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Race Reports for Memphis in May Triathlon 2006

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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: The race was a lot of fun and I would definatly go back. It was very well organized and all of the routes were very well marked. Great volunteers along the way and great food at the finish.
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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 was a very well organized race, especially considering there were over 1700 racers. I felt bad for the out of towners who stayed near the course because Millington, TN is not a very appealing place. Having lived in Memphis in the past, local knowledge was a good thing to have on my side.
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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: An awesome first race! Perfect size, well run, nicely organized, and beautiful setting. I had such a great time training for this and it was the most amazing feeling to cross the finish line. I can now understand what makes this sport so addicting!
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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 loved the race and would do it again. I think I will put in more consistent training next time. Overall I really can't complain as this was a harder race than my first OLY (Clermont Florida) and I bettered my PR by about 24 minutes.
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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, will be back next year. Hope more Bter's do 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race - despite swim and bike being short. We had Amy pick up a 3rd in the women's 40-44 and Martina who picked up 3rd in the 25-29. Great race, well organized and after the race was over, I got to see Graceland! I had a great weekend with the entire D3 crew - about 15 of us - going out to eat - meeting up with the BT crew - and hitting Beale St on Sunday night. Looking forward to doing it again sometime!
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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: Overall, I was glad to finish under 3 hours. The PR on my swim and bike paces were AWESOME! The run sucked -- no other way to describe it. The Memphis Belle got the best of me on the run. Probably more important than any of my personal goals or pain was that the 220 members from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in Training raised over $750,000 bucks participating in this event, and to the best of my knowledge, all TnT members finished the triathlon. We WILL kick cancer's ass, one mile at a time....
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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:

  • Comments: Well this was the dame that popped my cherry and let me tell ya it was painfully great. The whole weekend was an awesome experience with the BTers. I am glad I was able to meet several more of BTs finest. I know I have a long way to go between now and IMAZ but doing this makes me appreciate what goes into getting prepared just to finish and realize how much more it would take to compete which one day I will be there. I am glad MIM was my first and that the conditions were what they were. It has me now stepping my game up and also gives me a good place to gage my performance from.
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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: FUN FUN weekend! It was a PR for me though, the course was probably a little short so I would say my performance was very on par with St. A's. But I think the course is a little harder than St. A's so there was definitely improvement. The swim was GADS easier...none of those 4-5 foot waves we saw in St. Pete! I have things to work on for sure.
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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: Can't say a bad thing about this race as it is my home race. It was so good to have homefield knowledge of the course. Glad I was able to complete my first OLY here and to get revenge on this course from the DNF of last year. I will do this again next year as I think the same BTers will too. Maybe we can get many more of you to join us! Casa de Cavu will be open 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race but I need to be more prepared and have better luck on bike.
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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: Out of all the tri's I've done, this one was best for my ability and was well organized. The finish was great with lots of people lining it all they way down. It was really amazing.
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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: Really fun race. My only complaint was that I wished they gave us some room at the finsh line to slow down from the run, before they were hounding us for the timing chips.
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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 enjoyed the race even though I completely screwed it up. It was my first Olympic, so I got that out of the way and know what I need to do to improve my performance. Got to meet several people on BT and Coach Mike. Overall I had a good weekend and hope to go back next year.
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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: Here are some quick notes/observations: - early in the bike I was having a little trouble with my quads burning and feeling like it could be turning to shit, when two bikes slowly passed me side by side. One was a Fuji and the other was a Canonndale.... I said something to the effect "great, now I'm getting passed by camera's"... after getting a chuckle out of that my pace picked way up and it turned into my best bike in a race ever. - On the run, if I saw someone I knew coming the other way and I was walking, I would start jogging then call out to them, say hello, then after they passed start walking again.... rediculous isn't it :) -I didn't see any overt drafting...and I was looking hard so I could complain about it, but it just never materialized. -My underarms are sore from where my racing jersey rubbed. It was really uncomfortable on the run when the sweat would seep into the area. -I have never seen more police and volunteers on any bike course. -At the swim start the MC
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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: Lot of fun!
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