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Race Reports for Sylvan Lake Half Iron Triathlon

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

  • Comments: This is a smaller race (100 HIM, 100 1/60/10) but still, the organizer seems slow to update - results still are not updated on the event website yet the timing company has them (took a bit of effort to find them since they don't list which company they are using). I also thing making the run 1.5km short is unacceptable if you're going to call it a half iron...
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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: Enjoyed the race, took 18 minutes of previous year.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: This race was too hard for my current training level, however I did finish, which was my overall goal. Next time I will try and meet my time goal. Lastly there weren't enough potty stops on the run... not until nearly the 4th aid station, about 8k in.
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  • Organised?
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The previous event organizers quit at the end of last season and the current people came together to try to keep the race alive. Some details through the event were a bit disorganized but it was all getting done. There was a lot of enthusiasm and energy, and lots of great volunteers. If they keep doing it, experience will help to polish up the whole show.
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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 hard

  • Comments: The new race director made plenty of changes for the better this year. Well organized, lots of volunteers, pretty amazing for his first year doing this. Could have used a couple of more aid stations on the run. Aid station #3 on the bike had no water, only HEED! That messed me up a bit. The race sponsors really stepped up with the raffle prices. I think at least 5 wetsuits were given out, plus a bike. Yeah, a brand new bike. Sweet. I won the price just before the bike - got a new race number belt and a running hydration pack. Whizzy!
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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: Overall, a great race. I did see quite a few flats other than mine, and I know there were lots at the same course last year...not sure what the deal is on that, but otherwise it was very well organized.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Hard course, everyone says this is a good prep for IMC b/c it's so hilly. Glad to know I did one of the harder courses.
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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: They had announced at the carb load dinner that there were 450+ registered but only 318 showed up at the starting line. Number 301 crossed the finish at the nine hour mark. I really enjoyed the race. The problems I had were all of my own making. At the awards dinner the race promoter was talking about how tough the course is. Sure, he was pumping up his race, but he does have some grounds for his claims.
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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: This was an absolutely fantastic race. Sub10Events ran an absolutely fantastic race. Only splitting out the T! and T2 in timing could have made it technically better. The course was well marked and the volunteers were absolutely fabulous. The town people of Sylvan Lake came out to cheer us on in the run...many of them had garden hoses out for us to run under to stay cool and offered to spray us as we went...many also offered oranges and other food items to us as we ran...they were fantastic people. I just don't know how this race could have been any better.
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