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[26]
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I liked having this race as my first race. In general, I don't like having things come too easy for me, and I thought this race was very challenging. I know I finished in the bottom of the pack, but I also know there were plenty of things I could have done differently to for 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: Just right

  • Comments: I thought this was a great race. It was hard, but not outside of my abilities. It pushed me a lot and was a great challenge. I know what I need to do to be better prepared for next time around, and I'm energized to go into my next sprint knowing that I'll be able to handle it no problem after dealing with Galena! :)
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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 know people tell you not to come into your first event with any expectations, but being a competitive person I thought 1:45:00 could be achieved. But due to my under emphasis on training for the bike, I was somewhat disappointed with my results. But it will certainly make me work harder for my next event. The scenery for this competition is incredible and makes the bike ride very enjoyable. I see why it's one of the top events--it's extremely challenging and has amazing views. I will definitely be back 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My first year doing this race and I will be doing it again and prepare enough so I can place well next year.
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  • Comments: My third time racing Galena. Great Course and event. 2:01 first year, 1:51 last year, and 1:43 this 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: Just right

  • Comments: I will try to do this race next year
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[32]
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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: Kind of disappointed with my rank, but Galena brings out many good triathletes. So I can't complain too much. I just need to eliminate the wasted time in transitions and continue to improve my own conditioning and save a few more minutes here and there. Still a 14 minute improvement over last 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Fun race, early in season, makes later bikes seem way easier...
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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 they do a really good job with this race. It has to be a bit of a clusterf*&k trying to organize a point to point race (or any race for that matter) but everything was on time, plenty of volunteers, and the post-race atmosphere is good as well. And it's a good excuse for me to go visit my family in May.
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  • Post race activities? Good
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  • Comments: 2006: 2:04:09 2007: 1:50:50 Very happy with my time. Very challenging course, looking forward to racing on flat ground, lol. I saw way too many IPODS and one jacka** raced without a helmet.
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[36]
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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: good first tri i did want i wanted to accomplish and that was to finish so all in all it was a good day.
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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: The volunteers were great!!!! So friendly. The only drag was how long it took to get my gear after the race was over. They had to cart our gear from T1 over to the finish area and by the time the gear arrived there was a line about 2 blocks long. My wetsuit fell out of my bag - it took a while to search for it. I finished the race at 11:20 and couldn't get out of there till 2. Other than that, the race was great!!!!
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  • Comments: A well organized event and very challening course. If you don't like hills avoid this one at all cost. If they figure out how to make you swim uphill I'm sure they will. So outside of me coming out of the water first, I was destoryed on the bike and couldn't really recovery from that damage. A lot of rookie lessons learned. 1. Fix Bike Computer. 2. Wear a watch. 3. Wear sunscreen. I will not be holding back in a month in Indiana that is for sure....I know what to expect now and it's on...
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[39]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: My goal for this race was to qualify for AG Nationals, which required a top 10% finish. I was 13/103 so I didn't meet my goal. The swim could have been a little better even though I didn't have a time mapped out for it. I wanted to hit 50 minutes or better on the bike and didn't. On the run I was hoping to run about a 6'50" pace, but didn't do that either. Overall it was a good first race of the season and given that it was only my 3rd tri ever, it's still a learning experience. Aside from the shortened swim course, I thought the event was well organized and the volunteers were all good. There were cops and cars throughout the bike and run course to make sure traffic didn't interfere, and that everyone was staying on the course. I don't know what my tri schedule will be for next year, but I'd have no problem adding this one in again.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: This race was awesome. The course was beautiful and the volunteers were extremely helpful. Everything went smoothly. FIRST TRIATHLON COMPLETE!!!
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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: Very enjoyable race. I will never forget it, since it was my first.
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