Races

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

• All years
• 2011
• 2010

[1]

Reported by:

mdgould

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: Love these DC races! Expensive though.

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[2]

Reported by:

Ironjoe

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 race. The only downside to it is having to deal with the DC traffic and parking. But even that was not a bad as thought it was going to be. The race folks did a good job of informing everyone about the parking and traffic situation.

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[3]

Reported by:

JeanieW

• 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. I will do it again.

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[4]

Reported by:

aplittle001

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: Really good event. The run is a little long for a sprint.

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[5]

Reported by:

hip82

Race rating (5)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?


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


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


• Comments: This was my first triathlon since doing the DC Triathlon a year ago. That was a terrible race for me since my training was weak, and my weight was up significantly from 2009, and I didn't repect the Olympic distance, because I had already "been there, done that". In fact, I put back on 50 of the 60 pounds I took off in 2009. I basically imploded in 2010. I somehow managed to do two 10 milers and a half marathon, but in the 12+ minute range, mostly due to weight. Finally, on April 1st, decided to get my act together and seriously focus on training and weight loss. Recognizing my lack of preparation, I felt I should drop down to the Sprint, but ego, rapid weight loss, and dramatic recovery of my running kept me wanting to do the Olympic. By race day, I had dropped about 35 pounds (20 pounds from the same race last year), and improved my average running pace from 12:30 to 10:30. I felt confident I could beat my time from 2010. I had no idea that I would be able to swim as well, or

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[6]

Reported by:

hoffsquared

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: Logistics are hard. Packet pick up one place, bike racking another place, no parking. Finish line two miles from transition. Walked the two miles.

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[7]

Reported by:

kofian

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: Olympic + sprint had 3,500 participants. I would not come back in later summer for the Nation's Tri where I've heard there can be 6,000. Not worth the aggravation of a congested course. It is logistically challenging because start and finish are in 2 different locations. Had to take shuttle from finish to transition and bike several miles back to car. Also, rack bikes on Saturday.

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[8]

Reported by:

colinphillips

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: Overall very impressed with the organization of this race. Most things were done very well, and given the complexity of putting on an event like this in the middle of Washington DC, it worked out surprisingly well. My main concern with the race was that the timing of the Oly and Sprint races meant that the 2nd lap of the bike course was rather congested, with riders of very different speeds, and this made it tricky on some of the narrower stretches. They probably have to do that in order to shorten the road closures. The one other thing that might keep me back from making this a race that I'd put on my list of must-do events is that late June in DC is not known for its tri-friendly weather. That is, unless you are built for heat and high humidity (not me!). We were lucky that the day was merely very humid, and not too hot, but one couldn't count on that every year.

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[9]

Reported by:

eswede

• Organised?
• Events on time?


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


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


• Comments: Very, very happy with this race. Wanted to break 3 hours and I did that handily

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[10]

Reported by:

sfaelos

Race rating (4)

• 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: Such a well organized event considering its size. The potholes were the worst part and there's nothing the organizers can do about that.

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[11]

Reported by:

ronleew

Race rating (5)

• 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: Completely enjoyable. Cant wait till next one.

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[12]

Reported by:

hip82

Race rating (5)

• 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: Being one of the last ones to finish, I was very happy to see post-race support going strong. Lots of water stations, and that was greatly needed and appreciated. I really liked the course and the support, and even though it's one of the highest priced Olympics, I'll be back next year. I've got a lot of room for improvement for next year's race, so I am really looking forward to keeping it together and doing much better next year. Final note: Kind of funny, but you'd think the bus driver from the finish line to the transition area would know the way after umpteen trips. We had a very long scenic tour of downtown, Virginia, and back to transition from the opposite direction. I didn't mind. I was enjoying the AC and the other athletes stories of the race.

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[13]

Reported by:

jeffdav

Race rating (5)

• 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 well-run event

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[14]

Reported by:

mdpiet

Race rating (4)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?No


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


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


• Comments: After Macon two weeks prior and the dsiappointment out there, I was ready to have a good race. I told my fiancee the night before that it felt like it was going to be a good race, and mentally I was dialed in. I ran a PR by about 15 minutes, crushing my time from NY in 2008, the last time I had raced a serious Olympic. My goal time had been a 2:20, outside goal of 2:15 to hit the age group elite qualifying mark. As it was, I knew coming off the bike I had a cushion to hit that, but still pushed as hard as I could. My running still has a ways to go, but I was very happy with it. A third place age group finish and a time that would have placed me 11th in the elites was very, very satisfactory.

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