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Race Reports for White Lake Double Sprint Triathlon

[1]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I always like doing this race. Its different than the typical tri, and theres lots of action.
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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: This is my favorite Sprint distance 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: Not sure if I like this format but it was fun to try. Loved the ocean swim. Bike course was boring (out and back twice) but on a nice smooth road and closed to traffic, which was awesome. Would rather have this than a White Lake type of course where you have huge trucks barreling by every now and then. Nice little race in the end and really fun to have it at the beach. I must say though, it was hard work playing on the beach all day and then driving back to Cary after sleeping badly and racing, etc. Good to see Daryn again and catch up and meet Maria.
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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: I do not particularly like Sprint distance races, but I LOVE this one. This is the one sprint that I will do again and again. I love the ocean swim and the format of swim, run, bike, run, swim. Well organized fun 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I'm not sure I like this double sprint format too much, but it was a good challenge for me.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I love this race. I had several friends with me who had not done much swimming in the ocean. We all did the swim clinic on Saturday and learned a lot. My friends did fantastic on the swim part of the race. Now they love to swim in the ocean!. I improved my time by almost 20 minutes over last year so I was pleased with my results. This year our group rented a house a couple blocks from the beach. It made for a much more peaceful race day. Traffic can be intense this time of the year. The other thing I am glad we did was not leave until Monday. We were back to our house around 10:00 am and got to enjoy the rest of the day at the beach.
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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: Considering that I have not run at all since April and my training volume is way less than it was last year, I was very happy with the results. My overall time difference was 2 seconds slower this year than last, go figure. I'm sure there is some message in there about training less, just not sure what.
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[8]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: The only major suggestion is more drink stations mid run. The run was only 1.5 miles, but all of the drink stations were at the beginning or end, right at the transitions. A mid way one would have been nice, especially with the heat.
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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: Great race and alot of fun. I just need to schedule one more day at the beach to enjoy it more.
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[10]
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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: This was my first double sprint and I LOVED it! It was so fun to mix things up a bit. Setup did a wonderful job as always and I would definitely do this race again. Two things would have made it better. All the water stops had quite hot water. And there was only one small baby pool to rinse feet and it was only 1/3 full of water. It would have been good to have more foot bath pools.
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[11]
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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: It's been 2 years since I did this race, I'd forgotten how much fun it is. Energy wise I felt good, I'm working with coach Matt on nutrition and I'ts going to make a big difference. Kinda blah about the race, but I think every once in a while you need a race like this to jump start you. Looking at the results and my training I got the results that I deserved. Slacking off on the run and bike training just won't cut it.
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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: Race was OK, although the start wasn't done very professionally. Not really a fan of Setup Events, but dont' have much of a choice. Post-race food was good and course was great, but the director seemed like an ass and the volunteers didn't really know how to help you find T zones or where to go. Still, would definitely do it again. I felt great this race and was happy to have something to build on.
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[13]
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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: Good race, fun course! I will do this one again next year with more of a training background!
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[14]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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: Even though I didnt have a good showing on this, my first Triathlon....I am HAPPY as Hell to say that I did it!! I also learned alot of valuable lessons. Such as train for the swim and use a road bike or tri bike instead of a mountain bike. They could have had more water stations at the finish line and some medical coverage there as well. I was able to get water and didnt need any medical assistance but I did see others that did. They ran out of water and it took them a while to get some more at the finish line. The main reason they did was spectators were allowed to drink it up as well as the ones competing. Also, I seen a few people who cramped up pretty bad and needed assistance and others competitors had to help them and get medical assistance over to assist. I am still happy as hell to have done it and I will be back again next year for this race and will do alot better.
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[15]
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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: I like it good one for a first timer
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I suppose its the bad races that make the good races seem so..... well ....good. I hate for this RR to seem so negative as well. I guess my expectations going in were much higher than they should have been. I also think that this race signifies a change in my goals for this season as I no longer think I can finish in the top 20 in my AG for the season. I think all of this is coming out in this RR. Its hard to believe I feel this way since this truly is a personal best for me for this race, but I'm more disappointed in where the time savings are coming from. I think I realize that the swim isn't going to win any races. Its just going to put me out in front where I need to lengthen that lead. I'm frustrated that it just isn't happening on the bike, and I'm giving it back on the run. So...with this race, I need to re-think the goals and decide if they are even attainable. I need to work on the bike and the run segments of my racing and try to find that groove to get in.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: As rough as the water was last year, this year may have been worse. Going into the race I felt like I would be OK givin the fact that I live here and have practiced swimming in rough surf, just not this rough.
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[18]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: The race was delayed 15min due to the buoy situation. I never thought I'd say this but the surf was rougher this year than last. But I love the format of the race and will continute to do it, hopefully the swim will get easier.
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