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Race Reports for Waterman's International

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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: Last year I had commented that the volunteers at Waterman's seemed a little lackluster. That is the case again this year. Or maybe uneducated is the better term. I was handed the wrong items twice during check in. There were no volunteers directing parking. You really had to know the course, because the signage was small and there were few volunteers out on the bike course. I watched a girl come in from the half bike course past the cutoff, and be told by a volunteer that the run had "been cancelled." She didn't understand (neither did I) until someone else said that she hadn't made the cutoff. Just not the right way to handle that, you know? I know a lot of people really adore Kinetic races. I've done three this season. They.....were fine. I will do some next season because they do a lot of the local races, but given the choice I prefer Rev3. Overall thoughts...this is the first Oly I've done since 2017. My third. Also my slowest, on arguably the easiest course. I wish
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This was my first time doing a Kinetic race. I've heard really good things, and overall, this was a nice race. If I had a complaint, it would be about the volunteers. So many of them seemed lackluster, or just plain weren't doing their jobs. I would suspect the volunteer coordinator did not provide adequate directions. It is not helpful to stand at an intersection with your flag, not moving. Am I supposed to turn, go straight ahead? Good thing I had studied the map and knew where I was going. It wouldn't stop me from doing another Kinetic race. I'm sure the others are great. In fact, I'm really looking forward to doing another race on this course, hopefully a triathlon if my run is up to it.
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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: This was a very well done event. Very organized and lots of volunteers who were always ready to answer a question or give water or gatorade. We also had great weather, so nice work on coordinating that :-)
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