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Race Reports for Race Around the World Duathlon

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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 love this race. Small (only allow 650 races) and personable and well-run. It's not very expensive and they do a bang-up job making sure the racers are taken care of. They had Gatorade products for pre-, during and post-race. Nice post-race food AND Culvers had set up shop and was giving away free custard. Culvers FTW!
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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: Since this was my first multisport event, I didn't have a lot of expectations. I thought it was well organized and went off without a hitch. The only downside was that it started storming really bad a couple hours after the start of the race. I was on the road by then but I'm guessing that the tents were still set up and there were many people that stuck around for the awards ceremony. Luckily, I had no pain during the running portion, which was awesome! I kept repeating in my head what Mo had said the day before ("hips forward and let your feet land behind you not under you.") I'll have to remember to thank him later for the great advice. So simple and practical :) My first run was better than my normal pace (just under 10:00/mi). The bike segment was good but had a lot of headwind for the first half. Unfortunately I started getting stomach cramps about 3 miles in. Shallow breathing and sitting up every once in a while helped alleviate some of the pain so I managed. 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: It is an average duathlon here in Tinley Park. If your looking for a good local race it is great. The only thing was, the parking lot used for transition had four cars still parked in it. They probably should of towed those because they were really in the way. The weather started out really humid and disgusting but once the storms hit, it had cooled off and felt great.
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I love this race. Not too big, well-organized, decent goody bags (though UGLY shirts this year) and pretty good post-race food for the size of it. AND you don't have to swim! How much better does it get?
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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: Great race in my home town. The only thing was there were no port-o-john's delivered. But quick thinking allowed us to use the fire station and bike shop just across the street.
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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 like this race. It's small, well-organized (except for the portojohn snafu this year... but not their fault) and one of the few duathlons around. Very fun to have your only race strategy be, "Am I going as fast as I can? Yes? Then I'm good."
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I enjoyed this race. Now. There were some riders who inconsiderate and didn't signal passing but overall it was good. The Vitamin Water at the end could have been cold but there was cold water near the food. My biking stinks. Add another to-do thing to practice.
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