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Race Reports for Wiki Wiki Man Triathlon - Texas Sized Sprint Course 2018

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Reported by:

kentwest

Race rating (4)

• Organised?Yes
• Events on time?No


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


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


• Comments: Tough, challenging triathlon, certainly a good place to test yourself. And Big Earth did a great job with organization, plenty of volunteers, quick race results, awards, and damn good burgers afterwards. Oh, and those little mini pound cakes (wish I could remember the name) were spectacular. Race went off about five minutes late because they were taking some kind of 360-degree photo with all of us on the beach. I've wondered why this race wasn't more popular, given it's no further from where I live than last week's TexasMan race. But it only had about half the competitors as that event. I'm thinking it's because this location, despite being no further than Lake Ray Roberts, is much more rural, with narrower and more winding, rough roads, and therefore more difficult to get to than TexasMan, which is basically a straight shot up I-35E. And then there's that damned road surface on the bike course; TexasMan was rough roads on the bike, but this was at another level. And frankly, I

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