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Race Reports for Disco Triathlon - Sprint Course 2008

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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 wasn't going to Disco this year, but when Ben signed up and I started swim training, I decided to do it. Glad I did.
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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: Dallas Athletes races are the best races ever! Tom does a great job of creating a FUN atmosphere...better than 99% of races. If you get a chance to do a DA race, do it! And wear your disco gear, too...
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I really liked this race and thought it was better organized than when we did Texasman on this same course. I like Tom Ryan's sense of humor and the party atmoshpere.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This was a great showing by all the BTers! Lots of hardware all over! It was great to meet a few new people, and even better to feel like I had give alot more than any other race, and it got me hardware! I made a concerted effort to take all the "free" time I could in transition. Im really happy with that! If you look at the placing for each event, none are 5th or better, so the only way I got that was in transition.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Improved over last years' utter fiasco, but still needs improvement. The fiasco with the timing is just plain wrong. All it would really take is a timing mat at the beginning of the race. But I guess DA can't afford it. IRP and Playtri can for all of theirs, but I guess DA doesn't get the same discount. OK, stopping now before my rant continues.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It's always good to see BTers...and boy did the BT group take home a lot of hardware. The way the bike and run courses were set up...there were stretches of "out and back"...so you really could see the same person a few times...which happened with me - I saw Brandt (OldAg92) at least three times over the sprint, and I know I saw Steve (doughboy) much more than that! I saw Marcy (dodgersmom) on the run, and she of course high fived me...dejavu of Metroplex. Pictures posted are courtesy of Aaron (JeepFleeb) - he took some GREAT shots of the whole event!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Great things to say about the race itself. It was well organized, on time, plenty of volunteers and good course. The wheels fell off for the post race. The scoring was all jacked up. They did not have me registered as Athena, they had me in AG. Not a big issue except I would have taken 2nd in Athena but was BOP in AG. Oh well. They also has Steve listed as a woman. The awards ceremony took forever to start and when it did, it was totally disorganized. It was nice that they went 10 deep in awards, but they needed a plan. I also wish they had a packet pickup in the Ft. Worth area. Definite highlights from the day... Meeting Brittany in person Spending a Sunday, wearing spandax with some of my closest friends. All of the hardware taken home by the BT'ers Steve taking home hardware..I am so proud of you baby!! All in all, an awesome day!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 the third tri put on by DSU that I have competed in, and I would say by far this was the best. The organization and number of volunteers was excellent. The race started @ 0705 instead of 0700, so that is why I said no to starting on time. I do not believe being 5m late contributed to any problems. Seeing other participtants in Disco regalia was so funny, and the band was great. I managed to get a slice of pizza, but when I was walking my bike back to the car I noticed they were out and the Oly runners were still coming in. So, the only suggestion I would make is more post-race food.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • 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 a good race, although the whole disco thing was a little weird. Fun, but weird. I didn't have many expectations for me coming into the race as it's my first one of the year because of injury. But I performed much better than I had expected. My initial goals were: swim 10-12min, bike 1:05 - 1:20, and run :35-40. I met every one of those goals, and was on the lower end of them. I went back and looked at my old race logs, and for the ones that were a 5K run, this was my second fastest ever during a tri. So I am making improvements here, but I still have a lot of work left to do on the run. (and other parts as well)
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  • Comments: First age group race! Top ten baby!
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