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Race Reports for LARA Sprint Triathlon

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Small no-frills local sprint. Time trial pool swim makes for a long morning for a sprint, but that's the limitation of the format. I don't think a sprint needs finisher medals, but if you are going to have them, make them decent. Two years ago they had an icon with the name of the event on it, simple but unique. This year's for the adults ad kids was a plain triathlon medal with a spot on the back. No big deal, but my wife ad daughter were doing their first, and the printing on the back rubbed off instantly. Cheap. Do it right or don't do it.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: This year they had to re-setup the transition area AFTER most people were racked. They did not put up enough racks for the amount of bikes. I also heard they had astro turf to put down over the gravel transition but the organizer decided not to use it. Strawbridge road is dangerous. No questions about it. Other than that it is a nice race. Everyone is friendly and does a great job. The poor decision making in the beginning did throw people off. Hopefully next year it will be better.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: the pool start really takes the wind out of you in bib # 176, but there were over 300 to go. I would love to see them move to a river start, but that is not likely. Lots of great people and community support.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great first triathlon for me. Learned that I can do this. Just need to increase my speed and endurance for runs and biking. Along as decreasing my transition time.
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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: Second race. My goal was to beat the time of my last race, which I was able to accomplish. I wasn't feeling very good the week coming up to the race, so I wasn't sure how I was going to do. I didn't train as hard as I should have but, was very pleased with how the race went.
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