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Race Reports for Singapore Sprint Series Aquathlon 2012

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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 easy

  • Comments: Very well-organized event; oriented toward beginners with calm water, small start waves, lane swim, flat run. I was frankly surprised I won as I tend to do better with tough conditions and longer distances. I think some top athletes bypassed this one; I did beat some women who've beaten me before; they just seemed to have sub-par races--it's early in the season. There was an amazing number of waves for all age-groups; also featured mini (half-distance) and kids' races. It took over 3 hours to start all the waves. It was a great event but did seem to go on forever! It was nice to get in a warmdown jog and swim, shower and change, and socialize with some Singapore athletes while waiting for awards. In retrospect, probably a bit short to justify the trip (actually I signed up after I got the mistaken impression that the Oly-distance Singapore Biathlon was cancelled this year--it's not and I'm now signed up to do it in two weeks), but it was fun to win, and I needed a recovery week and sanity
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