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Race Reports for USAT Age Group National Championships

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

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  • Comments: With 1,000+ participants, this was the largest race I've done to date. It was a pretty neat experience, and it was a great venue on the lake and in the park, also great weather! I had never seen so many tri bikes at once, that was a sight. Organizationally, no issues for me. Also. I went to the awards ceremony at the host hotel, and it turns out there was an EIGHTY-EIGHT (88) year-old man who completed the race!! Wow. Everyone gave him a standing ovation. It was quite touching. Also as I was driving away from the hotel there was a man who I believe was in his 70s who was standing on the side of the road looking for a ride. I thought it was so funny that this old man was trying to hitch a ride! I deemed him safe as he had an AG award around his neck and race numbers on his arm so I dropped him off downtown. :D
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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: Overall, I should be pleased with my result. I cracked the 2:10 barrier, and finished in the top 10% overall at Nationals. However, I know if I had my best race things could have gone better. Still, I beat my time from the previous year by over seven minutes. On a sad note, a racer in his 50's passed away during his swim leg. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. The triathlon family lost a dedicated athlete today. Now, I've got ten days of harder training before tapering for Vegas. Off for a recovery bike, then a swim later on today.
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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: My goal going in was to be under 2:06, but I really thought I should be under 2:04 with good execution. I can't be too disappointed with a 2:06:15 with poor execution, but I really wanted to come away feeling like I raced the best I am capable of and I am confident I didn't do that. In fact I think it was one of my worst races all year, only my tapering allowed me to have a best time. A secondary goal of mine was to get a 10K PR on the run because I felt like I improved my run speed significantly since I set that PR (40:48) and I should be able to beat that on a fairly easy course. The 43 minute run, while not too far off my PR, is a major disappointment. I will be spending my offseason exclusively running so I don't have to feel like this again.
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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: USAT puts on really good races.
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  • Comments: Great to be a part of Nationals and after not getting to compete last year due to a friend's wedding, I'm glad I was there. It was too hard to pass up an opportunity to race nationals this close to home. However, racing in a race with this caliber of competition a week after an IM where I gave it everything, was not a good idea. Lesson learned! :)
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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: The one thing they could have done better was more swim buoys and kayaks. It would have been OK with the amount they had if the water hadn't been so choppy.
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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 may have been the biggest race I have done. By far, the biggest competition in my age group. Rev3 only had 34 in my AG. This had 142! I knew I'd get crushed, but my goal (besides finishing) was to finish in the middle of my AG pack. That was accomplished -- Top 58% overall, top 38% female, top 45% AG. A mixed bag. I was pleased I qualified to attend and wanted to go for the experience. I can't complain about anything. This was the icing on the cake. The good Lord answered all my prayers again. I'll write more about this in my blog: www.tritritritri.blogspot.com
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

  • Post race activities? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I guess the course had to be tough for the national championships, but the event wasn't well organized. One bottle of warm water at the end of the race - that's it! No gatorade and they wouldn't even give me a second bottle of water! The post race food was spicy Mexican. Who the hell can eat that after a race? Post race was the worst I have ever experienced.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I was 607 out of 850 women finishers. Granted, this was the national age group championship. It's just a hard nut to swallow. Very humbling. I ran into the AquaPhor Guy that I see at all the DQ races. He asked how I did and said he knew he wouldn't make top 25 in his age group. He told me not to feel badly about being 27th. Wendy was 56th in her age group out of 113 and she's really good (2:39:26).
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: This was definitely the toughest triathlon I've done, and will probably be the most competitive too. Even though I wish I did a little better, I'm still really pleased with how it went. I would love to do it again.
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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: Would def like to race it again in 2012... let's see if I was able to "qualify" for it.
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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: All in all, this was a great experience and glad I went. There were lots of volunteers and most of it seemed well organized (aside from finding water at the finish). The line to get results was also way too long. It seems like the should be able to print these right after you finish and give them to you as you leave the finishers area.
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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: Overall, this was a fun experience. I think I would have even had more fun had I been healthy and preformed to my potential. There was no bottle exchange on the bike, so I didn't have a chance to throw any bottles, which I know may annoy some people here on BT. :) I also managed to PR at the Olympic distance by about 4 minutes. I'm quite confident that if I had been healthy my time would have been under 2:10, but that will never be really known. All in all, a fun event that I'm looking forward to participating in next year. After the race Katie and I drove back to MA, went to the ER at a local hospital, and had to wait three hours to be seen for three minutes by a doctor. I ended up with some antibiotics, which seem to be starting to help a bit. I'm hoping that this sickness won't have a negative effect on my upcoming marathon.
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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: J'ai bien aimé. C'était big avec beaucoup de matériel et de participants. Pas organisé par des débutants! Seule chose négative : Ne pas avoir pu passer le finish line et de vivre la sensation d'avoir PLUSIEURS centaines de personnes à l'arrivée...
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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 was an incredible experience. The overall quality of the athletes at this event was just staggering. I mean, I'm not horrible at triathlon, but I got a pants-down spanking at this event. Also, I don't get this distance at all. It's really short for me, so I'm really not sure what the pace should be in working through it. I guess that the pacing should be "balls to the wall," but I didn't know that going in, and would have been very concerned to push like that. Next time, however, that's just what I'll do. Very pleased with the slow swim (still, under :30), averaging over 20mph on that crazy course, and under 7:30 m/mile on the run. Had a great time, met some amazing people, and look forward to trying to improve on things.
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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: No free beer which is common at many tris I did this summer in Oregon. I was tired and the weather was cool. I didn't stay for the Elite race. I would have liked to. If it had been sunny I would have taken a nap and hung around.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: If you ever get the chance to do this race (AG Nationals) do it. It was a blast. The swag was great. We got 2 shirts, a hat, a race belt, a jacket and some other knick knacks. The people were great and it is something I'll never forget. I do wish I was faster. I do wish I was more competitive. I do know this is a hobby and my family (wife, daughter, parents and in-laws) were all there rooting me on and don't care what place I came in. They and I are just proud I qualified and raced. :)
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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 schwag-bag was great: USAT hat, 2 t-shirts, USAT Yankz, finishers jacket, transition towel. The only beef I have with the whole event was that the food afterwards was horrible. You got your choice of a hot dog or gross bar-b-que sandwich. I'd rather have the usual bagel and bananas at the finish line than to stand in line for 20 minutes for what they had. I didn't stick around for the awards ceremony/appreciation dinner, maybe that was a lot better.
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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: Team USA again baby!! And the podium! Great race. Great time and cool to watch the pro race.
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  • Comments: very hilly for both the bike and run. had the time of my life!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Good competition! I liked that. That's about all I can say. THe parking was horrible, the aid stations had 2 people at one of them. No mile markers anywhere on the course. No gatorade on the run course, only water. But it was fun to see everyone and to go to a big time race. The top 10 guys in my agegroup were all 2:04 or below! Fun race though. Just not well organized for a National Championship!
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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: Overall, I loved this race. Even though I was mid-pack in AG, it was awesome to see that much talent in one place and race with that group of people. And I felt like I belonged there, which is nice. Even though I was 16 minutes slower than the guy who won my AG, I put up a respectable time and had solid performances in all 3 events. In sum, no regrets, and a great learning experience. There were a few assholes at the pre-race meeting, but in a group of that caliber and intensity, you're bound to have a few idiots taking themselves too seriously. From that angle, it could have been more fun, but the guys around me in transition were all chatting at the bike check in on Friday, and again on Saturday morning, so I think the jerks at the race were a pretty isolated and small group. The course was hard. But I would expect that at Nationals and wasn't frustrated or disappointed. Plus, we knew the whole course before the race started, so there were no surprises going in. Probably
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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: Super race put on by Ultrmax and USAT. Well organized and loger than a Oly. Bike was 26.2 and the run was 6.3 The race director told us it was long. Lots of good beer drinking with my wife and Matt and Jen. Great trip all in all with the crew and family. Last note. I got an age group roll down spot to go to Worlds in Lausanne Switzerland. 25th place is the last spot to roll down to if 9 people ahead of me don't take it and that happened. So I am trying to sell some stock to take my wife with me. Nothing final yet!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: The races here in Colorado know how to put on a post race activity. This one was kinda lame.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It was Nationals, so it got lots of attention. A few annoying details like the missing aid station after T2, and the missing swim warmups between waves. Otherwise, a great race. Ultramax puts on a great event.
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