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Race Reports for Saratoga Splash Triathlon - Open Water Sprint

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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Fun, family oriented event.
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Race rating (4)
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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: This is a good race. Actually quite well organized for a club sponsored event. (No professional race management company). Need to have a little better sound system to make it easier to hear the start of the swim. or have the sound system closer to the start line. My main suggestion would be to make sure that they have the swim course better measured. I realize it's difficult to do that, but this was significantly longer than advertised. I'm not a fast swimmer, but to have my time DOUBLE a recent swim of comparable distance doesn't make sense. I expected to be somewhat slower, but 3:43/100 yards - NOT. I'll do this race again. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't my very best performance. I was VERY impressed with the volunteers who did not leave their posts, or take them down until AFTER the last participant passed. That last participant was my wife, and everyone was SO supportive. High marks for them on that! As for my wife. I couldn't be MORE PROUD of her! She did the whole
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