Race Reports for Fall Creek Falls Olympic Triathlon

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Race rating (3)

Comments: I’ve done this race 6-7 times over the years, as I love the location. The last 3 times, it has started late - almost 30 min late this year, and there was no explanation for it. They also had timing issues again this year - it took 5 days to get results. ESM has been doing this long enough to have the kinks worked out, yet they continue to seem amateurish. Team Magic puts on better races. I’ll keep doing this just because of the location, but it could be better.

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[2]

Race rating (3)

Comments: The race and the course are great. The management of it was very lacking this year, though. There was only 1 person checking people in at registration, so there was a huge line. We had to start 20 min late to give everyone time to get checked in. Since the site is in the middle of nowehere, everyone travelled to the race, and we all had to travel home afterwards. Everyone wanted to get started to beat the heat and to get home quicker. They still waited 20 min between 20 min between starting the different races. I thought they should’ve cut that to 10 min. Then the awards ceremonies were delayed by at least 30 min, if not an hour for the Oly and Endurance events. I would have liked to have stuck around for the awards, but I had been waiting for an hour already when they announced that it would be ANOTHER hour before the awards. I felt that was excessive. Other than Kevin, I only saw the 1 person at Registration and no other support staff. That is my only complaint about the race

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