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Race Reports for Grand Haven Triathlon - Sprint Course

[1]
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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: Fun race, as always. Will always hate the .75 mile transition run from the water, but such is life.
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[2]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Packet pickup was extremely cumbersome and seems to get less organized by the year. Takes a lot longer than any other race to complete this simple process. Volunteers seem ill informed for this part. However, volunteers on the course are great. Could have used a volunteer directing people down the finisher's chute, as multiple people cost themselves precious seconds finding the chute to run down, and instead almost ran back into the transition area through the "run out" gate.
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[3]
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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: It was nice to do my first race location a second time and see the improvement. Looking forward to next race 8/11 so I can add to my experience and swim on a calm inland lake!
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[4]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: Would consider competing in this race again. Would be much more prepared next time.
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[5]
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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: Race is great. Only thing I didn't like was the time to wait for the awards.
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[6]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: The first one is done, time to get a little serious and improve overall performance. Need to keep having fun too. Three years ago I was 40 pounds heavier and was out of breath doing yard work. This past two months I did a lot of digging, landscaping, dirt and rock hauling, wood splitting and stacking, and rarely got sore or out of breath! Life is good at 51! Thank you BT and mentor group for the resource I needed to get-r-done!
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[7]
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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: The lake swim can be challenging, and the run from Lake Michigan to T1 at the Grand Haven YMCA can throw you for a loop if you're not ready for it. The bike and run courses are great, though the hill at the end of the run is a monster.
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[8]
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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: Super fun race. Different than any other race I have done so far, simply because of the layout and the geography. That run from the beach was tough, but a great way to test the athletes.
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[9]
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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: The only bad thing about this race it the run from the water back to the transition.
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[10]
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Thought the buoys were pretty tiny. Road traffic is an issue, I heard someone got hit by a car. I also saw a crazy driver at the turn around...he wouldn't wait for the biker to turn. I didn't stay for the post-race activities b/c I had plans, but heard the music was good.
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[11]
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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: Pizza hut provided pizza, pasta, and burgers, and volunteers handed us cold wet race towels, water, and Gatorade at the finish line. The awards ceremonies started before all the racers came in, which was a pleasant departure from the tedium of waiting for the last athlete that most races seem to enforce on us.
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[12]
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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: Pizza Hut provided salda, pasta, pizza and burgers. We received Gatorade and a cold race towel at the finish line
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