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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 North Carolina

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Race rating (4)
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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: Just right

  • Comments: At the finish line I looked for the post race food. I was told that I had to follow the arrows and the food was at a grill about a half mile away. They only had 4" subway subs. Nobody felt like walking anymore than they have to. Epic fail on the food.
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  • Comments: 25mph winds. Post hurricane Mathew.
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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: Volunteers and law enforcement were AWESOME! I've done this race twice when it was run by Setup Events, so it was hard to warm up to Ironman running it. Ironman did not carpet the grated bridge which was VERY hard on the tires. I was fearful of popping a tire. Setup Events always covered it for us. Also, it has been my experience that Ironman is only out for revenue and does not care much about the athletes. Setup Events and Rev 3 cater more to the needs of the athletes. The race was okay, but I have no desire to do it again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Given that this is the first year IM has handled this race, I am sure they will improve. That being said, there is a reason why they don't usually combine both distances into a single event. I'm sure that when this was an independent event, the number of competitors was much less and then could pull it off. To give you an idea, when I was done, my garmin showed over 2 extra miles of race! That is how big the transition areas were... They needed to have at least one additional aid station on the bike course. The first one wasn't until the halfway point and that's just too far. Especially when they advertised them to be more frequent. They need to step it up regarding post race food. There wasn't much to choose from if your stomach can't handle greasy pizza...
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