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Race Reports for New York City Triathlon 2005

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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 love this race! Do it every year
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Race rating (5)
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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: Just right

  • Comments: I would highly recommend this race to anyone. The officials and staff ran a tight ship and there were plenty of friendly NYPD to hold the roads. I heard complaints that they ran out of water for some of the later runners. The finish line also soon ran out of sports drinks and bottled water. Maybe they didn't expect the large turnout. I believe 05' was a record setting year as far as attendence is concerned. I mentioned earlier that I has swallowed water while swimming. Well, because of this I developed a stomach problem a few days later and have been on "Culterelle" for the past month. Apparently the "good" bacteria in my system had been replaced with "bad" and I was having some issues. Another teammate of mine pointed out in our post race pictures that people were coming out of the Hudson with black sludge on their faces, like they had been coal mining. Strange. In closing, I plan on racing this again in 06'. New York City is the greatest city I've been. Friendly people and
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