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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Racine

[26]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: All-in-all, a great race. Very well organized, and the volunteers were awesome. I really like the transition set-up and finish location. It made for a very stree-free event, logistically speaking, from my perspective. Overall, I think Steelhead was a more interesting race, particularly the bike segment. I'll most likely be back since it's so close to Chicago.
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[27]
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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: Another great job by WTC, the volunteers and the residents of Racine. The bike course could use some help as it's pretty chewed up in areas.
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[28]
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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 with great local support. Plenty of volunteers everywhere. Did not check out the post race food, but looked like bagels and subs. Might be a regulation, but a beer tent would be nice.
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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: Ironman does an amazing job of putting on a race! I was so impressed on every level at the level of support for this event. This was an amazing experience and I can't wait to do it again! Thank you!
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[30]
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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 loved the race!!!! I thought it was wonderfully organized, and the volunteers and the police were great and right on the job. I thought the aid stations were well done and just the right amount apart on the run.
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[31]
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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: As always the volunteers and spectators are awesome at this race!
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[32]
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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: This is a great race, easy course. The chop on the swim and the wind on the bike did me no favors this year, but I've always loved this race, even when it was Spirit of Racine.
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[33]
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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: I was surprised that there wasn't much for post race activities and an Ironman event. No beer even.
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[34]
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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 cannot express how impressed I was by this race. The combination of organization and volunteer support really made this an extraordinary experience for me. I cannot wait to do this race again! The weather was perfect!
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[35]
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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: Since my performance above is all on my lack of training, I'll critique the race itself. The t-shirts this year are quite a letdown. Look like any old shirt I could get at a local race. Heck, the local race shirt actually looks better this year. I know it's not much, but the race shirt for an Ironman race should look like it's from an Ironman race. The logo it pretty odd too. Background has a car tire tread in it? Didn't recall car tires being any part of the event, or noteworthy about Racine. Small bickering points, but thing's I've come to expect from this race.
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[36]
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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 and a PR of 1:06 (1 hour & 6 minutes) from last year!!! Partly due to training and partly due good weather. The swim was rough, but I'll take that over the 100 degree heat index that we had last year! A Big Thank You to all of the Volunteers & fellow Triathletes!
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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: I didn't get to have any food afterwards because all of the sandwiches had mayonnaise. I can't stand mayo and thought it was really surprising that they would put it on ALL of the sandwiches. I would think that even people that like it would not really want it after a race. They should have had some alternative foods especially how much we pay to do these races. The best thing about the race were the crowds and volunteers. The people in general were sooooo supportive and friendly. I was really impressed with everyone. Cops were really nice and cheered for us. One even thanked us for coming to race.
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[38]
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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, fairly flat which is just what i wanted for my first 70.3. Like the colder water for the swim. Could do with out the crazy waves.
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[39]
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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: It took me most of Monday to come to grips with the fact that I had a good race. I didn't quit like I really wanted to during the swim. Instead I kept swimming and even through vomiting I made it to my bike and kept on going. I ended up having my best run time ever for this race!! Each and every race has it's success and failures. It's human nature to focus on the failures but if you can just push them aside and see all that you did right you can see some much more success! It's hard for me to do but I managed to see that instead of continuing to be frustrated with my swim. I did my best and that's all I ever hope for.
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[40]
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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, an awesome race. Ironman knows exactly what they are doing and they put on a great event. Volunteers were fantastic, everything was on time, the course was very well supported and the post race activities were great. Now, I get to aim for 5:00:00 next year... looking forward to it.
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[41]
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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: volunteers and crowd support were awesome!!
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[42]
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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: This was my first Ironman branded event (and my 3rd tri ever) so I don't have much to compare it to. It seemed to be well run. One pet peeve was that our goody bag was a "cinch back pack". The bag itself is fine but it is labeled with Steelhead 70.3, not Racine. I thought that was strange (uncool).
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[43]
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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: WTC does put on a good event. They really put on a good show..its too bad it costs so much now. And the roads need work!!
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[44]
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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: LOVED IT! WILL FOR SURE DO IT AGAIN FOR SURE!! ONLY COMPLAINT IS THE BUMPS ON BIKE COURSE... 3 MILE RD. SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED...IT IS A HAZARD!!
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[45]
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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: On January 1st, 2012 I weighed 230 lbs (I'm 5'8"). and needed a goal. The Racine Half Ironman kept me focused and helped me drop 20 lbs. I'm proud that I got back into shape and that my family was able to cheer me on! Now that I know what it takes to finish, I want to come back next year weighing 180 lbs. (not 210) and see what I can do. I don't want to say that I underestimated this race, but until you do it, you just don't know what you don't know. I also should have done a sprint and Olympic first, but honestly, I wanted/needed this challenge to get me going. Overall, it was a great experience! I met some great BT'ers and really enjoyed myself. See you next year!
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[46]
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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: Roads were tough!!!
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[47]
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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: If you can hang with the excessive heat, this is a wonderfully run race and I would recommend it. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions about the race.
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[48]
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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: Two water stations on the run had run out of ice. I was really looking forward to the cold sponges but they were basically luke warm. :( The zoo? They shouldn't even advertise this in the race description. I wanted to see monkeys! Overall I was happy with this race, North Beach is amazing and Downtown Racine is adorable! I would do this race again.
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[49]
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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 love this race, ever since it was Spirit of Racine. Great course. Wish some of the roads weren't so bumpy on the bike, but what can you do? I like the out/back double loop run--you have a good idea where you are in regards to everyone else. I love passing all those people on the run that passed me on the bike!
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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 did better than I expected. Can't wait to do it again next year.
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