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Race Reports for Herbalife Triathlon Los Angeles - Olympic Distance 2009

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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: Wow. Truly epic swim. Being a good swimmer you LIVE for days like this. I feel bad for all the not so good swimmers who didn't enjoy it...but hey, sometimes you have to make the good swimmers happy too! My results look pretty ugly, but the online results unfortunately do not show anyone who DNF'ed on the swim. The RD-types were estimating that they pulled 500 chips from people at the swim starts. They handed out 2150 at packet pickup and the website had 1368 official finishers between the sprint and Oly. So that just goes to show you how many people didn't manage the swim. I'm so very glad the swim wasn't cancelled though I totally would NOT have blamed them...and anyone that knows me knows that is saying something! So, kudos to the RD for sticking it out. Kudos to the LA Lifeguards for just plain ROCKING. My gripes and warnings to future participants: 1. This is a point to point race and they do NOT give you free transportation back to the start after the finish or to
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  • Comments: This was my return the scene of the crime. The 2008 LA Triathlon sprint course was my first Triathlon. I have spent untold thousands of dollars and training hours in the last year. I forward to more training hours and hope the dollars slow down.
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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: The people were really encouraging. I found out that I also got a 2 min penalty and I have no idea why. Trying to figure out what happened. Goal was 2:30, going to try again next year again, and shoot for under 2:30
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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: The race wasn't prefect, but went off about as well as you could expect given that it traverses a major city. The surf didn't help with the wave starts, but completely understandable... they delayed starts to keep the number of bodies in the water at a safe level.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I enjoy Los Angeles Tri, probably because it was my first. Even with the bike course changes, I found this to be an enjoyable race. Well run, well supported and a good time.
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