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Race Reports for Escape to Miami - Olympic Course 2009

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Race rating (3)

Organised?Yes
Events on time?Yes

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

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

Comments: the food was crap. this is typical miami - give you crap and you'll accept it because it is miami and you just want to be here. the photos were crap. i have maybe 3 photos of me and this was a 3 hr race. i did a half marathon (2 hrs) and have 20+ photos...i remember seeing the photographers thinking "i must have missed some!" b/c they only had 1 on the bike path and 1 on the run...and they looked like it was the LAST thing they wanted to be doing...

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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: Great Event...very well Organized like usual...tons of volunteers...enough water stations...food...etc...etc. But...I need to add only 2 negatives comments about 2 isolates situations... First: When the Organizers finally opened Transition Area to get our bikes and Race Stuff...they only opened one exit...and...they didn't want to open the other exit...and...it was a huge line of people...and...everybody wanted to go out...and...they didn't have enough people checking one by one bike with your Bid#s...It was a very hot day...and...the people started to protest...demanding to open the other exit...till one guy jumped the fence with his bike and his Race Stuff and somebody from the Staff came to stop him...and...made him to come back inside...cuz...he would be DQ...WHT...!!! At this point the situation was getting tense and finally the Organizers opened the other exit...but...all of us were already toasted...finally We got out and took our bikes and bags to the car...Ufffff...!!! Second:

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Race rating (4)

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: No massage after the race???

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Race rating (4)

Organised?Yes
Events on time?No

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

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

Comments: Ferry was a little late.

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