Race Reports for Lake Norman State Park Triathlon

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Race rating (3)

Comments: This was the first year for this event, so I will cut them slack and assume they will learn and improve. I enjoyed the event overall, but here are suggestions that would make things better. 1. ensure that there are no cars for the park section of the bike. The road is too narrow to safely navigate especially with all the hills. 2. change the end of the bike course so you're not dismounting right at the end of the hill. Move the bike in next to the bike out, so that the bikes circle the parking lot and have a chance to decelerate. 3. It's a big park, is there really no way to make a single circuit run course? Also, don't have a sharp right turn at the bottom of a big hill into the finish. I witnessed more than a few people lose their footing and fall there. The food was not great, and it's a disservice when your pizza doesn't show up until 2:25:00 after the race starts (with no announcement). I finished just under 2 hours and then didn't get pizza because it was not there and

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Race rating (4)

Comments: I like to arrive early so I do not have to rush and I get a good warm up. This race is in a beautiful location inside a state park. Unfortunatley we all had to wait at the gate for 40 minutes so the ranger could open it. Since the race started on time, this left very little time for set up and warm up. That being said, the packet pickup and parking was directly next to the staging area which made it very convenient. This is a great venue, with great participants and lots of support. I look forward to doing it again.

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