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Race Reports for Wildflower Triathlon - Long Course- 2017 CANCELLED 2008

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Wildflower is Awesome. After the race I swore I would never do this race again but the next day I was already taking about going back (when I am more fit - hehe). This race should be on any Triathletes schedule. This was my first 70.3 race and it was extremely hard, but it was exciting and very cool. The vibe was awesome and the setting and overall difficulty make this a race that I am proud to have completed. It was a great day and I would like to thank the Lord for giving me the strength to complete this race, my Father-In-Law for being my support, Larry Davidson my awesome coach and Quinton Berry for all of his help.
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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: Best race ever! Pretty much everything about this trip was great. Even the weather was about as perfect as you could ask for. Quick warning, this race report is pretty long! So my Wildflower story starts with a sleepless Tuesday night. I had been training all out for over 6 months and it was finally time to head up for the race. I packed my stuff up Wednesday morning and took off around noon. Made a quick pit stop in Vista to have lunch with the Director of Product for Zoot sports to discuss a few things and then I was on the road again up to San Luis Obispo. I met up with my friend Dan who I had grown up with and now lives in SLO. Spent the night at Dan’s house then Thursday morning we made a quick food run, packed our stuff up and continued on to Lake San Antonio. There were still very few people up there on Thursday so we were able to get a great camp site. We tried to find a spot with my tri club but we couldn’t find them as they hadn’t put up their sign yet and there weren’t many
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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'm glad I did not quit. I am also glad that I was able to stay with the bonk recovery and finish out. Lots of lessons learned and will take that into my training for Lake Placid and Florida. Also happy with all the things that happened, I moved on and did not let it beat me down too bad. Wildflower is one hell of a race and everyone should do it at least once.
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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: Okay T3. Wilflower presents a problem with T3. For me, as a BOPer, I see no reason to stick around after the race. T3, the Run - Beer/home/undies/television/sportcenter transition is an important part of my overall race strategy. Just a forewarning, if you are of the same mind as I am as it relateds to T3, Wildflower will confront you with a seriously divisive choice. You must either wait in snaking long line to take the tram up Lynch hill or commit to walk with gear and bike up a ridiculously steep hill. Either of which is cruel and unusual punishment caused by the local topography, expecially having just finished your race. Maybe the waffle cone after all...... you've..... yes.... you've earned it. A mighty mighty petty gripe for such a well orchestrated race to be sure. Yeah, its a tough course , but the whole thing is just so well put together and the energy of it is so contagious, how could anyone not recommend this?
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  • Comments: Wildflower is a terrific tri-scene, and the VIBE is KILLER...it should be on any serious triathletes list of MUST DO races....EPIC BIKE and EPIC RUN....they say if you can do this race well, you WILL fare well in any North America Ironman...and I am a believer! 3rd Tri of the year for Lar Dog...and my 3rd straight PODIUM finish....can you tell I am proud of that!!
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