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Race Reports for American Triple-T Ohio XT - Race #4: Half Iron 2008

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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:

  • Comments: The conclusion I always come to (the SAME conclusion, rendered as epiphany every time) is that this is not only a hard sport but a Painful one. That Half Mary after all that other stuff was so difficult to work through, but there was a moment somewhere on mile 9 when I realized I could do it and that I could do it well and that the best of my ability could be evident. (It helped knowing that a good bit of what remained was downhill!) That was cool. That was a learning moment that I need to hold on to and remember after my body is done healing. I'm glad I did the event and I'm certain my Iron distance race at Silverman will be conquered as convincingly.
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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: This race totally rocked. I was very impressed by the way HFP handled everything throughout the weekend. 4 races over 40 hours and it all seemed to work flawlessly. I would highly recommend any of their races.
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  • Comments: I liked the race....alot of times I asked myself what was I thinking and said I wont do this shit again but I am ready for it! I couldnt sleep Sunday nite and around 1:30 am had to take something to help woke up kinda tired Monday morning. Had a cookout at the folks-baby back ribs and baked beans...very good. That evening took tylenol pm to help and slept ok but was gonna rest Tuesday morning after taking my son to school and if you read my blog you can see that didnt happed as my entire bedroom ceiling feel in....thanks to BT'er CubeFarmGopher I hadnt made it back up to lay down as we were bs'in on the pc.
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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: Without getting too philosophical, this race took me to a new level. I had train in ways I hadn't before. I had to race in ways I hadn't before. I had to overcome injury, managing the races, nutrition, temperature, logistics, hills that I hadn't prepared for. And with one minor exception, I did it. Thanks to Brian, Andrew, Jess, Jenn, and it was good meeting Jared from Jackson, Rob from Kalamazoo, Martin from Salt Lake, Nevada from Idaho living in Columbus, her friend, Paul (STL-Tri-WOG), Bruce the tan guy on my bike rack that ran in Hawaiian shorts, Russ the stony creek guy that killed the bike EVERY event. And thanks to the many folks I didn't meet personally, from the elites to BOP'ers, that offered a kind glance, a thumbs-up, or even a smile and a 'good job' to others, especially from the folks you knew needed the encouragement worse than you did. That was amazing. The races themselves are a challenge, but the event is fantastic. It's the best value in triathlon, as hard
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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 and if you really want to challenge yourself you will try it sometime. HFP does it well and everyone is a winner that even attempts.
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