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Race Reports for Mountain Man Triathlon - Olympic Course 2008

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

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  • Comments: Relay with RobinPi and SafetySandy
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: They broke down the finish line at 7 hours (when people were still on the race course) and tore down most of transition about 6 1/2 hours into the race. They ran out of finishers medels for those doing the half - and just seemed to not care at the end of the race that it was not over for the participants yet. My personal recommendation is to find a different race for you first 70.3. (I did the oly race but they stoped posting results on this race before me or my freinds were listed.)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: I'm giving this race a 3 out of 5 because they took down the course before 7 hours for the HIM racers and didn't have enough medals for the participants.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: First year they sold out at 750 people. They did NOT have enough bike racks and argued with people for half an hour about it before they finally brought out another rack. They stopped posting Oly times just after the 3 hour mark, and at the 7hr mark on the HIM, they deflated the finnish line, took people's bikes off the racks and laid them down (to put away the rack), and ran out of medals. So people spent $200 to do a HIM in the POURING rain, put in a respectible time of 7hrs, and all the get is a timing mat and like 10 people standing around who MIGHT notice them coming in. There were still about 5 people on the course when we left, and I felt so bad for them. Horrible. The only GOOD thing was that they had kayakers this year! What a concept! High altitude race = lots of people freaking out in the water. Maybe a few kayaks would be helpfull!! Boo on this race! It's beautiful. That's it.
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  • Comments: I was surprised that my overall time was only a minute slower than the Tempe OLY. I would love to do this race again, the weather was great (until the rain) and it was a fun weekend away! I didnt have my camera but I know there will be many fun pictures circulating!
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Mountain Man was my first tri last year (sprint) and is a wonderful race in a beautiful location--which also happens to be my training area. So I love this one! It helps to live at this altitude too. The weather was great (overcast and cool) until just after most Olympians were done. Then a huge storm hit and soaked the poor HIM folks out on the run.
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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: The only thing negative I can say is that the transition area was too small for the number of racers. The bike racks were packed and bowing in the middle due to the weight. This made many bikes lay at an angle and clooged the transition area. More room please!!! Other than that - - it was a great race. Cool temps, beautiful scenery on the course, and hills that were frickin' hard! I'd do this one again!
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  • Comments: Dropped timing chip when getting wetsuit off, using watch data for splits - transitions not separate. Official time = 2:56:57 Watch time 2:58:12
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: All-in-all this was a great race for me I was happy with my swim and run times, just because in the swim I was able to swim 1500 meters and know I should be able to swim another 400 meters. In the run I was able to run that far at a good pace and on rolling hills. If t were a flat surface I should be able to run 12-13 minutes miles..
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