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Race Reports for Carls Family YMCA Happy Trails Triathlon

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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: I really enjoyed my first triathlon. I have to say that the thing that surprised me the most was that when I wrote down my guess for my overall time I cam within 1 minute of that time. It was good to see that a lot of hard work had payed off. The problem now is that I have the bug and I'm already back to training. Now I just need to find someone to train with!
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: What a great race day! I got to race with my teammates, Kimm, Jon, Sunshine, Jeff, Lisa and share Mike's first tri experience! It was awesome to race with Coop (and share recovery drinks too!), and be cheered on and supported by Jo,Trish, Marian, Kathy, Kristen, Jen and Dave. I had so much love and support coming my way...I can't thank everyone enough for the mojo and good wishes! I am one very very lucky girl! I'm really happy that I placed 4th overall for women and got 1st Masters overall! It was really nice to do so well at the same race that was my first triathlon experience in 2006! :-)
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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: It is an interesting race based on it size. It has the potential to keep growing but seems to be a small race every year. Even though it is small, it has great raffle prizes and a big support staff. I was surprised to see for the size, how well it was put on. The only thing was the traffic on the course. I almost got hit twice due to stupid drivers not paying attention to the cops directing traffic.
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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: From what I'd heard, 3D races are all disorganized and have lots of problems. I'd have to say, though, that overall this one was pretty good. There were lots of volunteers and they had lots of drink stations, which was nice. The only thing that I think could have been improved was to have a pre-race meeting a lot sooner than just before we're about to go into the water. Also, they need to have maps of the course up for people to look at. There was mass confusion over the swim course that could have been easily fixed just by putting up a map.
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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: Go Greyhounds!
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I really liked the vibe at this event...Totally different than Big Fish. This race was not a USAT event, and all the rude folks seemed to be some where else, which was cool with me!!! Everyone was friendly, the volunteers were great, the food was even better and it was very family oriented. Overall, a great race at a very challenging park!
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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 went all out throughout the whole race, I wanted to see what I was capable of instead of worrying about finishing.I liked the venue and the organizion. Waiting in line 15 minutes for a toilet wasn't that great, but I don't know what they could do about that
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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. Great volunteers. Got to race again with TrishM, my cavesister and watched her have an awesome race. Lot of support from my husband and daughters so for me this was the greatest race. ...and I didn't drown. Would like to do this again. It was a tough and challenging course. Felt a sense of accomplishment when it was over even if my time wasn't at my goal.
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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: Great to see SushiGirl (awesome volunteer and fellow BT cheer squad) and Jo (rockin' out in her age group).
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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: It was a really good race for someone who has trained on hills. The swim seemed longer then 100 meters but the water was decent. The run was fabulous.
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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: although needed so bike course would empty in time starting with slower people first I think made the bike course dangerous due to tremendous hills both up and down and some very tight corner with bikes in both directions
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: The race was nice, and put on well by 3D again....
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