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Race Reports for Miami University Triathlon

[26]
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Race rating (3)
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: It was fun for a first timer, but it didnt seem to have enough going on around it, and I hope that future races im in are more enjoyable all around.
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[27]
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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: The most annoying thing was waiting for race results. I thought I'd see them posted online by Saturday night. It was days and then the splits were messed up. Some folks didn't get any. For me, I didn't have swim or T1 splits. Also, the overall ranking included relays, which I didn't think was right. The race forum was full of complaints about the timing mess-ups. New timing company, first race of the season, apparently... My goals were: finish without injury. finish under 2 hours, aiming at 1:45. don't finish last overall or in my age group. don't fall over stuck to the damn pedals ride not walk most of the hills. I made all my goals! I finished at 1:53. If I hadn't gotten my shirt stuck in T1 and spent 5 minutes wrestling with it, I think I would have nailed my 1:45 estimate.
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[28]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I'm too new at this to really form an opinion. NOTE - Speedy Feet had my split times posted but now they are gone. So, my times are based off of memory from a few days ago when the times were actually posted.
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[29]
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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: Goodie bag was a bit of a dissapointment. The organizers lost the split time data, the TA was a bit crowded. On the other hand, things moved well, and it was a lot of fun. I would change some things, but mostly with my own performance.
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[30]
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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 liked the set up. The pool was nice. It was nice not to have to worry about bib numbers. I beat my primary goal (setting an overall PR) by three minutes. I placed pretty well. My run was my fastest and it didnt hurt at all. The bike performed well. The split issue is irritating but I will get over it. It was nice to race without a watch. I think I prefer wave starts because there was jsut 50 seconds separating places 4-8. Just because no one is in front of you doesnt mean no one is in front of you.
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[31]
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: My favorite song to run to is War Zone by Rob Zombie. "In the War Zone I stand alone/ In the War Zone I die alone " Brut said it best at lunch, "Run your own race". Today was about finding my own way. I was frustrated at my performance but I'm happy that I finished. I thought I would do better but I learned the hard way. I am looking forward to racing this race next year. Today it won and I just tried to not DNF. I will say I am frustrated by the timing company- for some reason even though there was only ONE Athena category to register in, the results had me listed as Athena4XL. Quite frustrating on several levels since I have no swim, T1 or bike times AND I finished last in my category. If I was in the regular Athenas I would not have finished last- BOP but not last. The shit was bananas. Blah. I just ran and now I'm hungry and cranky. Fud now pls!
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[32]
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: Just right

  • Comments: NO RACE SPLITS. Post race activities -A kroger bag with a banana and crackers? Lopsided transition area. Lots of tight turns in the 5k. Traffic not controlled in bike. What was going on at the start of the swim? i'm not really into riding a king of the mountains event. Mile markers either missing or not clear. To be fair to the event i may be taking my attitude/peformance to my overall race rating. The positives didn't have anything to do with what the race org did: I learned some things and friends were there. I doubt I'll do this race again.
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[33]
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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: I’ve crunched the numbers. I came in 107 of 587 finishers and over 600 starters. That means that of the finishers I was in the top 18.2%, of the starters it was >17.8%. I PR’ed the course by 8:12, a 9.7% improvement over last year and 15.9% the year before. I missed the top 15% by 3.2% or 19 places. I would have had to finish in less then 1:14:55 or 1:29 faster to be in 88th place and have made the top 15%. Thinking about it I don’t know where I could have cut 89 seconds. I was red lining my HR the entire way. As dead as my legs are today (the day after) I know I pushed it just as hard as I could. I think the keys for next year will be to improve my climbing on the bike and improve my run. I’ve squeezed just about all I can out of my swim, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in my run and bike. I’d also like to get down to 190lbs, 12 lbs lighter then I am now. So I think next years goals are: 1.) Get that sub 40 min bike split. 2.) Run a sub 25 min 5k. 3.) Finish under
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[34]
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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: The race was very well organized and the location was beautiful. I love my Marshall University, but I gotta say, Miami has one of - if not the most - beautiful campuses I've ever seen. It is important to note that in my first tri, I came in 207/217 overall and 40/42 in my AG. At the next tri, I came in 195/197 overall and 23/23 in my AG. So, considering I came in 498/585 overall and 49/56 in my AG at this race, I'm pretty pleased overall.
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[35]
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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 splits provided. I only received run time and overall time.
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[36]
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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: Love this race. I'll do it every year. Great early season race. Challenging bike course.
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[37]
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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: Nice race, course was not very easy for a beginner though! fist big downhill had a 90deg turn part way down it. I hit the turn at around 35mph while other were crashing or going sooo slow. Made for a dangerous turn. Other than that a great course to start off the year.
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[38]
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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: After party was better the previous two years.
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[39]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I destroyed Andy Hoffman on everything.
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[40]
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[41]
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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: THis is a great race with lots and lots of great volunteers. Thanks to all the MU students who got up early to cheer us... literally along the entire course. IN 2007 this was my first triathlon, and I am a Miami alum, so I will probably make this a yearly race. Great job all around. Finally... this is weird. So far this year I have run a 15K and done one tri. Both are races I did in 2007. For the 15k, my 2008 time was just about 90 seconds longer than 07. For this tri, my 2008 time was about 70 seconds slower than in 07. At least I have consistency going for me.
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[42]
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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: I enjoyed this. It was a great first race and I am looking forward to doing this again next year.
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[43]
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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: I could not have been more pleased at the outcome for my first triathlon. I thought M.U. and HFP did a great job and I actually felt less nervous than I did with my 1st "splash and dash". I did not have any expectations except that I wanted to finish under 2 hours, and I did! The campus is a great place to host a race and I think having the swim leg in the pool is great for a newbie! I am so excited that I did it and now I wonder what I was so anxious about prior to the race!!
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[44]
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Definitely a favorite.
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[45]
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: This was a good race and I'm glad we found one this early in the year. I'm pretty sure I will be doing it again next year. I'm not sure I can talk my wife into doing it again because of the hills, but I'm going to try.
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[46]
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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: There were no race medals and the announcer did not announce your name as you were running in to the finish line. Both of these add to the excitement of reaching the finish. I know in the marathons and half-marathons I've run, it definitely is cool to have someone announcing your name and putting a medal around your neck. At the same time, I respect the fact that medals were not given because then more money could go to scholarship. Also, I wish there would have been more post-race food. Bananas and sport drink are always nice in addition to the water and bagels.
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[47]
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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 GREAT race! It is very well organized and the volunteers are awesome. To be out there that early in the morning in the cold rain and still have tons of energy is to be commended. Miami is a beautiful campus and the outskirts of Oxford is a great place for a bike ride. They treat every talent level the same! The encouragement I received throughout the race was awesome! I can't wait until next year!
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[48]
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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 a well-run race. It was the largest they've had BY FAR in the 3 years since inception, and given a growth of over 200 entrants from the previous year, I thought they did a nice job. With a Serpentine swim, however, the end of the race was really dragging out, and I left without my results because they wouldn't post until everyone was done.
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[49]
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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: My first Tri and I finished!! Not the time I would have hoped for but given the dificulty of the bike and the fact that I had exercise induced migraines for 2 weeks prior limiting my ability to train I am overall very pleased
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[50]
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: They did a very good job in my opinion, very well organized. I would like to do this one again.
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