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[26]
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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: I neede a good race to have any chance of moving up, I was 6th going into it and I doubt that this finish helped me at all. Not to be picky, but not sure if I will do this race again, it's not an olympic distance so there is nothing to compare it to, and none of the distances for this race were on, the swim was long, the run was long and the bike was 30 miles instead of 26.
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[27]
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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: Will do this again. Nicely organized race.
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[28]
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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 challanging course. It leans to bikers and runners of course. a good race thoigh. downside, walking from parking in the dark is dangerous. Bikers came by walkers several times in the dark, close calls I thought. SetUp Events should have lighting if folks are walking this far in the dark. Overall volunteers did awesome, a good event!
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[29]
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Happy to complete my first Olympic but disappointed in run performance.
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[30]
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  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: I will say the volunteers were great at this race, especially the guys at the water bottle handoff on the bike course, they were awesome and very motivating!
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[31]
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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: Curious what the swim times look like. Just checked and leaders were about 3 mins slower than last year. My time was 3 mins slower too. Pity OWS courses are so unreliable in terms of distance. I had a nice swim. I think the course was way long. I didn't like the new bike course with the extra 5 miles. An OLY should be an OLY, not an OLY+. Not sure I will do this race again- too hilly for my liking. I don't have a special need to conquor the rollers. Frankly I would race try to get fast at sprints. I don't really like this distance- the HIM I did was fantastic, and I like sprints. But an OLY seems like a nothing distance. Not long enough that is a real special accomplishment (for me at least), but too long to go flat out. I guess that is the trick to this- learning to do the distance. Mentally it is a tricky distance for me. I can't switch to long-distance mode and I can't be in sprint mode. I am shocked I took 56 mins to run a 10K! I ran a 5K a week ago in 19:30! Guess I should figure out
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[32]
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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 probably one of the most challenging race in the North Carolina Triathlon Series...or at least the most challenging of all of the ones in the series that I have done so far. The hills were constant on both the bike and the run. It was definately one that tested my overall ability. I would definately do this one again but would be more prepared next time!
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[33]
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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 run can be questionable...it was damn hilly for a run. i live in a hilly area and practice in hills so, I'm not just whining. BIke was great...the hills int he end really made it challenging.
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[34]
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: First time racing overall experience was fun, would do it again
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[35]
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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: Pinehurst is always a fun race and it's a great way to wrap up a season.
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[36]
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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: Even with all my screw-ups this was still a great race. It was more of a hard training day for me and I really enjoyed it. I think since it was just a training race, I didn't let things get me down.. and I'm glad. Even with the 2 minute penalty, I still beat my push goal time of 1:40 (1:37:45 before penalty). :) This is one of my favorite race venues and I will be back.
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[37]
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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: Ran into Carol (Running in NC) before the race, she looked like she had a good race. This was a PR race for me by about 7 minutes, most of that is the bike. Go figure, riding more makes you faster:)
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[38]
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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: Overall time was better than expected. Run was harder than I expected and I was surprised at how bad I felt on it. Is that because I didn't train enough, was just fatigued from rest of race or nutritional issues? Not sure. How much time would a tri bike save me? I'd be very interested because all the bikes passing me were tri bikes. Either way, nice race.
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[39]
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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 will definitely do this race again. The course was fun and challenging, the venue was awesome, and the volunteers were great. Next time I will have to remember to bring my Fast!!!
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[40]
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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 beautiful place for a tri -- really nice lake, really nice bike, and good run.
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[41]
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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 overall. Beautiful course. Be sure to allow plenty of time to get to venue and park. Not too easy to find in dark. Could use more portapotties. Biggest suggestion: more buoys on the swim, especially on fogg or low-vis days!
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[42]
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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: The race itself, with the organization and venue probably is my favorite of the NCTS series. It is interesting that as I was finishing the bike, the winners were finishing the run. Partly because they started 18 minutes ahead of me and partly because they are way faster than me. Then when I was finishing the run, The last of the bikers were coming into transition area, which kind of felt like the whole circle of life took place at the race.
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[43]
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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: recommend this race to everyone. great location and a great course.
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[44]
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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: Its a little far to drive to NC from Washington DC so I will probably look for races closer to home next season. Overall I am totally hooked and plan on keeping this up.
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[45]
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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 course and well run. Was my first Olympic and hit goal of finishing. It can be done on 8 weeks of training.
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[46]
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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 still can't rate this race above White Lake but it sure is close. I do wish they could set at least 1 Port-a-Pot outside of T2 but that's probably wishful thinking. This is a good but challenging race and a typically well done SetUp event.
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[47]
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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 would recommend this race to anyone. The swim is great, the bike course is challenging, but not tough. The run is a challenge, but I think it can be done much faster than I did it this year. I will come back to do this race.
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[48]
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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: This was definitely a male dominated race. There were about 700 people competing in this race, but only 174 were women. I think this was a well run race. I had a great time and will probably come back next year to hopefully improve my times.
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[49]
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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:

  • Comments: Good overall race for my abilities.
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[50]
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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: For my first, I thought it was well organized. I will definately run this race and any other SETUP EVENT that I can fit into my schedule.
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