Race Reports for Singapore Aquathlon National Championships

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Race rating (3)

Comments: The race in general is well-organised but the swim course just sucked this year. Too narrow at start and the merging was a mess for the second and third waves, especially the third (women's wave). I felt cheated when they took out the Elite wave without prior notice after specifying on the race literature up until race day that it would be offered. Call me spoiled or entitled, but the main draw of this race and their Sprint Series for me is the chance to NOT be in a big scrum at the start, get a clean swim start, do my own pace, and try to find some guys to draft. I spend a lot of $ to get to my Singapore events and normally when I do them, there's a compelling reason like nice course setup, strong competition, good prizes, etc. It's not just a quick drive or MRT jaunt to a Saturday AM race--this took a personal leave request two months out, last-minute re-entry visa, plane ticket, hotel reservation, hour-long taxi ride to the airport, and an international flight. I'm not sure I would

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Race rating (4)

Comments: Very well-organized, in particular the two-lap swim course and later start seems to have solved the difficulties with the swim at last year's biathlon. Miss the old biathlon though--they had generous prize money' and vouchers even for masters. All I won for my troubles today was a pair of bike glasses (though I could use them). Note: I don't know where else to put this, but the "ranks" here are just for the elite wave, OA means men plus women, AG means women's elite. There were actually a lot more than 18 women and 8 men, they just weren't in the "elite" wave. My time was faster than any of the AG women, including 40+ AG athletes, who did the standard course. As results were done separately, I can't do my AG and overall rank compared to those in the standard race for each leg. Also, the format for this report is incorrect. There was already a listing for the race when I enter it several hours later (I guess one of the Singapore members) and it shows the race as run/swim/run. It's

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