Race Reports for "Tri" for Acts of Kindness Sprint Triathlon

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Comments: There were some glitches and hiccups with organization and on the course. This a charity race and I think it's a great cause, so I can look past some of that. There are also so few tris in town that I will probably be a regular at this one. The short and shallow swim is good for beginners. The bike and run are fairly challenging (much more so than the Tri Tucson series) for the distance. Giveaways were incredible! I got bags of quinoa pilaf, Kind bars, Caveman bars, mini Clif and Luna bars, Muscle Brownies, Muscle Milk, soap, sunscreen, Paul Mitchell smoothing hair spray, Cholula hot sauce, Plant Fusion protein powder, a travel pack of milled flax (to think I've been traveling without flax all these years!), Twangers salt packets, a Numi tea bag, and Activate vitamin water. There were several coupons as well.

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Race rating (3)

Comments: Kudos for Glenn and their 1st triathlon. Great job for a 1st. The pool situation, and how long it took to get all the swimmers through is a difficult one to overcome, and they'll get plenty of comments on the road situation- not having a enough room to ride to the right of the cones. The cycle was over 1/2 mi longer than the specified distance, and the run was 0.2mi shorter. The included breakfast and drinks were great. As for the 'silent auction'- I think they were trying to mix two different kinds of fundraising events, and the raffle should have included triathlon stuff rather than a TV and food baskets. The goodie bag had foodstuffs in it, nothing else. They did include a simple finishers medal for those interested, and a cotton t-shirt. There were a ton of volunteers and it was reasonably well organized. Not perfect, but my expectations were of a simple, small charity event, and they really came up with much more. One item in the swag bag offended me. Not so much that

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