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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Arizona 2005

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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! Great for the racers, great for the spectators. Great destination for us cold-weather folks.
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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 really had a great time doing this race. There are definitely TONS of stuff for me to work on for the next race. However, I had fun, and the race itself wasn't too painful (the cramping was frustrating), and I'm stoked for 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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: With the expection of the registration/ check-in on Saturday which was pretty un-organized this was by far the best race I've down of any distance. This is the only race I've down where they actually had ice for us BOP'ers all the way to the end of the run. I've done 6 other races of various distances that had coke at the aid station but they have always been out by the time I rn by. Every station and COLD COKE, ice, water and enven food items. Dang these people are good at there jobs and the Volunteers are great as well.
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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:

  • Comments: Registration took quite a long time, and the bike course was laid out kind of goofy, but overall a good event. Results with splits were posted on their website when I checked the very next day! I checked the results, and I finished in front of those 3 people, so I wasn't last! :) There were also 41 DNFs, so I'm glad I wasn't one of those.
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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: Except for the event check in the day before (which was an eternity of lines in the sun on concrete), this was a blast for me. I wasn't expecting coming down the chute with fans cheering and my time ticking away. It was like a real race. I told someone it's like I was in a poor man's Ironman. I know that it reads like I was disappointed with myself and my time, but in the end, I need to cut myself some slack. Less than a year ago I decided to give this tri thing a try. I couldn't swim 50 consecutive meters and had only raced in a couple of bike road races and crits. The last time I ran before this was in High School in track...and I was a sprinter! I completed 2 sprint triathlons and this Quarterman. Not a bad year for my money. And a lot of the credit goes to this site and the people who post their experiences. So, for year 1, I thank you and look forward to year 2.
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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: I'm happy with my performance the time is a starting point to work from. I need to pay more attention to bike speed and to training for the run. The new nutrition strategy on the bike seemed to work well although I might have benefited from a 4th bottle on the bike. Overall the race was good but they had too major problems this year that were not present last year. First, bike registration took way too long (2+ hours stuck in the sun the day before the race). I ended up getting a sunburn just trying to register. Second, the bike course was dangerous. After the first loop it was considerably safer since everyone knew what to expect but I was almost taken out by someone going the other direction which is just plain wrong.
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