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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake 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

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

  • Comments: BSLT puts on a great awards banquet. The banquet in the evening after the race. Every year I've done BSLT there has been a band, great food, and of course the awards. This year was BSLT's 20th anniversary, so they had Mike Riley, the voice of Ironman, come in to call the race and the awards banquet. I wasn't planning on getting close to a Clearwater slot at this race. This course is tough and I really didn't plan to place as high as I did. When I saw I was 10th, I told Michele to bring her check book. Of course the one Kona slot went to the guy in first place. Then there were 3 Clearwater slots. I think the guy in third on the podium took one slot. Then Mike Riley started calling other names. No one was there. When Mike called Thomas Smith I whispered to Michele "I'm next". I'm going to Clearwater.
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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: Tough HIM Course, but a good change. I would rate this course as much more difficult than LongHorn or LoneStar, the other TX HIM's I've done. Scenery is either much more interesting than either of those races, or much more boring, depending on which part of the course you're on. A few other comments: 1. This is not a spectator friendly race. My wife and sister-in-law had to pay $6 a piece to get in to watch. I think this should be mentioned in the race info so people are not surprised. 2. No outhouses on the bike course. 56-miles can be a long way to hold it. All in all, I'd like to do this race again. I'd recommend 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Buffalo Springs 70.3 is heralded as one of the more difficult 70.3 races. I believe it after this experience. If you're not a smart cyclist, those hills could really eat you up. And if they don't, the hills on the run can. And on a hot, windy day like Lubbock usually brings, this course could be a beast of a challenge. We were fortunate to have the weather being in the 80's, although the wind was a bit significant. Regardless, I really do not like the west Texas terrain. I find it dry and boring. There's just not much color. The run course was ok, since it was on the lake. But the bike course was boring I felt. I would've like to have seen more hills. Going flat for long stretches just isn't appealing to me. But the producers of this race really do an excellent job of creating a good fun atmosphere. I wouldn't discourage anybody from competing in this race, but I can say that I will not ever race BSLT again.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: A tough but enjoyable course. Need to be prepared for hills on the bike and run! Well organized and great volunteers. Parking was surprising easy given that there is only one road coming into the park and only one parking lot. Post-race food pretty skimpy. No port-o-potties in the bike course! The course really got the best of me this time, but I'll be back to get revenge!
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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 love BSLT 70.3, it is a hard race but well run. Despite the fact that I beat my last BSLT time by 21 minutes and 23 seconds I still ended up 4th. My last, slower time took first place that year.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great event and great course. This is definitely a course for those folks who want a challenge. I raced the N.O. 70.3 and this one was A LOT tougher.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: A tough frickin' course for a flatlander.
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  • Comments: A day i ll never forget, i ll always have this story and even threw all the bad shit that went wrong i still finished and on this day, thats all that mattered
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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: Great race. Would definitely recommend it. Would do it again, but it's difficult to make the drive to Lubbock with the Longhorn right in my backyard. All things being equal, I think Lubbock may be a little easier than the Longhorn, but both are great, challenging races.
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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 organization was great and the volunteers were amazing. They were everywhere, like ants but good ants. You really need to have a great support network around you in order to be successful at events of this nature. I am so fortunate to have a wonderful family, network of tri friends that I can actually touch, and a simply amazing group of friends here on BT that I do hope to drink a beer with one day. Thanks everyone!
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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:

  • Comments: Tough but fair courese. Rain
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