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Race Reports for Wauconda Triathlon - Olympic Course

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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: My first olympic distance triathlon ever. I was a little anxious about the course, but the overall strategy of focusing on completion, racing with a steady hart rate instead of paying attention on time - went well. I would almost take 3rd place in my age group, if I could swim faster. I am happy with the overall result. Great, challenging experience. Well organized course, but not so much entertainment after the race. Now, I am getting ready for Chicago race in August with a lot more confidence:)
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Race rating (3)
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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 is my second time doing this race. This is a smaller race, but I love the camaraderie of all the participants and volunteers. The course is moderately challenging and I love that. The race organizers really do a great job. I loved the breakfast waiting for me as I crossed the finish line. The post race activities consisted of raffles, in which I won a $25 Pearl Izumi gift certificate. Awesome, right?
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Overall I'd give this race a thumbs up, although it's pretty bare bones. No music, etc. Almost nothing at post-race, just water, cold towel & gatorade. They screwed up the swim course, so that's not ideal. But like I said, it's not bad, there are plenty of volunteers and it's mostly very well organized.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: It wasn't a bad race to do. I was just dissapointed how they did the swim start and the results. They did the waves every 3 minutes. I passed TONS of people on the swim. Why do you have 60+ year olds going infront of the younger faster swimmers? It just didn't make a whole lot of sense to me but oh well. We are all there to have fun. I was also dissapointed how they got overall race results out for the olympic. They got the sprint results out probably an hour before they did awards and there was tons of people still out doing the sprint course! That just really peaved me. A lot of people I talked to were upset like I was. I stayed for our awards ceremony and found out about 2 minutes before they started it that I got first in my AG and sixth overall. Most people weren't even there to pick up their medal for placing since they probably figure they didn't place. Again GET YOUR RESULTS UP FASTER! Don't know if I'll do this race again or not. It was a good course and a very
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