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Race Reports for Appleman Triathlon

[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: FIRM nails it again. One of the most fun days I've had in a long time. Thank you. I wouldn't change a thing. Wonderful participation, organization, beautiful medals and of course...Appleman! I love how they said, "Grace Coller, you are and Appleman." at the end. Just great!
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I think it was a bad choice of a run course. It the course had just been hilly and not had a section that was a "trail run", it would still have been tough but not horrible. Having such a difficult trail was a bad choice in my opinion. There were sections where the trail was only one person wide, sections where you were running through thick grass that was above shoe level, sections where the rocks/roots were so severe that you risked injury trying to run, and one section that was roots/rocks on a steep uphill that all but required walking. I was disappointed when the results weren't posted somewhere at the race site. I hung around for while after I finished getting some fluid and food in me and they never posted the results at the race. That was a first. Then, the results weren't posted online until probably 6 hours after the event was over. I don't understand, in today's technology driven world, how it can take so long to post results. When the results were finally posted,
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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: Hilly course, part of run on an uphill hiking trail
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[4]
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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: Always a well run race with lots of volunteers.
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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: Very well organized and tons of volunteers, maybe started a little late due to National Anthem and long Monk prayers but that was OK. They did a great job directing you around the course. I placed 3rd in my age-group and placing was my biggest goal for 2011 - accomplished at first race of season so very pleased with that.
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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: Exhilarating experience. Crowds were great. Great feel of accomplishment. A great THANK YOU to BT for letting me create a training schedule and keeping track of my progress. The program worked fantastically. Couldn't ask for anything better in terms of achievement. Will do it again next year or sooner.
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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 local race -- Local Rotary is major sponsor and nice to see familiar faces around. I'll do it again.
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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:

  • Comments: This a really fun race and will be the only repeat race from my last year's schedule. I shaved about 3.5 minutes off last year's time, which I'm very happy about. I really liked this one and was pumped my dad got to do it as he's been battling a groin issue. It was also awesome to race/hang out with Chad (congrats on becoming a triathlete, you did great!) and Phil. It was nice great to get on the podium again too!
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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: This was my first tri. Loads of room for improvement. Race seemed well run with a lot of helpful volunteers.
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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: First race so I dont have much to go by, but this seemed well done and they had a lot of fans and volunteers.
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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: Awesome Race! Great crowd, weather, and just a great event in general. It was awesome for me to have Dad doing it (His first at age 57!). It was also my first sprint distance race so it was nice to do that distance. Got 3rd overall in my age group so it was great to get on the podium in my second triathlon ever. Definitely have a long way to go, but I'm really happy with this 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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very enjoyable race for a 1st timer. I'd recommend this race to other 1st timers if your a good swimmer but would also recommend you run the run portion first.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: volunteers and spectators were great, bike course a fun ride, and run a nice change from road running swim 26:42 T1 3:22 bike 41:14 T2 1:22 run 30:48
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[14]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: It was a really positive atmosphere. It was organized and well planned and pretty easy for a first timer to manage. The staff and other participants were all very supportive. I'd reccomend this race to anyone at any level.
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[15]
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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: Great race - especially for first timers. Would be nice if they could include the transition times. Fun people and well organized.
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This race seemed so rushed and business like. The food sucked. Green bananas cut in half were served and the list could go on and on.
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[17]
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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: I jsut wish FIRM would provide transition times. I'd really like to know my "true" run and bike times.
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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: The race was a little unorganized: i.e. they made announcements about helmet stickers (there weren't any), they didn't announce the waves until we were in the water, and the food at the end was unusual (danish with icing, pound cake, and a warm watermelon). You could buy burgers, but I couldn't figure out where. Tons of great volunteers, though! A beautiful course, and fairly easy - no big hills on the bike. Giveaways included a cheap water bottle and a ring tee-shirt, plus some Hammer Gel and coupons. Parking wasn't too far away, and was clearly marked. One really neat thing was that, following the national anthem, we were treated to a Buddhist chant - maybe it was this that made me break my Sprint PR. : )
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[19]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: This race had a lovely course chock full of cheering townies along the entire stretch. It also was hilly enough in both the bike and the run to be a challenge, without breaking me! I would do this race again any day (um, with the exception perhaps of tomorrow!)
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[20]
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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: Fun race, but I am definitely not a sprint girl. Bring me my half ironmans!
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[21]
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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-learned a lot about open water swimming-like I can do it, completed a 1/2 mile in the water. Pretty special. Need to fight my demons and get back out in the open water a couple more times
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: overall, i'm happy. i need a few days off but then i'm eager to get back to training! my knee doesn't hurt.
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