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Race Reports for Harbor Lights Triathlon - CANCELED 2006

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[1]

Reported by:

nuorder

Race rating (4)

• 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 this is nit-picky, but I didn't get a t-shirt!!! I registered months ago and was told at packet pickup that all the shirts were taken by the last minute entries. I wish these events would order more than enough t-shirts instead of what they did here. I was really looking forward to wearing my shirt proudly during this week and now they tell me that they will "mail the shirt"...I paid over $75 for entry into this triathlon and I didn't get a t-shirt. Also, the swag bag was laughable. Two catalogs and a water bottle....are you kidding me? Where is all our money going? Nonetheless, I had a blast at this race and I am glad I did it!!! It was a great warm-up for the Chicago triathlon. I feel a lot better about doing the Chicago triathlon now, since I will be doing an Olympic distance triathlon in the end of August. I will continue to train and refine my abilities as a triathlete. What an awesome sport!!!!!!! My next triathlon is in Naperville, so I hope to see some Beginnertriathlete.com

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[2]

Reported by:

mightymill

• 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: The course distance and level made for a good first triathlon. Because of the boring course, however, make this race something I wouldn't necessarily be concerned to do again.

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[3]

Reported by:

jmcelroy

Race rating (4)

• 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: Very well run event. There was plenty of help on the course and it was a very clean course. Everything went off on time. The course itself is not very scenic and the road for the bike portion is pretty rough. The swim is ok and the run is just kinda there. Well runevent overall.

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[4]

Reported by:

Tri Iowa

Race rating (2)

• 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: Although I had a good time and the race was well organized, I've got a few beefs. No race day packet pick up sucked, and the fact that the packet pick-ups weren't any where near the race local wasn't great either. It's an awful race for spectators... specifically my wife and 2 young kids. She had to push the 2 kids, carry their loads of crap over a mile to get to the race. Throwing that on top of the bonehead losing the ring on my part, made this a less than enjoyable race experience. I also thought the roads were real rough and as far as scenary goes, this would rank near the bottom. Most of the race was through an industrial area. Anyway, I always enjoy racing so I had fun, but it really makes me appreciate the state park more family friendly races in Iowa and smaller communites.

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[5]

Reported by:

kdharkin

Race rating (3)

• 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: Roads in very bad condition.

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