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Race Reports for Music City Triathlon - Intermediate Course

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

  • Comments: This race is fine. Not great, but not bad. Packet pickup was very slow this morning with minimal people staffing the registration and pick up tables. Race started ~10 min late. None of us could figure out why the Sprint race started before the Oly. It's always hotter than hell, but it's July in TN and they can't help that. The bike course is nice in that it is a big road that is closed to traffic, but the pavement isn't great. The run course is very boring, no shade whatsoever. The venue with Transition by the stadium is nice, though, but it would be better if we could actually park at the stadium and not have to cross the street to park.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: They couldn't help the heat, and I don't know why the river current was so much greater this year than last time. They said that they had worked with TVA to limit the water flow. It ended up being fairly dangerous for the less experienced swimmers and they cancelled the Swim in the Sprint race. Communication about this was pretty poor. The start could have been much better organized as well. As it was, everyone just milled about and noone knew where to be. We started almost 20 min late becasue it took so long to get people where they needed to be. The music was nice, but you couldn't hear the announcements about where to be and who was about to start. Otherwise, it was a pretty good race. I'd love to see a water bottle exchange on the bike for the Olympic racers, considering hte heat.
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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: On a 26 mile course I would like to see at least one water station on the bike portion. I had a good time, caught up with some friends we haven't seen in a while, and our new friends,the gentleman is racing Louisville with me and his wife is just a jewel. It was FUN!!!! And that's the whole point of our crazy love of triathlon, right??
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: My biggest complaint is that the Sprint race goes off before the Olympic. This doesn't make sense to me. Team Magic does a great job. This race is more expensive than most, but it's so nice to ride on closed roads and the run through downtown Nashville was great.
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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: Came in 5th in my group, but 10 minutes slower than 4th, so not sure where I will find THAT much speed. The top guys are still way faster than me in the swim and run. Really loved this race though. It's normally sooooo HOT during this race, but today was just right. I was pumped when I was done and full of energy, so this tells me my Ironman training is going well at this time.
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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: Fantastic race. I still don't understnad why the sprint distance started before the Olympic distance. Luckily, the weather was great, so it wasn't too hot, like it has been in yrs past. The river current wasn't bad, and the cool weather meant wetsuits were legal. The bike was a bit windy, but not too bad. I enjoyed the run thru downtown, too, even with all of the hills. Lots of volunteers. I'll do this one again.
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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: This is the first race where I feel really pleased with my effort. My goal was to break 3:15. I did this by 1:30. I am very excited about that. It also shows how far I have come since last year it took me 4:07 to finish this race. It is a lot more fun finishing with others around instead of bringing up the rear. I am not middle of the pack yet, but my swim is. My bike has come a long way and I am continuing to work on the run. Most of all, I am having fun.
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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:

  • Comments: The event was very well put together and I look forward to heading back next season to see how much I improve.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: this was a tuff course and i knew it was going to be. i could have done much better had i biked smarter and stayed focused on the run.
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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: The race was fine, as are most of Team Magic's races. I wished they would have let the Olympic distance racers go first instead of them having to wait an hour for the sprint racers to start, especially on a day where the heat index was going to be so high. I certainly don't blame my bad performance on the heat, but it would have been nice to be done an hour earlier in the morning. Also, there were a couple of drink stations that ran out of water for us BOPers. They did go get more ice and water, but it was so very hot that missing any drink station made it a little tougher. It may sound like I am down about my performance. This was my first Oly and the longest race I have ever completed. I am super-stoked about my swim and I know that I am approaching being a MOP on the swim, which is something I thought I would never say. I am disappointed in my biking, but I knew my training on the bike was low this year, so I was not surprised. There are good things and bad things I learned and experience
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Team-Magic always puts on a good race, they seemed lacking on the run course this year for some reason from a volunteer standpoint. They also had the short course competitors go first this year which put the OLY racers on the course in the heat of the day... not sure about that decision and will ask them about it. overall they still put on great events, just was a tough one for me this year.. taking a week off to re-coup and back at it for the final sprint of the season.. gotta go balls to the walls!
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: I will race again, if they change the bike route a little (less busy roads) as well as the run (less trail running). Not bad, but could use some improvements
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Packet pick up was easy and the venue looked great. The weather gods dealt a real bad hand and that combined with my mechanical issues and mental problems made for a bad race for me. My opinion of the bike course was that it was to technical to race. It seemed anytime you got any speed, you had a turn and the traffic on the road was heavy in alot of places so fast turns were dangerous. The run course was strange with multiple loops within the loops and constantly changing surfaces. I guess I hated the course. That said, my wife did the same course and absolutely loved it. I commend Team Magic for making the race happen under extreme conditions and dealing with hurdle after hurdle. I would probably do the race again just to prove I could do a better job than what I did. This is my second horrible race of the year and I am a bit discouraged. After the race I contemplated retiring but by today I am over that. Brett Farve and I have that in common. My bike has had alot of
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Obviously, much of how the race went was out of the organizers' control. I think they did a great job, though, of adapting and getting us out on the bikes after the swim challenges. Team Magic is really a first-rate organization, and I would like to go back and try this one again on a nicer day.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: Team Magic always puts on a great race. They got dealt a bad hand today with the weather, but they made the best with what they had. I am kind of disappointed that I didn't have the opportunity to complete my first full Olympic race, but I am more confident that I can so I'm in for the next 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall, it was still a great day
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: A great challenging course. I look forward to improving next year.
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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: Dito on the things I need to get better at
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: Too hard

  • Comments: Was too tough of a course, too hilly. The bike part was just dumb with a lot of stupid turns and turn abouts. Run was nice but was very hilly.
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