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Race Reports for Hickory Knob International Triathlon 2006

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[1]

Reported by:

wrland

Race rating (4)

• 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: Too hard


• Comments: Lessons learned: 1)warming up is very important, but not so much that it will cause fatigue later in event. I only warmed up a little for the swim, and the first 500m was tough since I couldn't breath good it was a little panicky. It was almost like I was hyperventilating. Maybe it was the cold air too. The thought of drowning might have crossed my mind ; ) It's funny now. 2)Start with a Sprint to learn and enjoy yourself more if you can. 3)Plan your event ahead of time. register early, arrive early, maintain your equipment. 4)You will probably perform quite similarly to how you train in terms of time. 5)When you eliminate the leisurely transition times the rough becomes a lot tougher 6)The course is probably about as tough as you think it is from the race reports you read, and from the course profile. 7)Encouragement and camaraderie are great, and really add to the environment. 8)Dropping some pounds would probably help a lot for this kind of race. Maybe my shoulder injury

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[2]

Reported by:

mac72

Race rating (5)

• 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: I don't know if I'll be doing this race again next year, but it was really fun. I thought I was hooked on tris before, now I'm hooked on olympic distance!

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[3]

Reported by:

barqhead

Race rating (4)

• 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: Too hard


• Comments: I entered this race for fun. I didn't care about where I placed or what my overall time would be. I wanted to do one last tri and run the entire 10K. I accomplished my goal. And my effort was good enough for second place in my age group. That was icing on my big, fat, race cupcake!

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