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Race Reports for Black Bear Triathlon - Olympic Course 2013

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

  • Comments: CGI racing challenged us to "dare the bear". And, what a challenge they threw out to us racers - challenging hills, descents with technical turns and a tough mudder type of run. The race wasn't easy but it definitely made any finisher smile to know they successfully completed the bear's dare. Aside from the weather being less than ideal, here is my list of things to improve on and things I loved. THINGS TO IMPROVE ON - Needed more buoys and lifeguards on the return portion of the swim -Main food at post-race was a small pasta salad tub. I was really hoping for pizza or a sandwich (something of substance) - Provide more seating for finishers - Better explain the run course ( I think many were surprised by the rugged terrain) THINGS I LOVED - THe volunteers. Especially the gentleman in T1 and T2 hollering for us to get a move on. i will never forget him. - The course - yes, it was hard. But, definitely prepared me for my harder races. -The medal and shirt - The scenery/views -
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  • 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: The post race food was frankly pretty weak, compared with other races. Maybe it's that I've done more HIM length races, so there's more food for longer distances, but the setup was for a single-pass (they mark your wristband). A small container of pasta salad, one cookie, and one mini muffin. I think there was some fruit also, and water. There was also some kind of yogurt parfait. Understanding they can't predict weather, but something hot would have been nice also. There was also some issue with timing, a lot of run splits were AFU, but the overall times seemed to be OK. I thought I had trophied for a bit, coming in 4th in my AG, however 1 and 2 in AG were 2 and 3 overall, so that would have moved me up to 2nd in AG. At least for a little while. Then the results updated, and my AG winner dropped to 6 or 7. Guess I need to train harder, this was a fast field! Overall, it was about what I figured I could do, given my training level and the conditions. And not crashing on
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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: Still love this race. CGI racing puts on a top notch event
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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: Great race, but very challenging, especially so early in the year. It wasn't really too hard, but I couldn't have done the half.
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