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Race Reports for Great Buckeye Challenge Half Iron Triathlon 2012

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: HFP puts on a simple race which I like. Their registration fees are so inexpensive - $100 for a HIM? Unheard of! A few problems from the git-go were the morning lines which meant a race delay. The one crucial bike aid station had run out of water during the second loop and was unmanned and several of the run aid stations ran out of ice. All the post race fruit was gone by the time the BOPers finished. The volunteers were super friendly and helpful, though, and the course was well marked. I have no complaints. It's 3 days post race and I'm still emotionally off kilter. Although I was able to put the panic cries from the lifeguards out of my head during the race, I believe they stuck with me and have attributed to my emotional state. The man's family and grandkids were at the race and he was unable to be resuscitated and I'm very saddened. I believe the fall left me shaken more than I want to admit. One of my goals for 2012 was to do two HIMs. One is done and I have the Rev3
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Everything was torn down, no comment on post race events. There were plenty of drink stations on the run and ride, just no water on the ride. Not enough volunteers to do body marking, pass out chips or check people into or out of transition area. This caused the race to start 20 minutes late.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: GreatBuckeye 2012 Half Distance (event) your day will begin frighting for a bike rack that turns into a free for all. Just on my rack there were so many bikes assigned that some bikes would not fit. They have about 7 different races going at the same time. The bike course is jammed with people riding 2-3 wide and faster group in packs working together. Do not worry about penalties though. 0 marshals on course to police the cheating. The race in a poor steward of the bike course as with zero enforcement the road was littered with bottles and gel wrappers that people discarded. Pre ride the course because it was not marked very well and you could easily cut the course if you are doing the half distance race. Unlike most professionally run races this one does not put timing mats out to make sure the course is not cut. As for cutting the course you will not know who you are racing against unless you know them already because everyone is marked the same way (a hospital wrist
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