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Race Reports for Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon 2011

[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 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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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 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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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? 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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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?
  • 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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