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Race Reports for Troika Half Distance Triathlon 2009

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This was the 29th annual Troika, and the first year under a new director. Improvements over last year were POPs on the bike course (YAY!), race water bottles given before, not during, the race, no long mandatory race meeting the day before the race, and very visible technical support on the course. Continuing race positives were the course - I really like the course, the director and volunteers were easy to spot and very accessible, Hammer as a sponsor, Fitness Fanatics (local tri shop) as a sponsor, plenty of aid stations, the post race food, plenty of ice and water and other goodies at the stations - well, the mind boggles, but there were a lot of good things about this race. Things that could have been better this year were better-trained run aid station volunteers (one group of young girls were huddled over away from the table while the sponge-hander-outer and sole adult sat in a lawn chair reading a paper when I came by), better trained bike catching volunteers (there were
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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: under a new RD this year...only thing that I didn't like was the awards ceremony wasn't until 3 pm (when the course was closed), good for the slower finishers, but bad for the AGers who had to wait around for 3 hours
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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: Troika - Enjoyed the race focus on HIM, not really a family circus type event like some of the area multisport weekends, its all business and loaded with serious athletes. Glad to race on a team, allows for focus on one segement and let 'er rip. But, 2 years in to triathlons I can see passing on races this time of year to avoid some heat.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Good race, well-run, aid stations on the run were well-stocked for the hot conditions with ice, cold sponges, electrolytes, etc. The course
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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: Too easy

  • Comments: Heat was a killer, but if I could have had a better run I would have been up to 8 minutes faster.
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