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Race Reports for Caine Halter Family YMCA Triathlon 2013

[1]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Good race and I liked the flat run course on the swamp rabbit and I thought the triple loop bike course was a really fun thing to do for a sprint race. I did not like that there was no way to verify that anyone actually did all three loops or that runners actually made it to the turn around point for the run before turning around. I also didn't like that the bike course was set up in such a way that did not allow for passing for such a long portion of the course coming in and out of transition. Not sure I would do the race again based on the lack of verification that everyone did the course correctly and allowing/requiring riders to block others.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: I will be back but they had several major flaws during the race. 1st was the swim seeding but that has been covered above. Next is bathroom availability for 300+ people there was 1 stall and 1 urinal in the mens room and 2 stalls in the womens restroom, lines were too long and the bathrooms overflowed shutting down the bathrooms and forcing people into the Y. They should have had portapotties or just open the Y from the start. Next the volunteers were either not helpful or not in the right spot, nobody was manning the mount/dismount line out of T1 until malone of malone coaching saw a need and jumped in. The police were great and did a great job controlling the road and keeping it shut down from traffic. There were many volunteers just standing around the finish line with no clue what was going on and no real explanation of their purpose. Last, the MC was probably the best ever at the finish line.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Need to improve on transitions and the bike, particularly hills. Overall, a solid effort for my current level of fitness.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: I'm not sure I will do this race again mostly because I have another option 2 weeks earlier with the Middle Tyger YMCA Triathlon which is the one I normally do in June.
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