Races

Back to all races
Race Details Ratings 70 Reports 88

Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake 2012

[1]
Reported by:
Race rating (4)
User photo
  • 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: Too hard

  • Comments: I am done with this race! 3 times is plenty. I have had good ('10), bad ('09) and ugly ('12) races here... I am good! Ha. It's a challenging race that is for the above average athlete. It's simply time for me to enjoy other races besides this one.
read full report
[2]
Reported by:
Race rating (3)
User photo
  • 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 deal is people get crushed on this course, train harder and try to come back and win. Some amazing athletes can have a great race here but not me. They did a great job with the aid stations. Volunteers are amazing considering the sun and heat. Plenty of water and ice and you need it to get through this mother. Ice down the shorts, in the hat, in my mouth and in both hands most of the run(who am I kidding - walk). Good luck to you if you want this challenge. I've been there, got the shirt and the medal.
read full report
[3]
Reported by:
Race rating (5)
User photo
  • 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: Tough race. Lots of wind, heat and hills. Very well done. Amazing volunteers, out there for hours getting pounded by the blazing sun!
read full report
[4]
Reported by:
Race rating (3)
User photo
  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

  • Post race activities? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: As previously mentioned, I had ONE goal for today...finish under the cutoff to validate my Kona lottery slot. Mission Accomplished. Other things I learned/observed/realized. I tested out a new nutrition plan. Y'all know from reading most of my race reports that porta potties and I have a history. I'd been suspecting for years that I was just plain trying to eat too much. I've been working with a new nutritionist lately who agreed with that assessment and has had me training on about a third of the calories I used to try to consume. Well, it's hard to claim success with a test set of ONE, but I thought today was massively successful. I didn't have one iota of GI distress. And I still had plenty of energy. Still a few kinks to iron out and I'd still like to make it simpler (it required a bunch of memorizing), but I think maybe this has the potential to be a game changer for me. I had more calories on the run than intended, but I had no other way to get electrolytes into me
read full report
Show Per page
 
 
of 1