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Race Reports for Welland Triathlon - Half Iron Distance

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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: I really like this race. It's a small but competitive field. It's built for a PB. The bike is super fast even if a little boring. The roads are in good shape and very quiet. Now that i've done in the sun and in the rain - the run course is quite nice as well with lots of shade cover MSC is very conscientious as race organizers and they go the extra mile. Really nice t-shirt, medal and finisher hat. I would recommend this race to anyone.
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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: I am really happy with this race. For a small, non-brand race they do an excellent job. Great value - really nice shirt and medal as well as finisher hat. The volunteers were enthusiastic and helpful. This is course built for a PB. The only real impediment would be wind if it was one of those days since there is Lake Erie right there but it was not a major factor.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: A lot of fun and a great challenge for my first half iron distance. MSC always puts on a great event.
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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: The race was very well done and I will do it again.
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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: Love MSC races. The race director John Salt shakes everyone's hand as they cross the line, and remembers everyone! Results link: http://www.sportstats.ca/displayResults.xhtml?racecode=101607&bib=4...
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good race.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My complaints from last year were taken care of, so I was happy with that. Crappy drink choice - Heed on bike and run course. It might be a good product, but it isn't readily available to be able to train with, so I did my own thing. Overall I'm very happy with my time, just dissappointed in my run time. My lifetime half IM goal time was 6:00, and I'm thinking that I can definitely take a good chunk of time off what I did this week with some more bike training, dropping a few pounds and figuring out what happens to me on these runs. I'd say I felt better on the IM run than I did on Sunday.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Fun race and ideal for setting a PB at the distance.
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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: My longest race, first ever half iron, and probably last. Very very pleased to finish at 6hr (6:00:11), could have easily been 15min faster if I have a half decent run. But factoring in the 2:28 425m run to T1, I'm sub 6! Yay! This is a tough AG, I'm only 6/11. Susan finished ~same time, even younger at Women 45-49, she's 6/23. Go figure. But I'm so pleased with 2nd AG on the bike, considering the high level of competition. Welland must be one of the fastest half iron course around, very pretty too. If you want to set a half iron PB, you'll want to do Welland. Me? I don't think I'll do such long distance races again though, just not for me. Another great race organized by Multisport and John Salt, who did Aquabike today. And I was racking beside Jody Miller, race announcer for Multisport until this yr. She smoked the Women 45-49, winning at 5:21!
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Race rating (3)
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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: No porta potties on bike course and only ones on run course were around 16 km!
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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: Great PB race to do I'll be back next year better trained fior the humidity..
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