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Race Reports for Grand Haven Triathlon - Olympic Course

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

  • Comments: I enjoyed the race! Great event.
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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 the race well organized and I would recommend it to other triathletes. The run from the beach to the transition area is akward but great if you don't like to swim and want to improve your time a bit...
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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 the venue for the race. The bike and run course are awesome. I love swimming in Lake Michigan and conditions have been great the last 2 years. The only complaint is the long T1 run but even that is not too bad. They need to work on the pre-race expo. Great race.
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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 very good race and close to home. I thought the race organization was good and the venue is very nice minus the long run to T1.
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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: Need to mark the swim course better. Need to get some Veggie Burgers post race for us Herbivores.
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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:

  • Comments: I have to say that this race had some tricky logistics, but it was probably the most well-executed race I've done outside from the IM. For your entry fee you get dinner the night before, a good tech tee, some good stuff in the goody bag, breakfast-y stuff in the morning (coffee and fruit)and a big, full lunch afterwards with bands playing. They had more volunteers at this course than Muncie had. It was crazy...it would be interesting to hear the volunteer/athlete ratio. I am not in love with the point to point swim or long run to transition (though I don't know what they could do about that)...but they really need to have a timing mat at the water instead of only at the TA. The bike course is great, but the run course wasn't as nice as it could be. I love Grand Haven and think this is a really nice weekend getaway race.
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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: Nice local race. A great way to spend a Sunday morning.
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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: First Olympic for me. A little bummed at my time. Was shooting for under 3 hours. Just glad I finished. I'll be ready to do another.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: I really liked this race, however, I probably won't do it again for a few reasons: 1) the mile run from the swim to T1 2) the very strong likelihood of the swim being cancelled. Which is really too bad because the organization, pre and post race activities and freebies were great.
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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: I really enjoyed this race, and could become better at it if I were able to repeat next year. The wind made it challenging for both the run and the ride, and considering some of my personal challenges and the travel, etc I was not unhappy with my performance of sub 3-hours. Yay -- first OLY completed since ACL reconstruction!! No pain from that at all --yay!!
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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: Great volunteers and a very nice venue. Definitely would recommend this race.
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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: This is a hard one, because it seems like this race has so much potential. I absolutely love Grand Haven...it's such a beautiful area. But the swim is very risky...three years and they haven't had a full swim yet. The bike course is amazing but open to traffic on a fairly busy road. The run is just blah. They say it's a fantastic course...are you kidding me? Then there's the long run between swim and bike. I don't know. I'm just not sure I'll be back. Oh - and they advertised (and I double checked on Saturday) that they'd have Hammer Gel out on the course. No go. So I was left out on the run with no nutrition. Wasn't happy about that. On the plus side, the volunteers were AWESOME!!
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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: Great, great volunteers. Really pretty area but the run course needs some working on. Its too bad that they have had hard luck witht the swim. A race 24 hours ealier and it would have been perfect. What can you do?
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