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Race Reports for South Carolina Half 2007

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I was making plans for next year, not five minutes after my finish!! What a great experience, although about an hour and a half on the bike was sheer misery. And I've never been so dirty in all my life, since I was a kid - snot, gel, oreos, sweat, dirt, bike grease, squished bananas!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Overall, another great race!
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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: This was a great race! Great volunteers and well stocked aid stations. The race did start a little late and the post race events were kinda boring. But I don't choose races based on that. So I'd do this race again without much thought. The long sleeve shirts were also cool!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: the food at the end of the race was pathetic, and the course for the runners and bikers- sharing that wasn't good. but, the volunteers were awesome and the drink stations were great.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 pleased with the results since this was my first 70.3 and think I can beat 5 hrs next year. It was a great day. This ismy favorite distance so far!
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: Roads sucked. But everything else was great. I will do this race next year.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: Bike road course stinks; the road is rough - no way around it. Overall well organized and well done. There were some hiccups with the bike in/run out thing, but that is to be expected when you have to share the road with vehicular traffic as well. The Park Police, Highway Patrol and other law enforcement folks were awesome.
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[8]
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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: My first HIM. I have a hard time believing that in a matter of 9 months I will be able to do twice the distance. But my coach assures me I will be able to. Overall I guess I should be pleased. I finished with a smile, standing, and not in the med tent. Finishing is half the battle.
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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 really liked this course and I plan to do it again next year. I didn't like the fact that they didn't have enough port-o-potties or food and water available for spectators.
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[10]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Well, despite the trying day, I had a blast. I'd like to think of more than just race day, but the journey leading up to the race, when saying that while disappointed with my overall time, I still enjoyed the whole process. I began the year not knowing how to swim, and having done only one triathlon (a super sprint where I swam breaststroke). Now, at the end of the season, I've done four races, gotten in much better shape, made all sorts of new friends, found new ways to spend my limited budget, and finished a half ironman. So I'm not going to complain about my race time - you take what the conditions are, how life goes, and what the course gives you. I did the best I could with what I have when asked to perform, so for that, I'm pretty satisfied.
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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: I like this race a lot. The weather was nice, and there were plenty of aid stations and course support. If I ever do another Half IM I would consider doing this one again.
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[12]
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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: The venue is beautiful and well organized with lots of volunteers. The end of the bike course/beginning of run is way too cramped. Bikers and runners should NOT be sharing one lane of a road. That is dangerous as people on bikes are coming up fast on runners with their backs turned. Also, some of the roads are a little rough but it's mostly between miles 40 to 50. The water stops were excellent on the run. They had anything and everything you could want. All of the volunteers were great and there were plenty of them on the entire course. A special thanks to the girl in the boat cheering me on during the swim.
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[13]
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: This was my first half ironman and I am incredibly pleased with my performance especially given the fact that I was injured. Today, I could hardly get out of bed. That just re-affirms that I gave everything I had yesterday and did indeed leave it all out on the course. A big thanks to TigerD who not only supported his wife, Suzanne, but helped me too by carrying my stuff and wheeling my bike and fetching us with the truck so we wouldn't have to walk as far.
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[14]
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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 had some personal difficulties and this is first HIM I have done but I thought the race was great. I just feel very lucky that I got hooked up with the North Atlanta Multi Sport Club. Their support has been crucial in turning a 300 pound tub of goo into a Half-Ironman.
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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 race was set up well, the flow was good and there were lots of volunteers, except at packet pickup.
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[16]
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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: Great race. I will probably end my season with this race next year. The roads suck a little, but they did the best they could with what they had im sure. Our club is awesome and really adds to the fun factor of this race. It was really cool to be with a bunch of other first timers, and everyone completed the race successfully- awesome.
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[17]
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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 fine race. Overall, the mental effort was as hard as my Ironman a few weeks ago. I learned my toughest mental lesson today. I guess you learn something new on every race. It was a great way to finish out this season.
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[18]
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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...wish they had gels on the bike leg
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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:

  • Comments: I don't really have any other HIM to compare it too, but I thought it was well run. 3 water stops on the bike and 1 stop almost every mile on the run. I do wish they had vasoline or bodyglide at the run stops, I could have used that. The bike course was tougher than I expected, even after driving the course the day before, but the run course was easier than I expected (even though I've raced on that course twice before).
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
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  • Comments: Pack my shoes.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: This race is AWESOME! I love participating, even on a bad day!
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