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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Racine 2009

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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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Will certainly do this race again. Aid stations were better than I've ever had in a running event - cold water and cups of ice at every stop!
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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 feel really good about this race. If my ankle had cooperated I think I might have been even faster. I know that I am still slow on the bike, but I think I may look to focus on getting even faster on the run in the off season. I also need to improve my transition speed.
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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 was my first HIM so I do not have anything to compare it to. The fan support was great. Thanks to all the volunteers for your time. The bike course was bumpy in spots causing people to lose everything off their bikes. Making it an obstacle course. I had a great day
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Comments: they ran out of other food after the race, so I had a PBJ on a bun
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  • Comments: Overall, good day. Everyone had a PR! Me, by more than 22 minutes, tho short swim def helped. Wish I'd been higher ranked in AG--punished for not drafting! Too honest. Need to figure out cramp issues too on legs. Potassium deficiency?
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  • Comments: Still irritated by the short swim, will put this down as a 70.0 PR.
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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 give this race a 4 this year, as I was a little disappointed in the drafting. Also the roads in the area are rather bumpy. Lots of seams in the pavement that were constantly jarring bottles loose and making the ride not as much fun as I could have been. HFP puts on a great and a very safe race though. Solid organization, and the race venue is one of the best ( not just the site, but the way HFP sets it up ). A lot of fun, and a lot of friends, so it would have been really hard to have a bad time. Great prep, and a huge confidence booster going into the last blocks of IMWI training.
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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: Excellent race, great volunteers, great venue.
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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 only complaint I have with this race is the drafting was rampant. Don't know what the organizers can really do though if the racers don't play fair. Other than that I don't really have many complaints. Food could have been a little better, but that is minor.
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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 day and a great race... more marshals to cut down on the drafting... otherwise, i thought it was incredibly well run... once again... 3 goals for the race... 1) go sub-5 hours... 2) finish in the top 200... and 3) go sub 1:30 for the HM... nailed the first 2... and sure gave my best effort towards the third... no regrets...!!! lastly... congrats to all the donkeys (and non-donkeys) that kicked a$$ out there on sunday...!!! and a ton of thanks to everyone out there cheering and leaving messages out on the course... that was genuinely and deeply appreciated... and very much needed... thank you...!!! and good luck to everyone training still for IMWI... sitting here now i'm sure glad that i'll be out there cheering you on as a volunteer... :) [pics - 1) pre-race - me, becky, ali and jack... 2) swim start, 3) bike - about 30 yards before the guy next to me had his chain break... 4) coming into the finish line... 5) post race with my mom...]
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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: REPLACE THE STUPID TIMER CHIP STRAP!! I PR'ed by 16 min. from last year!! Fun things heard during the race: 1). What's with the carrot? 2). What's that? A donkey? 3). Donnawiz, coming from behind on the bike to pass me - "I see a carrot. I'm going to catch the carrot". That was funny. 4). The photographer, while going up the hill on the 2nd lap - "So, what is it about the donkey? I saw a number of them." 5). "EEEAAAWWW!!!" - the Donks on the course. 6). Some lady in a group of people on a corner by mile 2 and change, while coming around on the 2nd lap, "What is that supposed to be?", to which they didn't think I heard and to which I yelled out without turning back "IT'S A DONKEY!!". Then the group started laughing. 7). From Craig, as I was coming towards the "Donkey corral" near the finish, in his bullhorn, "... Phil Gillett ". (Sorry, Craig, I was listening, but didn't catch it very well.) 8). Chris (TriDDS) and Jean, on the
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  • Post race activities? Good
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  • Comments: This is a very good race. My only gripe was that many of the roads are extremely bumpy. Saw a lot of bottles on the roads. The food this year was better than last. It is a great venue on a Great Lake. The run course is fun b/c you get to see everyone so often, so no time for dogging it. Wish it had a few more hills to separate out the packs, or maybe the marshalls should spend more time on the packs? Not sure. I do love it and have heard that it is going 70.3 next 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great race. It was very well organized and supported. The course was great with some great views on the swim and run portion. The race conditions were perfect - 65-70 degrees and overcast with no wind. I couldn't have asked for a better day. Overall very happy with my results. I was shooting for 5:15 and ended up at 4:51.
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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: First HIM, and it was an awesome race. Plan on doing this again, no doubt. Had a blast with all the donkeys. Been training for this puppy since about January and before. Since last winter, ive lost about 40lbs training for this. Been a great experience going through this and changed a lot for the better throughout the months. No doubt about it, i am addicted to this sport. So many times you wanna say "thats it, why the hell am i doing this" and as soon as you see that finish, every pain and thought goes away! Owe a lot to Theresa for so much support through this, and to schmize (my coach) who helped me the whole way with training plans and game time decisions. He helped me pretty much do the right things to achieve my goals, and def did hit my goals. Been a great, take that back, a tremendous tri season so far. Before we know it IM 2011 will be here before i know it!!
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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 easy

  • Comments: I think that something could be done to get the swim course adjusted so that it is more accurate to our actual abilities! Overall I was very happy with this race. It was my second tri and my first half ironman distance event. I'm already planning my tri training schedule for next spring, and am excited to start hitting it a lot harder than I did this cycle.
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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 still shocked at this result. Was totally not expecting to beat last year's results. I really have not trained as much as I should have, volume was down, but maybe I'm a better racer than I give myself credit for. I don't take anything for granted and my expectations were low. Maybe that helped, I didn't have as much anxious energy as last year. I was calm and had a blast. A special thanks to the Bauer's and Vande Berg's for toting me around for the weekend. You guys are great. To all the other BT/Donkai, you guys are a great group, glad to have met you all and thanks for all the cheering and support, it really means a lot.
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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've done this race the last three years. It's very well done, a flat course, and draws a huge BT crowd which makes it fun.
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • 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 absolutely love this race. The support this year from the donkai group and other BTers was unbelieveable. I felt like a superstar coming down that finishers chute. A huge thank you to all the support crew and jockstrappers. And I can't say enough about the love of my life...Craig (firstnet911) Thank you for your continued support and ability to put up with me on my journey toward IM Wisconsin in September. I too am proud of you and amazed at your speedy recovery! LU! Also thank you for the 200+ pictures that he took that day of everyone. Some really great shots. My goal was to go sub 6!! PR FOR ME ON THIS RACE BY 19 MIN!!!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I could not ask for more from a race. The only downside had nothing to do with the organizers and volunteers. I was unfamiliar with the race and did not know I would need someone to accompany me to the swim start. When I checked the swim start lost and found, I got my flip flops, but someone must have liked my warm-up pants.
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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: As always, this was an extremely well-run race, even if the post-race meal really kind of sucks (PB & J, BBQ and... BEANS? Are you serious... BEANS?!! That's like intestinal distress with sauce!) Events started on time, tons of volunteers and lots of well-placed Aid Stations. Now if they could just keep all those Illinois people out...
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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 the second time I've done this race and I did it again to prove to myself that I could conquer the swim, and I did. On to new challenges next 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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Looking forward to next year...and running it next 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: Just right

  • Comments: Crossed the finish line and didn't see a race clock anywhere. Grabbed some water to rinse my head and stop the salt stinging my eyes. After that I asked a volunteer what time it was. 12:06! Oh boy. On the dot 5 hours since my 7:06 wave start. Did I make it under the line? Didn't know. Unless his watch was slow I was at least 5 flat. Went to transition to grab Recoverite and then back to the Donkey cheering section to say thanks and wait for Lori to come in. She was having a solid race too so excited to see how she did. After she came in we went over to the tri wis tent and hung out there. Got some pizza, pulled pork, beans, fruit, coke. Gooooood. Checked results. Confirmed sub 5. Celebrated. Lori went 5:21, totally awesome too! PR'd every single segment. 10 minutes for the swim, 6 seconds for T1, ten minutes for the bike, 20 seconds for T2, 15 minutes for the run. Overall 34 minute PR. That's solid! Great race. Weather (and a swim course that was likely
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The Volunteers were the best I have ever seen - there were lots of them and they knew what they were doing - even the kids. Aid station were plentiful. Event was on time and run smoothly minus the short swim course. Now I need to devise a training plan to beat that time - ahh the next challenge!
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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 great race - a perfect first HIM.
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