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Race Reports for Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon 2009

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

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  • Comments: I just had a really great time with my friends and family. I smiled for the rest of the day! :D A special shout-out to all the awesome volunteers who made the race a huge success.
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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: Well organized race. Had fun and will sign up for next year!
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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: With this being my first tri I was very happy with my time. I was shooting for 2 1/2 hours and beat that by 15 minutes. All the volunteers were great!! Especially the one who noticed that I was missing my bib:) I'll definitely do it again next year and try and get down to 2 hrs or less. The event I thought I'd do the worst at I did the best (biking). The event I thought I'd do well in I did bad in (swimming) and I love to swim and swim pretty well. Running, well I just plain hate running but I'll work on it for 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: Great race. Awesome vibe--all girls. Tons of volunteers. Lots of swag in the goodie bags (k-swiss shirt, sock guy socks, coupons, yummies). Lots of porta potties. Not a lot of spots along the course for family to watch, but if they set up chairs near transition, at least they'll be comfortable for a couple hours.
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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 the Iron Girl. I beat last years time- last year being the 1st triathlon ever. I am happy with my overall result, even if I am disappointed with my run. That just means that I will come back next year more determined. =)
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  • Organised?
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: While I really love this event and the "vibe", and think it's generally a well-organized event, this is the second year in a row they've had timing issues. Last year awards were given out erroneously and it ended up I won an award in my age group after the awards were straightened out but it took almost a year before I finally got the award that I was told would come last September or October (just got it a week before this year's event). This year the results were all over the place and the finishing places keep changing. I am listed as 27th overall one place, 25th overall another place, 5th in my age group one place, 7th in another place...there's someone with a swim time of 3:14 (wish I could have seen that swim!) and a lot of people with off-the wall times (top finishers with 10+ minute/mile runs). It's just frustrating and I haven't ever experienced such confusion in any other race I have run. Again, I think it is a great race, super support and very well organized...aside from
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Race rating (3)
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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: Just right

  • Comments: This year the race just seemed off. The packet pickup and the wait for racking the bike was a bit of a pain. Race morning the parking volunteers did not seem to know what they were doing. This is a great race, especiallly for first timers. I like this race since it was my first tri but, it is just so packed out on the course. I may do this again just not for a couple of years. I was 2 minutes slower than last year and really think the swim was longer. I was faster in T1 and the bike overall 3 minutes faster and T2 and the run was 2 mintues slower. I think I would have been either the same or a bit faster if the swim wasn't long. Overall I'm happy with what I did.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: this was a fantastic race. Very well organized, and the volunteers were great! I'm very glad I chose it as my first race. My two complaints were 1) the water smelled like poop - I can't explain it, it just did. and 2) it took me like 10 min to find the food tent after the race, it was up, behind a hill. I wish it was more accessible. Other than those two - I would not have changed a single thing about the race. The location, weather, and staff were all amazing!
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Race rating (5)
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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:

  • Comments: Best race vibe around! All the swim starts were delayed due to traffic problems. Relays started in the last wave, around 1.5hrs after the race had started; I didn't like that. It was fun to have teammates to root for but I'm not sure I'd do another relay.
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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: Loved the atmosphere of this race and it was so well organized. Had a great time and will do it again!
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