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Race Reports for Ironman Wisconsin

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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: There are a lot of issues that I had personally. My only complaint against the race itself was that it seemed to be very "over organized". It seems that there is a lot of confusion as to where to go to do this or that. The signage was small and on a dry erase board this could be done a little better. All in all it is a great race and I was fortunate/dumb enough to sign up again for it next year.
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[202]
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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: Ironman Wisconsin was a great event. I've been asked to compare an M-Dot brand event to a Independent 140.6 event, since my first 140.6 was a indie race. All I can say is this....distance is distance. Having a huge crowd surrounding you throughout the entire race seemed to make the M-Dot brand race easier. The M-Dot race site, with all of the inflated arches and M-Dots were cool, but not necessary if your goal is to finish a ironman distance triathlon. So to those considering a 140.6 but can't get into a M-Dot race, or want to go through the hassle....check out one of the many independent 140.6 races around the country. At the end of the day you're an Ironman regardless of who owns the event.
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[203]
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  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Comments: There are a ton of logistics that go into IM. You build up to this day and anything can go wrong. Any little thing can throw your race off.
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[204]
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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: Just right

  • Comments: The organization of the IM branded races is top-notch. Amazing how they keep everything so organized, on time, and efficient.
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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 am thrilled that i finished an Ironman race. It is a big accomplishment for me.I feel really proud and hope that I have been a good example for my kids- for working really hard for something and not giving up.
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[206]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: What can I say? NASports puts on a world class event. Everything from the fans to the volunteers to the setting is top notch. I will do this race again next year. As the pain fades the memories become better and better. BT'ers are some of the greatest people around. See you all next year.
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[207]
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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 an extremely well organized race. The volunteers were awsome.
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[208]
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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: Another outstanding race by NA sports! I have to say the volunteers are amazing and go above and beyond. Thanks to NA sports and all the amazing volunteers! I also have to add that I weighed 208 and would have placed 2nd in the clydsdale division if I hadn't been an idiot and gone in my AG!
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  • Comments: Id do this race again in a heartbeat. It was everything I had hoped and more. The athletes are the nicest, the volunteers are great, the crowd support is amazing. My husband told me this morning that my mom said if I qualified for Kona she was paying for the whole family to go...damn- if I would have known that I sure could have gone A LOT faster ;)!! Next time sub 12 :)
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[210]
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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: Extremely well run. Great volunteer support. Great atmosphere on the course with big crowds on the bike and run.
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[211]
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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: Bib #997 Wt 163.4 After 158.2 1609 men raced 104 women ahead of me Split 1st Marathon 9:46, 10:24 Nicole 11:18, 14:49
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[212]
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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: Excellent race. Would recommend it to anyone! Beautiful, lots of volunteers and spectators. Fantastic!
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  • Comments: I didn't give it my all - clearly if you can run (litterly run) and get your bike, meet friends out for beer and pizza...you didn't leave it all out on the couse. That's okay, there is always next time. :)
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[214]
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Overall, a good race because I FINISHED - the only goal for this race. Also, a quick shout out to all the volunteers -- You All are GREAT, without you this is not possible. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!! "Tim Geiger, You are an IRONMAN!!" - Mike Rielly at 11:32pm CDT Sunday, September 9, 2007 in Madison, WI.
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[215]
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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. Great volunteers..(thank you!) great organization, great people, great city.. a five star event and highly recommended. Of course.. it sold out in 22 minutes the next morning, so if you plan on doing it and are not registered for next year, start planning how you are going to get a spot now. It's going to get more and more difficult, and for very good reason.
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[216]
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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: Just right

  • Comments: It was so great to meet so many BT'ers for the first time. Thanks for all of the post-race inspires and PM's. I look forward to keeping in touch with all of you in the future. The following is a direct quote from my 2006 IM WI race report: "I went into this race with very realistic expectations of sub 10:30 based on recent races, race rehearsals, etc. So, it was pretty hard to swallow an extra hour on my finish time. It just goes to show you that you can make all the predictions you want, take half-iron race splits and make projections for your first IM finish time, tell yourself afterwards that if such and such hadn't happened I would have finished 30 minutes sooner, blah blah blah. You take what the day gives you and hope for the best. If you missed your target there is always next time." I see no reason to change a word for this time around. This was a very humbling experience for me and it took a few days to get over the fact that I've got another year of waiting ahead
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[217]
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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: They do an awesome job at this. Everything is organized so well and the support on the course from spectators and volunteers make it a fun day. Some of the reason why it was easier than I expected was the amount of support. I wish I had people to hand me bottles of Gatorade every twelve miles on my long rides and cheer for me and offer me food and drinks everytime I go for a run. The price of the race is absolutly justified since all their planning and support made the race a lot of fun and much lower stress than I expected. The worst part of it is the stupid way the roads around the Capitol are designed. I got lost everytime I drove and went in circles trying to find anything. The time and money comitment, especially when travelling to the race, is huge and I think I'll take next year off from IM racing and do a couple of halfs and a stand alone marathon with the goal of qualifying for Boston. In 2009, I'll go back to IM and see if I can earn a trip to Hawaii.
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[218]
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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: all i can say awesome event.........
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[219]
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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: Does it get any better organized than at an Ironman event? Absolutely perfect in every aspect of the race organization. I had a plan, stuck to it and everything layed out nicely through the course of the race for me. I beat my goal time of 10:17:00 and am unbelievably excited about how everything went. Absolutely perfect and total elation at my first Ironman is all I can say.
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[220]
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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: Madison is a great host town. Everyone gets into it and all the businesses, volunteers, residents, etc. are very friendly and helpful. They love this event. Now, this is a hard course amongst all Ironman courses (which not one is 'easy') so I believe that you have to focus mentally and physically and do the training to achieve true success here. With that said, I recommend this race to anyone who wants to be an Ironman. The feeling of success after this race is enormous. This is one of the great race towns of the Ford Ironman circuit. It will be hard to beat this one, impossible to recreate.
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[221]
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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: NAS and Ironman in general gets a bad rap for having expensive races that sell out too fast and shut out a lot of would-be racers, but I never felt screwed over by anything. They have a first-class organization and know how to put on a helluva great race. The weather was pretty much perfect this year, in stark contrast to the last 2 years. It couldn't have been much better for racing.
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[222]
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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 my first MAJOR race (my only other big races would be the Madison Marathon and the 1/2 Tri, Spirit of Racine), so I can only judge this one against those other two races. IM MOO is high-quality, top-notch! It was extremely well-done and would HIGHLY, without a doubt or hesitation, recommend it! I was blessed to have become an Ironman in one of the best races in the country! I'm sorry it took so long to write up. It took me almost 5 hours to complete this. I hope you have enjoyed this report.
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[223]
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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: For 2 years, I had built up this vision in my head of what it would be like to be able to call myself an Ironman. I still don't think I truly comprehend the magnitude of what I was able to accomplish. I will say one thing though, I would never have actually made it to this level without the wonderful support of so many people leading up to the race, and on race day itself. Thank you everyone.
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[224]
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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: Holy siht. That was awesome.
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  • Organised?Yes
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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: IMWI is well run. They know how to put on a race and, with the exception of not getting a massage, everything was top notch. All summer I kept saying that I would do an IM every 5 years. For some reason I'm signed up for Moo 08...wonder why? BT and BTer rock. I could not have done this without your support. Thank you.
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