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Race Reports for Long Beach Triathlon - Sprint Course 2006

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I enjoyed it. What I didn't enjoy was my own fault. I will enjoy it more next year, now that I have a better idea of what to do. This was my first race.
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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: AWESOME race for beginners. Expo day prior was weak - could use more STUFF. had a DJ at the finish line, would have loved one at the 2.5 mile point on the run! rumour is some folks want to make this charity event a PRO race. Just say no!
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Race rating (5)
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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, the Long Beach Sprint Triathlon, is what happens when mother nature, the host city and the race organizer vow to cooperate, lock arms, clasp hands and decide to put on a race. Mother nature in charge of coercing the sun to rise at the exact moment the race starts, miraculously causing the waters at the filthy and unsanitary mouth of the LA River to be relatively clear and completely calm, and for dismissing the otherwise everpresent Southern California marine layer. The City of Long beach in charge of shutting down virtually the entire bike route to any kind of vehicular traffic and allowing the use of the Shorline Marina bike path for the run route. Pacific Sports, the race organizer, in charge of laying out a simply marked, well tended race route, aid stations and transition area. I felt like I "raced" if not quite competitively, in this one as opposed to "participated" in order to see if I could finish, which was the case with my last race. I hope to actually "compete" in
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I'm thinking that either I'm getting pretty good, or the swim/run courses were short of 800m/5k. Overall, no wind, scenic and great race!
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