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Race Reports for Chicago Triathlon - Sprint Course

[51]
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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: Very well organized given the sheer number of participants and spectators.
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[52]
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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 was an ideal first triathlon. My background in being very large and organized events made it easy for me to follow rules and instructions. The people were helpful and everything kind of clicked perfectly. It may not be the best first race for most, but for an athlete of my background, it was the right one to pick.
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[53]
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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: For my first Sprint, overall, just really happy that I finished. Know where I need to work on stuff to improve, with the majority of it in the swimming portion, but like I said earlier, I think that will come with time. Just basic anxiety that I need to get over. The fact that I suffer from claustriphobia at times, depending on the situation I'm sure doesn't help, but I've noticed it gets better. The fact that I almost got jumped on at the start of this race by a girl 4x my size, didn't help either. I think Accenture did a wonderful job of putting this race on. Need to get more practice, probably would be good to get some practice out in the burbs next year so I get some hill training. REALLY hope that my oblique muscle isn't torn again, I'm a little worried about that. But, being that this was my last "race" for the year, then I should be able to get some treatment, and rest. Hopefully after I got to the doctor tomorrow, I will feel less stressed about it, and he'll tell
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[54]
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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: Very well organized race, more so than Naperville I think. I'm not willing to say this race was too hard for my abilities, because I don't think it was. I do enjoy the challenge. I think I did overcome many mental hurdles with this race. I attacked the swim very differently than previous. I feel if there were less swimmers I probably would have had a more decent time. The bike time is disappointing for me. That is really not how I usually ride. Same goes for the run. These times are significantly slower than my usual training times. But then again, stringing all these components together I guess... it's easy to loose speed to fatigue and soreness. I don't think I'll ever taper like I did for this one. I think started tapering too soon, mostly because I was working at night, that gave me a good excuse to not train. I do however appreciate that at this point I have a good base level fitness to push forward. I'm looking forward to completing sprints next year faster and with more confidence.
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[55]
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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: Great race, volunteers were AWESOME!! It was my first tri, and I had no problems getting where I was supposed to be, in and out of transition, getting my packets, etc...very well organized
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[56]
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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: What a gas!!!!! What a nice surprise to see just how far I've come in my training!!! A wonderful RACE!!!!!!
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[57]
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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: LONG wait to get back into transition to retrieve bike. Way too long.
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[58]
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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: Great to do the race - happy I worked for it and completed it - just a little disappointed I didn't do as well as I thought I could.
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[59]
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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: Great day for racing. Congrats to all the athletes who participated and to the volunteers for helping put on a great race. Overall I had a blast. Family and Friends came out to watch and it was a beautiful day.
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