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Race Reports for Tri the Parks Triathlon - Richard B. Russell State Park

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good race. Lots of volunteers and drink stations. It started raining hard shortly after I crossed the finish line so I don't know about post race activities. I would recommend doing this race.
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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: Very good race and well managed!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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: there were no gels to be had. I didn't realize there wouldn't be, so next time, plan to bring at least one on the run.
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  • Comments: Race report follows (2:22 1st Masters Clydes and not sure where else until stats are up): 34m 25s 1640.00 yards 02m 06s /100 yards 7:42 AM http://tpks.ws/NfYL Rectangular lake swim (2 loop). I was in the 4th of 4 waves. T-1 was :47 1h 03m 53s 22.80 miles 21.41 Mi/hr Min HR: 110 Avg HR: 130 Max HR: 145 8:17 AM http://tpks.ws/Vj8T Bricked to swim rolling course with more climbs than advertised. oa stats w245/264/759 c84 Tss65 If.79 T-2 was :38 42m 49s 6.22 miles 06m 53s/Mi Avg HR: 150 Max HR: 168 9:21 AM Humid conditions, speeding ticket on way over, not really full on board given the oly distance and the "restraint on the bike" race plan then the ticket warmup ran 1.5 mi with hammer and Shane, two EC boys and then swam 400 yards with Shane. swim: 2x750m lake swim. I continue to swim steadier now. Face in water the whole time. I draft when possible and had good space. Sited decent. Not very fast
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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: It was a very good race in my Half Ironman training and I accomplished my goal for the race/training although I would have liked to have a better time. I am still middle of the pack slow but doing well considering I have only been doing tri's for a year.
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  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I really appreciate all the volunteers. I would have liked to see a few more people around, especially in the morning, directing people. parking was bad, but whats new. Transition was a little awkward since it was a parking lot, there was a big grass area separating the two areas and everyone had to go all the way around it each time. I would really like to see something other than Heed on the course and at the finish. Eww. I think the swim course could have been planned out a little better, as well as the run course. There was no need to have a trail run with all those roads around the park. And two loops? But, for a smaller race in the middle of no where, it could have been much worse. I probably won't do it again, but that's mostly because of the drive. Good series though, glad I got to do two of them this year. So I thought a lot about this race and had very conflicting thoughts for a while. I was letting my AG place take presedence over my performance. It really doesn't
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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 enjoyed the race although it is really out of the way to get too (probably why it is lightly attended). I was happy to see that I could maintain a good run pace (although it makes me realize that I could have drastically cut my FL70.3 time if I had remembered my pace watch). Pretty well organized (they left the Heed so they can't get a top rating for organized), however, it is a long way from Atlanta and they did a good job of getting a lot done in a relatively remote place.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: An average Tri the Parks race.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: though my swim was better than last year it was still poor and not worth jack. the bike leg was an embaracement, and the run was the same as walking.
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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: Doing it again next year. Hoping to podium in the 30-34 age group.
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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: Overall, I like this course. Just not crazy about the 2 hour drive each way to get to the race.
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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: The volunteers who help out with the Tri the Parks series are AWESOME! There were so many people out there to help us, and that made this race. Russell was a good first oly. I enjoyed it, and if I can, I'll be doing it next year. And I will put in more hill training beforehand!
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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: Another great Tri the Parks event. Tri Blue Sky does a great job with their race series. The state park, a bit of a far drive from Atlanta, was beautiful. The course is by no means easy, but it is a great, scenic course. The race is an International distance event, but is not what I consider the standard Olympic distance length so is probably a great distance for those trying to move to longer than sprint races. I think I got lucky with the weather this year being overcast, because the bike and run courses could be brutal in hot, sunny conditions.
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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: Good race. Tri in the Parks is putting on a great series and I am looking forward to the next event.
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  • Comments: Another great race put on by TriBlueSky. Georgians are so fortunate to have this series each and every summer!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: As always, the Volunteers were excellent and the race was well planned.
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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. As always, well-organized and well run. Transition area was fine, too. As far as nutrition; since this was my first Olympic, this is also the first race where I had to worry about nutrition. I actually was quite happy with my choices. The Powerbar gel every 30 min on the bike kept my energy levels high, and I didn't bonk on the run. Overall, since my goal was to finish under 3 hours, and I actually finished under 2h 30 min, I was pretty pleased. I actually think I liked this race better than the sprints. I will probably try more Olys in the future.
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  • Comments: Great course and great race overall. Lots of serious trathletes.
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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: A great race. I've been impressed with the Tri the Parks series. They run an efficient, no-frills event. Parks are beautiful and I get to see areas of the state that I would have never seen otherwise. Getting to Elberton is tough and this may prevent me from doing this again next year. But overall I really enjoyed it.
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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Finishers of this race included a 12 year old boy and an 85 year old man. I passed one guy on the bike course about halfway through and an hour later, while I was halfway through the run, I saw him limping in on a flat tire. What a ride that must have been. The best part of this race, though, was watching Kelly come through the finish full throttle to win her division.
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  • Comments: Some people don't like the tri the parks, I guess since I haven't done too many other races, I don't have anything really to compare. I think next year I will revisit a few of the races that I liked in this series, but venture out and tri some other races as well.
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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: A standard Tri the Parks event, good but not great. Kind of pricey for this level. This was another PR for me, last winter's work is really paying off!
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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: This is my 4th race, and 3 of them have been this tri-the-parks series. Last week I did West Point Lake Tri and was absolutely blown away by how well it was done. This series is just not as good. I really did enjoy it, but I can tell that it is not put together as well.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: No results available at race due to rain and computer issues. Results should be posted later today (dying to know how I placed. Should have had Gatorade on the run course (a two + hour race demands more than water). Could have had a bottle exchange on the bike course. Woohoo! 1st in my last ever Clydesdale race!
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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: I met ALL of my goals: 1) Finish, 2) Have Fun, 3) Don't DFL, 4a) Finish the swim in less than 30 minutes, 4b) Finish the bike in 1:15, 4c) Finish the run in under 1 hour, 5) Finish the whole shebang in under 3 hours. I had a great race. Freestyled the whole swim (breathing and sighting were great!), good bike (would have like to have hit around 18.5 - 19 mph on the bike), and a better than expected run (<1 hour was a goal but not something I thought I'd be able to attain).
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