Considering the course was altered and the weather conditions changed the bike portion drastically, I felt comparing this race to the last 2 were not a fair assessment of how much progress I have made since last year...Also, when resultds were 1st posted they had the 5 year increments in the age groups listed, then changed it to 10 year. It had me listed 3rd place out of 12 people in my age group(40-44). 5th out of 26th for 40-49 is what was posted today so, either way. I was happy with this race! Really had a great time!
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