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Race Reports for Pleasant Prairie Triathlon - International Course

[51]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great venue. Perfect time of summer just got a little hot.
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[52]
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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: Relatively good race. Will probably do it again. Need bike marshals out on the course. There were NONE, and LOTs of violations going on. I would also like it if they used the velcro timing chips instead of the bands...my ankles are thick and they don't fit well. I broke the first one I had... Many thanks to my Donkey brothers and sisters who hung out til I was done. It really means more then I can say...and I hope I don't sound too grumpy when I tell you not to talk to me til I'm done. Thanks to others who couldn't stay but cheered me on when they saw me...
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[53]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I like this race. Yes, it's expensive and you don't get much in the way of post-race stuff, but the venue is great (the bike even better when it's laid out the way it's supposed to be, but that's not their fault) and everything is pretty well organized. And I actually liked the fleece they gave out... and because my office is so cold, it'll get some immediate use. :)
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[54]
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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: Second year doing this event and I like it.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: A great race. The ONLY complaint I have is the lack of port-o-potties. I know the port-o-pottie line is part of race morning but this was rediculous. The line was insane. It was definately a cause for some grumbling in the morning. Other than that the race was fantastic. I'm sure I'll do it again.
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[56]
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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 year's event marked the one-year point in my triathlon career. Came back and showed improvement. We'll see what the next year brings.
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  • Comments: Good race. Large field with some great talent. They really but on a great show and have a great gift bag, too. Some people weren't big fans of the fleece, but Holly loves it (yes, she got mine). They are weak, however, on the post race food. Very weak.
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[58]
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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: This is a fun race. It's a fast course, and has some pretty stiff competition. Decently sized race, but a bit crowded on the bike this year, since the Oly distance had to share the Sprint course. A few minor things that I'd like if they did better/differently. Less schwag ( I really don't need *another* cheap fleece or transition bag ). Assign racks by AG/wave. There is an advantage to certain racks in transition, based on where the bike in/run out is located. Better stickers. Cheap little paper stickers come off when you're pouring sweat onto the bike. Real bike numbers would be nice, if you're going to enforce the bike number matching race number/body mark. I fully support that, but make sure that you use bike stickers that don't come off. I was stuck with several people in the same boat, as the RD wanted us all to wait until every other bike was out of transition before we could leave. That would have been 3 hours standing in the sun! I finally took my helmet sticker
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[59]
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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:

  • Comments: Great race as always. PP knows what they are doing. The field is always stacked for this race which makes it a lot of fun. I was a little out of sorts because Jen wasn't there. I saw a chick between around mile 5 right around the time I probably would have seen Jen who was wearing a top that Jen typically wears. That bummed me out a little bit. I missed having her there post race (but she's still a Rock Star and an awesome tri chick so don't let her absence fool you). I have to be pleased with my performance regardless of the nit picking...my previous Olympic distance PR was 2:30 (and that was like three weeks ago) and the last time I did PP (2006) my time was 2:39. Sure 2:21:58 is no Schmize (2:09!) but I'll take it.
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[60]
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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: Nice venue. Shuttle busses are a pain but I don't know what else they could possibly do about it. Post-race food was average.
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[61]
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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 is a great race and I would love to do it again next year.
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[62]
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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: Good times. I'd recommend the race to anybody. Oh and I owe Crowny and his wife BIG TIME for coming to the train station to get my ass when the train conductor was going to call secuirty and have me escorted out. Apparently they don't like it when people try to bribe them. So they weren't allowing bikes since it was air and water show weekend. So I tried to slip the dude a $20 to let me take on my bike. It didn't work like it does in the movies. He must not be from Chicago. THANKS CROWNY!!! YOU'RE MY HEEEE-RO!
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[63]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 post race nutrition was kind of limited. The hardware sucked. Though overall it was a good race. I can't help but to compare this race to my only other OLY I have done which is Chicago and PP doesn't hold up very well.
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[64]
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  • 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: Great Race. Overcast keep it cool. Bike course was wet.
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[65]
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  • 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: A very well organized race. I just wish I had felt better. I am thankful that we got a break in the weather to run the race, but it was not ideal. Looking forward to doing the race again next year.
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[66]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Despite the weather - they did a great job. this is always a favorite and will continue to remain on my schedule
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[67]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: This is still one of my favorite races. We started a little late but that was due to weather. They could use one more aid station on the bike course. I'll be back next year :)
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[68]
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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: Again, with the consideration of the weather, they did a very good job with the race. Kudo's to all of the volunteers who stuck around through the horrible weather and stuck it out to help out the athletes. They were great!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Nothing organizers can do about weather. This was my last event of season and my firt Oly tri. I savored the moment and enjoyed my accomplishment. I did it. Finished my season with a smile on my face.
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[70]
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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: Weather caused nearly an hour delay, but the race organizers kept everyone imformed at appropriate intervals. Kudos to organizers in this regard. Thanks to the volunteers who stood in the rain to help with parking, road closures, course management, hydration stations, and encouragement.
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[71]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Great race, and great effort despite the best efforts of the weather to wreak havoc. Awesome adaptability from the Race Director to keep things going in the face of the weather and still put on a safely managed and enjoyable event.
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  • Comments: overall i was way undertrained for this distance - work and family had to take precedance for most of july & august - even without equipment issues i would maybe have posted 3:40....still not good enough... I think 08 will be another year of sprints with an oly at the end
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Pleasant Prairie is a great triathlon. The fact that they could make this thing happen on a day like today is crazy. The volunteers that stuck around in that mess have to be commended. Great event. They could use better food in the after party.
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[74]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Suck-o-rama conditions. Would have been a heck of alot more fun if it would have been a wee bit less wet and cold outside. Maggyruth was industrious enough to make us TEAM TERRI temp tattoos! We raced today in honor of BunnyRunner! Unfortunately, I couldn't get my tattoo to stick...but the intent was the same, and hopefully it churned up alot of good MOJO for Terri.
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[75]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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

  • Comments: The delayed start and fewer volunteers were due to weather and not the race organization. Overall it was a well organized race and they did a great job given the inclement weather. I would recommend this race to a first timer or a veteran triathlete looking for a course that will allow them to turn out a good time.
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