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Race Reports for Challenge Knoxville - Olympic Course 2014

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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: Rev3 Knoxville is a great race. I thought it was a little more "rushed" feeling this year than it has been in the past, but it was still leaps and bounds above most big races.
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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: REV3 Knoxville is in the books and by all accounts it was a success. The family Glow Run Friday night was fun for all, the kids rocked the “Revvie” kids’ tri on Saturday morning, and the REV3 expo and dinner with pros on Saturday afternoon was first class all the way as was the main event on Sunday morning. There were three races contested simultaneously - an Olympic, a half, and a unique, one-time-only “championship” distance contest by professional triathletes and the top age-groupers from across the county who qualified based on their races last season. The good news for me (competing in the Oly) is that the top competitors were siphoned off for the championship event. The bad news is that there were still more than plenty gung-ho wanna-bes (like me) competing to qualify for next year’s AG championships. Let the race begin! Swim. The first leg was swum in the Tennessee River where the official temp at race time was 68-degrees making it wetsuit legal but not so cold that
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