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[1]

Reported by:

mojohand

Race rating (4)

• 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 was my first Tri. I felt really good at the end. This gives me a bench mark to go from.

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[2]

Reported by:

Broompatrol

Race rating (3)

• 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: Staff were generally curt or rude. VIP check in didn't open until 5:30 but if you already had a packet you could go set-up. Many of the volunteers seemed to be court mandated doing community service hours. They were not helpful and on the course would say "almost there!" even though I knew I still had 8 miles to go. There were drinks every mile on the run, unfortunately no one was watching a certain corner where you could leave the course and save about 15 seconds by cutting it. I was bumped by a runner doing just this. Security in the Transition area was surprisingly good. The only post race thing I saw were some massage tables and one masseuse. Staff made sure things happened but they didn't bring much charm to the event. This many of the racers seemed overly competetive on this course. My impression which may be totally wrong, is this is the race where the very mediocre come out and get really agressive. I saw more people needing medical on this race than any other, but this wasn't

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[3]

Reported by:

Hubert

• Organised?
• Events on time?


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


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


• Comments: Great Race. I was overflowing with pride as I swam, biked and ran along side of my son. As we approached the finish line the emcee announced that Logan Morin "was only 10 years old"...the crowd was very vocal..clapping and cheering him on. He sprinted the last 100 yards. Many contestants gave compliments and kudos when they saw him out there "doing it"

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[4]

Reported by:

BillP

Race rating (4)

• 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 was very pleased considering I've never done anything like this before. I felt very well prepared going in, however I feel as though I really didn't push myself as hard as I could have. I think in certain respects I overthought the notion of pacing myself.

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[5]

Reported by:

ChrisM

Race rating (3)

• 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: Pretty good race. LOTS of cool volunteers. My goal was 1:22. Hit 1:24:54, so not bad. 490 out of 1001. Solid MOP'er. I misjudged my cycling ability, and need to speed up the transitions. It's a nice local race, and actually glad I did it instead of Malibu. I will do it again next year.

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