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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Augusta

[101]
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: The race was very well organized. My wave actually went off early. Ironman really knows how to put on a race. I'll be back next year to give it another go.
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[102]
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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: Had a great time. And very glad I could share it with my parents, sister, and grandparents!
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[103]
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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: This was the biggest race that I have ever done and I have to believe the logistics are a nightmare. That said they did a great job. Even the lines for check in the day before, while long, moved pretty quickly. The event volunteers were great and I am not aware of them running out of anything other than medals....that was the only negative. Some of the athletes that finished after me did not receive medals as they ran out. I am not really sure how that happens. Registration is cut off about 3 weeks out and there are always no shows so I can't think of an excuse for not having enough finsher medals. Regardless, the medal issue aside, the event was very well done.
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[104]
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: Eah, this event needs to work on organization a bit more. But I cant complain, they worked with what they had. I hear a lot of people complaining that Augusta is a horrible host city, which I disagree. It is a good snapshot of Georgia. Historic houses, nice downtown. Yes there were impoverished areas that we went through, but you're in the south, what else would you expect?
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[105]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Very well organized. Best spectator friendly course I've ever been on. They need to improve the run aide stations spacing and add electrolytes, or at least pretzels, to the line up.
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[106]
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Drill instructor cop was awesome. Clemson flag holding guy was cool but he would just pop up in the weirdest places. I loved the course. All the volunteers and law enforcement were great, especially considering the weather. I was concerned about the number of people racing, over 3000, but it seemed to be ok. The couple of pace line's I did see were all women on high end bikes. Pretty lame but they have to look in the mirror, and I got to look at their butts. Did not like having to walk back to the hotel to catch a shuttle to go back to transition to get my bike then the mile and a half back to the hotel. Same with dropping it off on Saturday but after a race, this sucked. Just not sure how this can be fixed with a river swim. I heard they ran out of medals....lame. I'd go back and race here again. But it looks like Rev3 might have a race here in the Atlanta area around the same time next year. We'll see.
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[107]
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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: Support was awesome. My husband, kids, and lots of friends were on the course cheering, ringing cowbells, and strangers would even shout out your name (printed on bib) and encourage you. It was great to be a hometown girl! To have my fam in 3 places on the bike course was AMAZING. Their encouragement got me through the run so much easier!!! I can't criticize anything Ironman did; the race was 100% perfect despite rain.
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[108]
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  • Organised?No
  • 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'm rating this race worst because its a 70.3 IRONMAN by ESI and soooo many other sponsors, yet garbage for alot of reasons. Ive seen local sprint tris put on a better race (local 5K's for that matter as well). The local town of AUGUSTA is "SHADY", dirty, and not appealing. The registration process was 2 people @ a relay table and 2 people at athlete table. Loooong line the whole day-over an hour standing in line. Once in you got a waiver and medical card to fill out on buffet tables with 3 pens, then funneled to packet pickup where you got your packet. Then for the next hour+ you got to explore the (crowd FILLED) expo, where due to the long line were maybe able to find something to commemorate the next days achievement.(since they ran out of medals this year!) Many things were already sold out by the time I got in @ 2-it opened at 11!!, and went until 8. Swag was a gatorade bottle, ironman sling bag, and local fliers and coupons-weak. IF inside the "expo"you found something you then stood
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[109]
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Transition area for this race just sucks. There is limited parking. Post race bike pickup was the worst. After racing they made you walk ~1 - 1.5 miles to get your bike! They changed the swim start times to make them closer together and that really bunched up the course. I guess this is no different than mass starts though. If they could get the transition area more organized it would help.
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[110]
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  • Organised?
  • 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 fantastic especially in the rain. I was disappointed at the quality of the race planning and administration for an Ironman 70.3 event!!! For example; poor check in registration process (1 hour in line before USAT verification), poor day bag retrieval, parking and traffic was uncoordinated. I will do this event again if they get their act together
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[111]
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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: Good race and beer was easy to get afterwars. Count me satisfied. I did feel I spent more time than necessary getting to and from transition before/after the race. Don't mind the swim start but it would have been nice to have ended the run closer to transition so I didn't have to get a bus back.
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[112]
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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: I had a blast. The race was well supported. I wish they had been more forthcoming about the parking situation and alternate options. Bike pick-up was hampered by closed streets and that could have been better planned. I heard later that some people finished and the medals had run out. That's not good. I'd recommend this race for any first time HIMer like me!
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[113]
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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: This is a good race. The swim was fun and I felt like I could relax better during the swim. Make Marriott reservation earlier next year and consider staying at the Marriott Suites b/c it is a more central location.
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[114]
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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: Overall: I thought the race was a fast, fun course. Organized: It was run pretty well. The Saturday briefing/checkin was pretty unorganized. The briefings were packed and then flowed into packet pickup lines that weren't well marked and didn't have enough room for the lines. The expo seemed both packed and also lacking in vendors. I think the location of T1/T2 could be better thought out. Parking and getting to and from there was pretty difficult (though I don't have much to compare it to). Everything seemed to run on time. There seemed to be no officials on the bike course. This was both good and bad. There were lots of people drafting but also lots of packs of bikes clumping up and blocking people from passing b/c some riders would just hang out to the left and not pass even if they could. All the aid stations seemed to be run well. All the volunteers seemed to be doing a great job all over the course. I would recommend this race to others and will likely
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[115]
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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: There were too few aid stations on the run and by the time I was nearing the finish of my second loop they were already running out of gels and were closing some stations down. Um, I finished in just over 6 hours... there were a lot of people behind me. What in the world did they get at these aid stations??? Ice was needed. It's September, in Georgia... it's still pretty hot at 2PM!
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[116]
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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: Well organized. Lots of volunteers. The military volunteers were inspiring. I said "thanks" to many, and 100% responded "YES SIR" or "thank YOU sir", etc. Inspiring. I wrote the base commander to praise his troops.
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[117]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It was a nice race. It thought it was a bit crowded for my taste, but I had a good time. I wish they had not removed the entry limit. It was good for me to make several mistakes with my HR monitor and watch. Hopefully, I will correct those errors at B2B.
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[118]
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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 would rate it a "5" but the course was too crowded and the transition area strewn with rocks and debris. The City of Augusta was awesome in this race - what a great way to showcase a great town.
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[119]
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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: Excellent first time race. Highly recommended. I will return in 2011 to get even with that swim. Moo takes precedence next year.
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[120]
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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 had a blast and after completing my first triathlon, I am hooked and have plans to compete at the Orlando HIM in May 2010.
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[121]
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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 couple more water stations on the run and having finish line photographers stay until the course closes would help. Other than that I thought it was AWESOME. If I ever do another HIM it will be this one.
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[122]
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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: only thing i would change they needed more mileage signs out on bike and run course
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[123]
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Once we got to Augusta, events were very well organized...especially considering the start and finish lines were not by transition. Overall, I thought PEM did a very nice job...esp considering it was an inaugural race. I sure wish I could have started earlier than 9:07...maybe have bigger waves or less time between them?
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[124]
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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: GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH MY FIRST HIM, WOULD DEFINITELY DO THIS ONE AGAIN. THE SWIM SET ME UP FOR A GREAT RACE, GOTTA LOVE THAT FAVORABLE CURRENT!!! I feel that I raced pretty smart but everything seemed to work out pretty well. Next time I will have a definite plan for nutrition which is something I kinda guesstimated when I needed to eat/drink and just got lucky. I'll work the nutrition thing into my training runs/bikes next year for my first IM.
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[125]
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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: Overall a very good event - loved the community and the support of the local citizens and volunteers. Plenty of water stations on the run, sufficient on the bike as well. Wish there had been more for post-race activities and food and beverage. Only cheese pizza was left when I came in and nothing but water left to drink.
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