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Race Reports for Valley Girl Triathlon

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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: Really liked my time in the race, it was a very positive environment. Great race to start my tri addiction :-)
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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: Emde sports does a fantastic job with this race year after year. I HIGHLY recommend it to women, particularly first timers, who want a fun experience, although all ability levels are represented. Not too crowded, great volunteer and community support, and an all-around fun time. I described it as a big party with a triathlon attached at one point. You have to be ready to sign up in October, because spots go fast, but they allow transfers and it seems like there are always a few available for someone who didn't get registered at first.
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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: fun race.
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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: Awesome race support, very friendly. Totally loved being there with Annette and special guest star Michelle! Missed having Mark there but Steve and Ross were awesome! Great host familys with Ms. Diana and Sir Patrick and the Scherers splitting the duties!
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Had a lot of fun and I would do it again!
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[6]
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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 was really happy to have completed this race. I started training in December 07 after being sick for over a year and had surgery in September 07. I'm so thankful that I can even train now for an event like this without getting sick! This is a great race for women like me who are trying to make changes in life and health and need some positive and attainable goals. It's full of women of all shapes and sizes and ages and everyone is so encouraging and helpful. I was even able to encourage a few women myself from remarks I have heard on BT. One lady was kind of bummed that she had finished near last in her age group. I asked her, "Do you know what they call the person who finishes last?" She looked at me with a mix of curiosity and dread. I told her, "a Triathlete!" She gave me a big smile and said she was proud of all of us for starting and even more proud for finishing.
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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: This is one of my favorite races to do - it is organized, well-run, has plenty of volunteers and spectators, and is pretty much just a big party. This race caters to first-times and experienced women alike. Overall I would recommend it to just about anyone.
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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 like this race. It is well organized, the course is swept clean, there are a ton of volunteers and cheering spectators, and the post-race activities are nice. It's like a big party with music and booths and a water sprinkler park for the kids to play in. If you do this race, remember it starts relatively late at 9am, and the awards don't happen until early afternoon. Overall, this race is one of my favorite and I would encourage any woman to do it, especially as a first race because it is such a supportive atmosphere.
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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 race just gets better every year. Emde Sports and Fitness Fanatics and the other sponsors do a wonderful job putting on a top-notch event. This is the only all-women race in our area, and every year new people come out to try who thought they could never do anything like this. I got my start in tri by volunteering at the first ever Valley Girl and watching people who looked just like me finish the race with smiles on their faces. I hope that I can be an inspiriation to someone out there who maybe isn't a steely-eyed, whippet-thin athlete. And speaking of volunteers, there were a ton of 'em, and Emde Sports even donated $$ for each volunteer from our school to a local school program. Q'doba came and did the post-race food (yum) and the finish was in the city park with lots of things for the kiddies to do. The givaways at the end were great (even if I didn't win anything), and the competitors and volunteers were all very encouraging. All-in-all, this was a great race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: Loved this experience. Even the horrible swim after all is said and done. Great inspiration to keep in shape and do it again.
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