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Race Reports for TriFREAKS Kirkland Triathlon - Sprint Course 2011

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Race rating (3)

Comments: Still looking for the post race food, and was happy to see the posted the times on-line quickly. Also heard a rumor this may be the last Kirkland race as the attendance was way down this year. Hope not!

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[2]

Race rating (2)

Comments: I thought AA Sports did a poor job at this race. It looked good--lots of banners, arches, loudspeakers...all the fancy stuff. However, they had two PA's talking at the race start so you couldn't hear the race directions. Then, the race was very late to start because the wind blew the buoys away. Bad planning by the RD if you ask me. You'd think you would anchor the buoys in Lake WA....on a windy day. The run from the swim exit was uphill about 1/4 mile. I would have been furious if I'd been doing the whole tri. It was not a good exit, very poor planning. The transition and finish area were also about 1/4 mile apart. There were a couple of intersections where, despite having flaggers, I did not feel safe riding through. None of the volunteers I spoke to could answer any of my questions, easy ones. I appreciate volunteers, always, but I get frustrated when they are just standing around and can't help. The ones in the tag area for the teams were changing the rules minute by minute

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Race rating (4)

Comments: Slow start, but the wind was blowing away the swim markers, so not their fault. Great street control. It was residential streets and I didn't get stopped at an intersection one time.

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