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Race Reports for Hansen Dam Triathlon - Sprint Course 2009

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: The race organizers had a lot of amateur hour moments. My swim cap wasn't in my registration bag so I had to go back and get one. When I did I saw that by that point they only had shirts for the bags and they had run out of caps in the right color. The bag was also missing helmet and bike numbers, which meant we had to spend race morning in a line to get them. Then there was the top of the dam with pedestrians (no cones) and closed gates. Lame and potentially dangerous. I'd rather not focus on that, though, because the course itself is wonderful. The lake was the perfect temperature. I love the bike course. The run course was a blast. I had a friend who travelled from the San Joaquin Valley to try the race and she loved it so much she's coming back next year.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I signed up for this a couple days ago. Didn't know how I'd feel 2 weeks out from vineman. but it was my 3rd year doing it and boy has it grown! first year I did the race there were no medals. last year it was a generic tri medal w a sticker on the back. this year, the t shirts were technical shirts (altho far too large for me) and the medals were custom! i wanted to better my time from last year so i planned to just push myself the entire time like i never have before. i was hoping to be one of the fastest swimmers in my AG and i was! last year my overall time was 1:23 and i wanted to get 1:20, and i did better at 1:19:03. woohoo! the race is filled w beginners which is really nice. only drawback is that they all set up beach towels in transition taking up way way too much space. but i got into a spot by asking someone to move their stuff over. i was nice, they obliged, it was all good.
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I only have one other triathlon against which to rate this race. I think this race would make a perfect first triathlon but also great for anyone who wants a good time. I had a blast. I was disappointed that at the end there were only a few apple slices and a few bottles of lukewarm water left. That's what I get being older and a woman? Is that the thanks I get? At the end of the Possabilities tri there were lots of vendors giving away tons of fruit, energy bars and trail mix. Here, just a few apple slices, about what I get from a local 5K with a $25 entry fee. Still, I will definitely do it again next year. The weather was perfect! Even though the morning was quite cool and I thought I would be cold on the bike, it wasn't the case. It warmed up just enough.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I enjoyed the race. I will do this again. The organization could have been a LOT better. Tough job, so I will not be too hard on them. To many needless lines to wait in. Here are the lines I had to wait in on race morning... Packet Pickup, Timing Chip, T-Shirt, Swim Cap, Transition entry... these were all seperate lines and the transition entry was really, really long. Some people had to wait in this one line for 25 minutes! I understand that race directors always want you to pick-up your packet the day before... but am I really supposed to drive an hour to the race site, pick-up my packet, turn around and drive an hour back home... then do it all over again on race day? Not for a small race like this. Overall, the race was fun and I actually wish there were more small, less costly events like this one.
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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. A well set up Event.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: This race was very disheartening.
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