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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Killer event. I love it keeps it old school. Not hyped and low key. 78 years and I bet not much has changed. They wait till the afternoon to make sure the chop is up to start the race. It is one MASS START with 576 ppl all beating on each other first 1000 yds. All you see is white water first 1000 yds from all the swimmers all around you. Then when you get back you get a protein bar, medal, and t-shirt then go home. I love how they have a time cut-off that has lots of ppl not finish. I think for endurance events time limits should be a huge factor. IM, long swims, marathons etc.... Time limits should all be dropped and challenge everyone competing. It seemed that almost everyone competing was an Ironman. Tons of the tattoos, t-shirts, swim caps of IM stuff. Spectators were also all wearing IM gear. Felt like I was about to start an IM rather than a swim. AWESOME EVENT...plan to do it annually. Next yr I will have a paddler though...
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