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Race Reports for Gerick's Wasa Lake Olympic Triathlon

[1]
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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: Well organized race. This is my third year doing it. I really enjoy it.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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

  • Comments: The course was very fun and fast. One big swim loop and the bike had fresh, smooth pavement. The run course was okay - probably not the best run course I've done, but still pretty good. Post race meal of chili and bun was good - but certainly not worth the $20 they wanted to charge for spectators. They also didn't post Olympic results until after noon so I had to wait around a couple hours just to see how I did. I would do the race again 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Great location, great volunteers. Based on my swim performance, a bit past my current capabilities, excellent fit for my friends that I train with and participated here.
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[4]
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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 easy

  • Comments: Overall, a great race. The race happened on-time, but the pre race meeting was late. I had my wife and 2 kids under 3 with me and we wanted to get the info and get out of there. This was a bit annoying. Escaping from the course was not that easy, but it was understandable due to the quality of the run segment. Wife said being a spectator was difficult (with a stroller). This could be our fault (not knowing the course, and new to the sport).
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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 think being so sick this past month affected my abilities quite a bit. I missed a ton of practices because of this. Overall I am pretty happy since this was my first olympic distance triathlon!! I am just a bit disappointed in my run (not so much on the time as I am happy with 56min but more disappointed in how I felt - sore and mentally defeated).
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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 think I further established that undertrained/overfed is not the best condition to race in but I did even worse than I thought I would relative to the rest of the geezers I was up against. This is always a good race in a scenic venue with a very good turnout of contestants. The weather seems to always cooperate as well.
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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 had a great time at this race and I look forward to doing it again next year. Beautiful day, beautiful surroundings!! I'm happy with my results given it was my first olympic distance and first open water swim. I am frustrated by the cramping though. I figure I lost about 10 minutes on my swim.
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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 look at doing it again!!
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[9]
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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 I am quite happy with having been able to train and race mostly pain free. I would race Wasa lake again - very nice course and well organized.
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[10]
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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 is a great race with lots of really fast people!
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[11]
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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, wonderful volunteers. Super fast flat course, good ego booster for the beginning of the season.
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[12]
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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 event very well organized, lots of short announcements keeping everyone up to speed. lunch was provided right in the transition area allowing people to mingle and cheer on the racers.
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[13]
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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: Will be back next year; fit and ready to go in the Olympic event. Charlie runs a pretty tight ship at this popular arce. They have superb post-race grub and liquage! Steve King is quite the race announcer. This is the first time I have heard of him. I was standing right behind him in the food line for the prerace supper and did not even know it. :)
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I love this race. Really beautiful setting, nice clean lake, very organized and great volunteers. AND a really fast field. Lots of big names here this year, Jasper Blake, Kyle Marcotte, Sara Gross. Fun!
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[15]
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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: An excellent locations, very picturesque. Good flat, fast course. The only thing is the elite athletes skew the results... so us mortals have a slower overall time. But it is nice to see the elites in person and racing !!
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[16]
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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 is an awesome race. Everything was great and ran smoothly. Will make it a yearly race. Lots of really fast people!
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[17]
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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: In spite of a few aches and pains, I had a blast and learned lots. :) Well run event, except for some line ups at the port-a-potties and a last minute change in package pickup location. Good food and lots of great volunteers. You may not need it, but bring mosquito repellent!
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