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Race Reports for Arbour Lake Olympic Triathlon 2008

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Race rating (2)

Comments: no drinks at the end, stupid. no drink stations on bike but two on the run which was nice, only water though. Looking forward to this Saturday, going to give the same effort on the swim and bike and the first 15 km of the run.

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Race rating (4)

Comments: Getting there at 7am and not leaving until 2pm really makes for a long day. Not that it was bad, but I think they could streamline some of it and maybe get us out by noon? I'm also not sure why the women olympic need to have the course entirely to themselves. I can see a 15 min headstart or something so they don't get clobbered by the men's initial washing machine, but 1hr? Come on. And certainly the sprinters could have launched 30 mins after the mens Oly. But maybe it had to do with the number of boats, or watching for people skipping buoys or something. Overall, 20+ mins faster than last year but because the weather was so brutal it's hard to compare. Swim and run times definately got better and at least some of the 15+ mins on the bike were due to having a better bike and the training. :) In terms of positioning, last year was 39/88 this year was 16/117 so definatly the work is paying off. If I can drop from 180 down to the 160s without losing muscle I suspect I'll see some

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Race rating (3)

Comments: I never like the food here, it always tastes like powdered grainy sauce on pasta, ewww. Great prices, I even won a pair of shoes from the Tech Shop! Beautiful day, a million times better than last year!

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