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Race Reports for Mountain Man Triathlon - Olympic Course 2009

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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: Seriously, who has a race without Gatorade at the finish line.. how sad. There are more things that I can talk about but I dont want a worst taste in my mouth.... I didnt come in last over all, but I did in the bike/run and in my age group. How sad is that?? I was so not mentally perpared for this race. Now i know better.. Everyone was saying that the swim course was short, I don’t think it was but Im not contestant enough to tell. The RD did say that the bike was alittle shorter and the run was longer, that was because the T!/T2 area was moved further south.. If I were to look at this race from an improvement position I should be happy. However, I felt that I could have finish 3:25 min with all of the training that I have done. I have improved in all areas and yet this race made it look like I haven’t done anything different since last year.. Even though this is only my second Olympic Triathlon I expected more of an improvement. Now I have to sign up for Nathan’s, to see
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Based on recent training improvements, I had harbored a secret goal of possibly breaking 3:00 for this race. At the very least, I wanted to best my Olympic PR of 3:36 from Havasu. Coming in at 3:17, I felt like I would have gotten it if it weren't for the lousy run. However, after thinking it through, I realize that this was probably not realistic. I was happy with my bike and swim, so the time would have had to come from transitions and the run. I could have saved two minutes at each transition, and still would have had to make up 13 minutes. That would mean that I would have needed to run at around a 10:00/mile pace for the entire run. While I can do that in a standalone training session on flat road, I just don't think it would have been possible under those conditions. I still think I have a sub-3:00 Oly in me, but not on that course on that day. I'll take the 20 minute reduction in Oly PR and call it a good race. Overall, a good race and a good experience. I just wanted
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Absolutely Beautiful Location and great laid back Atmosphere.
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