Race Reports for Jerseyman Half Iron Triathlon

Race Reports for Jerseyman Half Iron Triathlon 2008

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Race rating (3)

Comments: I think this race has a lot of potential to become "one of the premier half iron distance races on the east coast", but they have some work to do. They need more community support and volunteers lined up. They need a better finishing area. They need to accurately lay out the courses, provide mile markers and sufficient aid and to ensure that everyone gets a chance to finish. They need to bill it more accurately as a challenging race course and they may need to reconsider the run course as there were many people left out there running through that big intersection after the cops had called it a day. Yeah, the weather really screwed things up for them as I'm sure its tough enough to pull an event of this magnitude together under the best circumstances, but people need to feel safe out there and I think they fell short on this. Also, its a big deal for a lot of folks to finish a race of this length and difficulty and they should have provided more fanfare around that. Not saying I won't

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