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Race Reports for Oil Man Texas Triathlon 2005

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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 like this race alot. I would like to see some upgrades on the course management for the following: 1. I saw a biker hit a car that was supposed to turn (but didn't) due to a traffic issue. This should have not been an issue if the volunteers were paying attention to the RACERS instead of the TRAFFIC. 2. They should have vaseline at the run aid stations. Even Half Marathon (only) races have this item. 3. Bottle hand-ups on the bike were in bad locations and the volunteers were standing still instead of running along side the riders. We had to slow too much to get a bottle. I love the volunteers, but they were understaffed and undermanaged in this regard. 4. I know it's a small thing but I'd rather have a nice race medal than a coffee cup as a momento for a Half Ironman. We are not supposed to drink coffee and Half and Whole Ironman anyway. Why encourage the habit? This could be a premier event in Texas but they need to improve the atmosphere of the event with small things.
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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?No

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

  • Comments: A decent race. Only two water hand ups on the bike and that's all they had. No gels or Gatorade available, which would have seriously reduced what I had to take along. The bike course was pretty nice, even though the roads were open. Most of it was through a state forest that had very little traffic. The heavy traffic areas had lanes closed for us. The run course was much pretty provisioned with water, Gatorade, gel, and endurolytes. I'll consider wrapping up next season with this race again.
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: A Half IM PR so I'm happy with that. My legs felt really heavy during the race and after. It was a well organized race. Will probably consider doing it again next year. It was good to do a small race, although the swim start would have been better if the wave was a little smaller. I saw JeepFleeb several times on the run and after the race so I introduced myself. Also meet DanTX (atleast I think that was his name.) Never saw Dennis out ther but then again I didn't know what he was wearing so I didn't know what to look for.
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