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Race Reports for Pittsburgh Triathlon - International Distance 2011

[1]
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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: loved it
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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: Will definitely do this race again, was a lot of fun.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?No
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: Poorly organized overall. In the future they should hand out the timing chips with the packets the day before to minimize long lines the morning of. The volunteers were great, but there were too few. Swim course was poorly explained and poorly marked. Crowds were good at places where there was room for crowds, but most of the course is not conducive to crowds.
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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: good race. the event staff was very helpful with any questions i had (this was my first race).
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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 a great race but overall this was a very poorly organized race. The lines were so long for packet and chip pickup and also for transition. People were still waiting in the transition line with 15 minutes to the start. The swim was not well explained or well marked. The top 5 men leaders actually got to the exit and they made them turn around and go back around a bouy they all missed. The bike course sucks. The run was a good course on a trail but it was open and I was dodging mountain bikers, kids and dogs. Also there was no timing mat at the turnaround so people could have very easily cheated.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: There were enough volunteers at the aid stations on the run, at least when I was out there, but a couple more pointing the way on the bike course for the turns in town would be nice. I headed to the water start as soon as the pre-race meeting was finished, and I made it with thirty seconds to spare. That's ridiculous. The line to get into transition in the morning was also ridiculous. With a thousand racers, there ought to be more than one entrance. Two more volunteers could have had another gate open. I skipped the postrace activities in order to walk back to the hotel and shower before checkout. This was my first olympic distance race. As such, I set a PR, even if it is one that will likely be bested in the next race. I also met both of my goals: don't be DFL and don't be last in my age group. Apart from my mis-navigating the swim and adding 150 yards or so and forgetting my watch to time nutrition/hydration and my run/walk ratio, it was a pretty good day.
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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: Great race. It was my first Olympic Distance Tri. Would do again if I lived in Pittsburgh anymore. Highly recommend. Swim was tough coming up current, bike was nice and straight (except for hairpin at turnaround point), run was perfect and shaded with very minor hills (no real elevation change).
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