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Race Reports for Washington D.C. Triathlon - Sprint Distance *CANCELLED For 2012*

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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 had a great time and a PR at the race. Over 9 minutes shaved off last year, and the run this year was longer. Everyone from my training group finished, included two newbies. Much to celebrate.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was an extremely well organized and well run event. The sheer size of it and the location made the logistics complicated. Wave start was great.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Fun race, but it is a lot of logistical work--must rack bike the day before the race, and transition area is miles from packet pickup and expo, so you have to ride shuttles, etc. Also have to get up very early to make it to transition on time. Beautiful course, definitely worth doing at least once.
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Race rating (4)
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  • 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: A good race for me but again I finding places where I could easily knock off ten or so minutes from my time at my current fitness level. I suppose thats all part of the learning curve of a first year triathlete though.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Personal comments: 24/510 in the Newbie Challenge. Kind of disappointed in that performance, but it's fine. Just shows others are working harder than I am in their first season too, so that's a motivator. Race comments: The music selection, though many complained, was right up my alley. 90s jock jams in the morning? Yes please. Plus, the second to last water station on the run was blasting The Electric Slide right as I came through, so I had to electric slide my way past. It just felt right. My main complaint would be that there were no aid stations on the bike. I didn't mind for the sprint so much, but for the Olympic there definitely should have been something. Plus, it would have been super easy to stock the stations, since the Olympic was just two laps of the Sprint course. However, the aid stations on the run were ample, and they had wet towels at some of them, which was super awesome. Some of the trash cans could've been a little further away from the station, so you could
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  • Comments: If I can get good at cycling, and halfway decent at swimming...I like the prospects.
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  • Comments: Excellent race -- extremely well organized, great for a newbie like me!
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Extremely impressed with this event. Only glitch was a late start (las minute road issues?), but overall superbly run. It didn't feel like there were 2500 plus participants. You cannot beat the venue. Courses were super entertaining.
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