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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Florida

[51]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I really did not like the run. Now I am not sure how I would have felt if my knee were uninjured, but reading everyone else's evaluations makes me think I still would not have liked it. Not sure if I will do this race again. If I do I will fly into Tampa not Orlando and try to rent a villa or stay outside disney. If I don't have my kids with me other people's kids are so not cute.....
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[52]
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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: It was a good race event. Good experience.
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[53]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I would never participate in this event again unless the run course was changed. Over 9 miles on grassy, pot holed jeep trails with absolutely no shade. It was beyond HOT and I am used to the heat living in FL. The expo was horrible...if you could call it an expo. There was nothing but a few sodas and pizza at the end of the race. Nothing else for athletes. THey ran out of ice and gatorade at one of the rest stops on the run.
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[54]
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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: Need to change the run course
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[55]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Although I have done Full Distance Ironman races this was my first 70.3. I am not sure how this compares to others but I thought the activities post/pre race were not all that impressive. I was surprised they don't do finisher shirts, instead everyone gets a race shirt before they even run it which is fine, just different then I am used to. The volunteers were AWESOME!!! If any of them are reading this THANK YOU SO MUCH, I could not have done it without your amazing support.
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[56]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Good volunteers, decent swim, nice bike course, very POOR RUN course! This may be the most miserable HIM run course out there. I couldn't find anyone who actually 'liked' this course. I will not do this race again until the run course is changed. It is pretty much cruel and unusual punishment. If the run course had been better (maybe even if the race was held earlier in the year), this would be a PREMIER 70.3 event. The run course is a real shame. I live in South FL and there's only so much acclimating that you can do. Jeff Galloway has been known to say that if it's over 80F, run for fun. I wonder if when it's over 90F, it's "stroll" for fun?
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[57]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I still cannot believe they ran out of ice on the run course. Unacceptable. Saddles, helmets, bikes at the expo? Am I expecting to much for a 1/2 IM race expo?
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[58]
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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: They really need to redo that run course. It is entirely too syiffling hot in the grassy trail section.
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[59]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: The race was in typical hot, humid Florida weather for that time of year, but it changed over the next two days. The next day would have been perfect, temp lower, cloudy and no rain until at or near race end. Two days later would have been awful, too cold and very heavy wind and rain all day. Overall the race was set up very well and I would do it again.
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[60]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Not having that much experience in this kind of event, overall it was a great race. Volunteers....THANK YOU, you are part of our success.
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[61]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I was so excited in the beginning... and then I had my issue with the swim where I thought I might drown. Then the bike started to feel really really long, like it would never end. By the time I got to the run, it was just a matter of survival. Finally, I got to the finish line!!!
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[62]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Next year hopefully I'll be able to race the entire race. I've got at least one more HIM planned this season, maybe 2. Learned some things about myself during this race regarding nutrition that will prove to be beneficial, so some good came of this race. Also, I suppose that I could've packed it in after the bike and taken a DNF but that was not an option, especially my first HIM.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: goal was to finish, hopefully in under 6 hours, i finished under 5 and they gave awards to top 5 in age group! it was such a surprise, wish i wouldn't have screwed around in transition so much...i'd be on my way to clearwater in the fall
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[64]
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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: The volunteers were outstanding. I thanked them at every turn. The folks at the aid stations were great. The first aid station on the run put their grapes on ice. I told them that whoever thought of that was a genius and got a high five from the lady. So when the 3rd aid station ask how the other stations were, I told them that they were the friendliest, but the 1st aid station had the frozen grapes. Awesome, awesome group of people. Our bus back to the parking lot was basically all volunteers and I basically made an annoucement thanking all of them as I got off. I don't know what other comments to make. An outstanding experience that teaches you a lot about yourself. I wouldn't have changed a thing. You deal with the situation at hand and keep moving forward. The support of my wife and kids is outstanding. I am so lucky to have them encouraging me in this crazy sport. The folks on this site, especially the experienced ones, most of whom I never corresponded with, are
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[65]
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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: The swim was long and there is no reason for it to be. I think the bike was long and again, with as many out and backs as they have, no reason to be and the run course just sucks donkey balls. Not sure I will ever do this race again if they don't change the run course. However I would like to come back and prove I can do it. I really liked the bike course. The little hills made it more of a challange.
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[66]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Wonderful volunteers! Plenty of aid stations...so much so that I think I gained weight during this race :) I also rather like the run, if I could run. I have alot of joint pain, and the amount of running on a grassy trail would help. If I come again, it will have to be with my family, though. Being at Disney without the kids just made me really homesick. I did not like that you had to pay $1/minute for a massage (they are usually free, but I noticed alot of "extra" fees for things in the area that you don't usually have to pay for) and that the buses were so late to transport us to the transition area. This was a race I seriously considered DNFing on purpose. When my back went out the Tuesday before I thought maybe I'd swim. Then I thought since I paid to ship my bike down, I at least wanted to get on it...and the bike was actually the toughest. My orthopedic surgeon had already given me the news about my big toe joint (could need an artificial joint if I tear it up any
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[67]
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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 overall. Do not let the run course description discourage you. Remote transportation is an annnoyance.
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[68]
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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 my third tri but only my second recent tri. I thought it was good. There was much complaining about the transition close time and the run course, but overall, I thought it was great. If I had to pick between this and gulf coast, I would probably try gulf coast, just because I've never done it before.
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[69]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I would rank the race higher if not for the run course. And as to the drink stations, there were probably enough but one more on the bike course would have been nice too.
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[70]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Run course sucked and Post Race was a long line for pizza and soda. Big deal. I didn't stick around too much longer after I finished.
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[71]
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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: "Goodie Bags" were disappointing. Great volunteer and traffic control support. Congrats to all who finished!
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[72]
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Race rating (5)
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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: wonderful time...thank you volunteers and everyone here who motivated me. Last May I did my first 5k in 15 years. This May a HIM...pretty exciting for me.
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[73]
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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 like this race except for the run location. It is possibly the worst run course of any race I have done. The reason I have done it multiple times is that I love raising money for CAF. It's a great cause and the team camaraderie is great during the race.
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[74]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: The bike course was terrible. Run was not senic! the swim was the best part but as we all know not the most enjoyable.
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[75]
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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: Played with the family at Disneyland the day before so I didn't really get in on any of the shops, then I hit the bricks as soon as the race was over so i didn't get to chill for the after race party. Overall this race was fine.
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