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Race Reports for Chicago Triathlon - Sprint Course 2008

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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: Too easy

  • Comments: Plenty of congestion during the race. Long lines for everything including the port-a-johns and getting back into the transition area. The course is flat and fast and it is pretty cool racing along the lake shore drive.
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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: I loved this race - I am planning on doing at least 5-6 triathlons next year - I will be back to do the Olympic distance next year.
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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: Will I bump up to the OLY next year???? Not sure...don't like the idea of waiting around until noon to start, and I sure love the early start time with the sprint. I also heard the swim and bike are really congested, so I may just stay with the sprint on this one, and do the OLY the weekend before at Pleasant Prairie since that seemed to work out pretty good. The other positive thing about the sprint, we always get the best bike rack positioning within transition, so who wouldn't like that. Since this is my last race this year (triathlon at least) I would like to do what Crowny2 did, and thank some people for all of their support. First off would have to be my 3x IM sister...she was at 4 out of 5 races this year (told her to stay home for Accenture, too crowded) cheering me on, good and bad, and even with Accenture, I could tell how excited and proud she was of how well I had done. I couldn't have made it through, especially last weekend at my first OLY without her... The
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I love this race, it just has a good feel to it. So diverse. The only problem I had is when transition reopened and took forever to get my bike.
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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: WEll run race. It is a blast with all the participants. It's a big Race.
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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: Pre-race goal : to beat last year's time of 1:38:32. I cut 6 1/2 minutes off last year's time!! Even though I probably could have pushed more and cut even more time off....I'm happy with the results. This is such a killer triathlon!!!! BTW, I heard 8700 participants this year! Another Guiness World Record
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  • Comments: First and Last time I do a race on Lake Shore Drive. Happy with 45th (2050)overall and 7th (190) age group.
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