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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Eagleman

[151]
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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: Here's my best memories from the day: *Seeing all the pros running into T1 - especially Ficker/Legh/Bell/Badmann *The huge white swim start bouys with the huge Eagleman logos *Lots of people cheering at the bike dismount *Two volunteers on start and finish of the run cheering me on like crazy b/c I was wearing a CMS jersey *Sean Reinke on the run course by himself, beer in hand, cheering like a madman *Hitting my stride around mile 5 on the run *Seeing Glenn and Shelly on the run *Passing a few runners in the last miles that had most certainly passed me on the bike. *A girl sitting on the hood of a white car a half mile from the finish cheering for every single person that went by. *Seeing and hearing the finish line in the last mile and making the last two turns.
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[152]
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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: Great race, great effort. Knocking 50 smonething minutes from last years time I could be happier. Training is going really well for me, I think a full IM in 08 or 09 is well within my grasp.
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[153]
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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: They've been doing this race for a while and they have everything down pat. Also, a lot of people do this race over and over and they know what to do. It attracts a lot of the top notch triathletes on the East Coast and is very competitive. I thought the swag was lacking for an expensive race and didn't think the post race stuff was very good. It was hard to find something to drink.
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[154]
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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: Overall I would go back to Eagleman in a heartbeat. Great race with a great vibe. Very competitive Age Group race with blazing times and a super competitive PRO field. What more could you want?
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[155]
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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: Had a great time. Outstanding event at all levels. lots of enthusiastic volunteer and community involvement. I got my picture taken with Desiree Ficker. (She is a goddess in my world) Just an outstanding day. I'll try and post a few pix.
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[156]
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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: race was great as always and the conditions were even good this year. the one problem is that we stayed for the awards which were the most unorganized event i have ever seen. they started an hour late and went for several hours!!!! vigo (race director) needs to work that out. the traffic home from there is always terrible too.
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[157]
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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: Everything about this race from my training to the trip home was more than I ever dreamed it would be. Could not have asked for a better experience. When we found out all the hotels within 30 miles were booked, I was worried, but Homestay was amazing. They set us up with a host family and that was huge. The family was perfect, helped out in every way and so friendly. Love the fact they lived 2 blocks from the race, so I was able to walk down the morning of. They gave us the run of the house and let me stay and recover after the race. Gave me and my wife use of their pool and fed us dinner the night before the race. Even offered to take us sailing the day before. Homestay is such a life saver and the host family was perfect. Don't hesitate to use this program, we learned so much about the area and picked up advice about what the weather is generally like, something I would not have gotten if we had stayed in a hotel.
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[158]
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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: Again, the real all-star of this race is my wife. From 4:00am until our departure from the race at 3:00pm...for her to manage our 4 year old and 17 month old all that time...she's amazing. It was a day I'll never forget. I'm still sore, but I've been worse. About 4 years ago, I wasn't doing any training let alone exercise of any kind. I went out and busted out a 22 minute 5k on a really humid day and I could NOT walk up and down steps. I literally had to hold onto a rail and go 1 step at a time. My preparation for the race has paid off. I'm sore but it's nothing terrible. In a few days I'm sure I'll be looking forward to my next challenge!!!
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[159]
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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 this race. Well run!
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[160]
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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: an outstanding race!
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[161]
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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: Really enjoyed it!
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[162]
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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: Overall a good experience but I missed the hills and the northeast!
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[163]
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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: The volunteers and orginization of this race was phenominal. I would definitely do this one again, Vigo knows how to organize and run races. I am definitely looking forward to ChessyMan and while it will be much smaller, I know it will be as well organized and run as this. Thanx Vigo!!!!
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[164]
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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: I definityl reccomend this race to anyone wanting to do a 1/2 ironman. I already plan on doing it again next year with my wife.
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[165]
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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: To this point this was the greatest day in my athletic career. the most challenging and the most satisfying. From day one of decicing I was going to attempt this race I never once lost sight of June 11, 2006 and the goals I set for myself. Of course I had to re-evaluate them, but the goals I came up with, I accomplished. FINISH: check, UNDER 6 HOURS: check, 5 HOURS 30 MINUTES: check. I don't think I could have asked for a better day. I trained the absolute best I cold every time I went out that door. I did as much as I could squeeze in between work and coaching and made the most out of every moment, even when I had a bad day or felt like crap. I thought about this day every day for the last 6 months, sacrificed social life, make key life changes and now am a completly different person and I couldn't be more pleased. However, while I am happy with how things went, I am in no way satisfied. I believe that there is so much more I can accomplish and go much faster. I am also vey confident that
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[166]
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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: This is a great race! It is amazing to see the pros and even better than that, to have 6 of us together racing.
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[167]
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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: great race.... the last 2 year this race has owned me but i still think it's a great course.
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[168]
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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: I enjoyed this race a lot...part of it was it being my first time doing Eagleman and first time at 70.3, but moreso the great company...time for the sappy stuff. It was great to play leapfrog w/ brad and watch him kill another run and take back the belt. It was great that craig unleashed darkness and crushed his bike goal. It was great that Heidi watching heidi beat her last year's time and show us once again that she can play with the boys. It was great hearing Nate's tales of using pretty much ever toilet on the course, taking 16+min in transition (i wonder if there was a massage in there) but loving every second of it. It was great seeing kristin smile and do her "I want to bang Chris Legh" motion as she finished up...and it was great having laura surprise me, and it was great having laura, amy and stacy cheer us all on. All returning competitors in our group improved on their time in windy and choppy conditions. oh ya, apparently i left my hat, race belt, number and finishing
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[169]
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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: This was an extremely humbling experience. The camaraderie amongst the triathletes was great. I do feel that with some work and some weight loss, I could have a better day. However, out of the 5 people who I know who entered the race, 2 DNS and the other 3 quit after the bike (one was actually knocked off his bike by another competitor), so I'm glad that I finished. Lastly, some of the members of this site gave me indirect inspiration, which was helpful esp during the run. Thanks for reading this far, and thanks to my son Joe who made me laugh so much during those last 2 miles.
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[170]
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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: Crossed the finish line and to be honest was really pleased and happy to finsh. I wanted to do a sub 6 time going in but finiahing 6:15 is pretty good consideing the conditions, my HIM and I really did a poor job of trainig for this distance. What this race did do is prepare for how I need to train to finish 5:30 or less which is a time feel confidently chasing. Oh and I really need to start using this thing they call sunscreen. Anybody hear of it? Supposedly it helps to keep you from getting sunburned. Could of used some cause I got BURNED.
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[171]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: overall this is a fast course. The organization is a little mixed up at times. the race started late due to bad traffic. The number of volunteers and fan support is limited. But the race is great for the fact that us average people get to race with world champions.:)
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[172]
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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: I'm glad I did this race. It was organized, relatively close to home, there were a lot of BTers at the race and the course while boring was the right level for me. As this race was offering prize money and a lot of slots for Kona and the 70.3 championship, the level of competition was a lot higher than I've encountered. There was a lot of expensive tri gear and a lot of very fit people. I use to play golf quite a bit but gave it up for the most part because I was frustrated by how long it took to play and the people I encountered on the course. I also would come home and say "Well that wasn't much fun." Well I made sure I was having fun and I enjoyed this whole experience, even when I was getting passed like I was going backwards on the bike. I think I can identify a disc wheel from just the sound. After you've seen and heard about a 100 of those go by it's easy to identify the brand. If 18 months ago you would have told me that I would be in the top half of my age group for
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[173]
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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 best race to date. I'm happy with my performance and looking forward to next year's race
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[174]
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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: Extremely well organized and run event. I would definitely consider doing this race again (if I could stomach the Choptank!). This race, and doing the 70.3 distance was a great challenge.
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[175]
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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: Great race! Had a really good time. The Aqua Bike was a new category added this year and gave me an opportunity to experience two thirds of the HIM race, since the main race had sold out months earlier. Would recommend it to anyone thinking about trying. Great experience!
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