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Race Reports for Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon

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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: this is the Oregon championship. Lots of fast people. Probably not the best race as your first race back. Very, very competitive field.
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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 wasn't the fault of the race organizers that it was unseasonably hot. like 25 degrees higher than average. They actually imposed a race cutoff time because of the heat...anyone who started the run after 12:00 was only allowed to do a 5k because of extreme heat. One thing I wish is that they would have pushed the start times earlier in light of the heat instead of a cut-off time. My wave started at 8:36 and the first wave was at 8:00. I think they could have started at 7:00 or 7:30 to give the runners a little relief. I started my run about 11:15 and it was already REALLY REALLY hot.
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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 56/272 - top 21% AG 7/24 - top 29% Males 51/176 - top 29%
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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: compared to same race in 2014 - took 2 minutes off the swim time, 30 seconds off the bike for a 22.3 mph split! Both transitions better than last year (T1 took off 43 seconds, T2 took off 13 seconds). Run was 1:41 slower than last year but the heat really made for a hard run this year so still happy with the pace. Really felt it in the glutes post-race and not surprised as I felt I was working hard on the bike, something to work some strength training on. Really happy with the results and great way to start the season!
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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: Always a great way to start the season. Under new management and they still had it go off very smoothly.
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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: quads felt sore, particularlly top right of left knee muscles, left calf sore from cramping at 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: Always a good event. A great turn out with lots of really talented athletes, probably the most competitive field I've been in. The only negative I have is that the second aid station on the run was right at the turn around. Should've been back about a half-mile from the turn around so runners could get two stabs at 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I really enjoyed the Olympic distance, and now that I know what to expect I am ready to race the next one.
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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: 40/107 total females
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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 had initially registered for the Triathlon and not the Duathlon. A couple of weeks before the race someone close passed away. I was having troubles getting the time to get out to the lake. I could not find out what the water temperature was going to be so I switched to the Duathlon thinking it would be better to be safe than sorry. Of course the water temperature was fine and I was kicking myself for not switching. But I had a great race and plan on doing an Olympic Triathlon in the near future.
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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 thought this was a great first Olympic for me to do. I wish my stomach would have cooperated better. My goal was 2:30 so if I would have had a better swim and could have got some food in I think I would have made my goal. It is hard to complain about 2nd in my division on my first race though.
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[12]
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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: Great race, gave it all when I wasn't even expecting to finish. Maybe next year (or later this summer) I'll get the PR I was shooting for. Injuries are a PITA! Blue Lake is a fun race, and this was even more fun with all the teams vying for the NW championship, great to see PTCers out there on the course as well! I especially LOVED the beaver tails on the OSU Tri Team race belts. Hilarious.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This is good race. Well staffed with volunteers, flat, etc. I question spending $80, and I might consider skipping next year. I had one goal- to finish- which I did. I believe I finished in under 3:30, which was a secondary goal. But the training for this even and the performance has made me question my future goal of a half ironman. Not sure i have the time to train for that event in a manner that would allow me to finish strongly.
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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: Very muddy conditions. Well run race. Volunteers were somewhat subdued due to the conditions they were working in. Basically huddling up to stay warm and dry as possible; don't blame them especially the ones out on the bike route. The volunteers on the run were wonderful and cheering.
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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: Running continues to be my biggest hurdle, but I have put it in perspective... No running ever to 5k's in sprints last year 12:40 / 12:55 / 12:58 to 1st 5k of 10k this year ~11:51 and then I ran another 5k and my final pace was 12:23, so that's doubling the distance and decreasing pace by >30 seconds/mile in a year. I still need to lose 15-25 more pounds so who knows what I can achieve over the course of this year! I do think that switching to running as much as possible and every other day has helped quite a bit recently - hopefully i'll be ready for a solid run come HIM time. I like Oly distance way better than sprint - can't wait to race again! Oh yah - 1st in my division - do I get hardware if i'm the only one?! ;) I didn't stick around to find out.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
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  • Comments: I've been pretty happy with the events at Blue Lake, but this time I wasn't so impressed. About 1.5 weeks before the event I wanted to change my entry from AG to Athena so that Dave and I could start in the same wave. I emailed and received a confirmation. At packet pickup it still wasn't changed so I changed it again. The next day it still wasn't changed so I emailed again. Then they still managed to mess up my finish time. I fixed it onsite and it was STILL messed up later on. I also noticed that numerous other people were given the wrong color swim caps, so there was mass confusion at the start trying to get people into the correct waves. To top it all off, they are "going green" and no longer give out finishers medals, yet for $80 they only give you a crappy $5 tshirt. Overall, they still put on a decent show, but I'm not feeling that you really get your money's worth anymore on this one...
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[17]
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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: Good race, good organization, nice volunteers. The post race giveaway was poorly done but the race was great.
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[18]
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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 have come a long way. Last year this race was all about survival. This year I felt like I was competing!! The icing on the cake was having my two awesome kids and brother there cheering me on!! I cant wait to see the video my brother puts together. Next year....sub 2:20!!
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[19]
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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: awesome volunteers, awesome course, awesome experience, and a FAST bike course
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[20]
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: Parking lot opened very late.
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[21]
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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: Large, well run race that gets better each year. Highlight was watching my son race in the kids race Saturday. He finished as the 8th male overall and 19/72 overall.
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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 is a very well run race and is kept very tight to schedule. Fast flat course is perfect for an early season tune up. Competitive field!!
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[23]
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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 one of the best races there are in terms of organization and volunteers. The volunteers are so fun and helpful. It was a great race for the season opener. Since this is Tri NW team club championships, I was very happy for my top 10 finish!!! It is more than I expected!
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[24]
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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: Very well organized race with a good support staff. I'll be back next year to try to PR again!!
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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: Well run race. Obvious that this event has been done for a while.
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