Races

Race Reports for Lake Stevens Olympic Triathlon

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[1]

Reported by:

Vejita-sama

Race rating (4)

• 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 was my first race. But it was a great event. Very organized, well run and on time. All ages from 25-76, but mostly 25-40. Would highly recommend, some hills but nothing to crazy, and always felt safe on the course.

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[2]

Reported by:

jsm

Race rating (3)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?Yes


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


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


• Comments: I'm a fan of Budu, but you get what you pay for. Maybe the extra $50 is worth it sometimes?

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[3]

Reported by:

oldntrin

Race rating (2)

• Organised?No
• Events on time?


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


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


• Comments: Transition security was awful - people were walking in & out at will, the Sprint racers were allowed into transition while the Oly racers were coming in from the swim. I had to yell at a couple of non-racers to get out of my way as I was heading to my bike. Traffic control was poor - there were people at the intersections, but they weren't signaling if the road was clear and I had to dodge a couple of cars who were let through right before I got there. And the area where the runners and bikers shared the road was not marked with cones or tape to keep the runners to the side of the road. During the run, half the run course was open to traffic and there were no cones to keep runners on one side of the road or the other - Some faster folks were running towards slower runners on the same side of the road, I guess they expected the slower ones to clear out of the way. Post-race stuff was weak. I don't think they ran out of water this year, but there wasn't much and it was all tap water

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[4]

Reported by:

kpray

Race rating (3)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?Yes


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


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


• Comments: Course was good. I would like to to see the race promotor put some more money back into the particpants.I dont care to much about swag or giveaways, I would like to see more bouys for the swim course, milage markers on the run for the people still running with a watch for splits, and more volunteers (some water stations only had 1 person). She was doing a great job but overwhelmed by all the demands of hundreds of fatigued people. Will do this race again since its so close to home and had a great time but I feel Chelanman has become my standard of a great Tri- and would like to see more follow thier lead. Overall had a great time and hope BUDU is @ Lake Stevens next year.

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[5]

Reported by:

FrankR

Race rating (1)

• Organised?No
• Events on time?


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


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


• Comments: Having a working mega-phone at the beginning of the race is helpful. "Not mentioning" the (12 miles of) hills killed the race for me and everyone I talked to. Not enough water or aid stations. Lame post race party. I could have done a better job.

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[6]

Reported by:

swbkrun

Race rating (2)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?Yes


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


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


• Comments: Not a good organization. It is like they charge just as much as other events and pocket more money! No swag, terrible aid station, and food at the finish was minimal. I could even find a water when I was done! GHETTO! I would understand it is was paying less money, but it is comparable to other events around here, so I would expect the same amount of organization! I wasn't impressed (and this was the 2nd time I raced one of their events--- The other one sucked as well!).

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[7]

Reported by:

oldntrin

Race rating (3)

• Organised?
• Events on time?Yes


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


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


• Comments: I want to love it because it's so close to home. I gave it a 4 because parking wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, the swim course was average (a yellow buoy AND a yellow canoe in the same general area, come on! - not to mention the difficult footing at the boat ramp at the end) the bike course was OK - road conditions can't be blamed on the organizers, the run was good. The water at the finish, not so good. 3 containers of HEED (too sugary) and 1 of water. There were times when we had to wait for water to be brought & then they ran out of water cups and had to find a new supply. Probably normal, but I'm a newb and the few races I've been to that had plenty of water bottles at the finish didn't have this problem. After reading others' comments, revised down to a '3' - this is only my 4th tri, so my experience seems to be with marginal events - I hope to race more well-organized events next year.

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