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Race Reports for Buffalo Triathlon - Olympic Course 2010

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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: Just right

  • Comments: I've been using the website for well over a year and this is my first contribution. I feel I may finally have things to share with other novice folks. To that audience, this is a good race to put on the calendar. It's early in the season, which keeps you moving in winter. It contains reasonable hills which keep you honest but don't kill you. It's a big event but not huge, so just the right amount of "what the hell am I doing" mixed with folks to answer that question. It's not overwhelmingly big (my last tri was Chicago(sprint), it gave me some perspective). If you're new and going to do this race, pay attention to the other posts about biking and get out of the way for faster riders. Overall it's a good event. I was much faster than expected overall. I beat last year's Olympic goal time and have set a new bar for myself. I guess that's what's supposed to happen as you do a few more of these events. Thank you to the organizers and volunteers for giving me a fun and successful
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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: As others have said, the problem with this race is the number of participants and the overlap between Oly and Sprint courses. 4 years in a row, we'll have to see about next year. Very happy with results, especially after somewhat dissappointing time at KC. At awards when they announced 3rd in my AG I thought, o well, good race anyway and was suprised & happy to get 2nd in AG. I got some Tifosi sunglasses with multiple lenses, pretty neat. I did miss my AG picture, 1st place in AG was a 50 yr old.
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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: Like others say be careful... it is crowded on the last leg of Bike where the runners/Bikers/cars/dogs/people/kids/motorcycles/semi's/ police cars/ etc. all are within the same 30-40 feet of pavement.
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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: We will not be going back to Buffalo. Even though it's a well-run race on a nice course, it's too crowded to be safe. I had a couple close calls, but Jeremy's accident was too much. We'll go somewhere else that weekend next year. If they change the course or lower the entry limit, I'll reconsider.
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  • Comments: I probably will not do this race again. It is way to full and I saw several accidents due to congestion and people not being aware of basic riding rules. Many times bikers were 4 and 5 people wide. It is a good race but it is time to move on.
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