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Race Reports for Kona Eastside Triathlon - Sprint Course

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Run course is pretty poorly set up. The same out and back twice and it was easy for people to cut the course. Also, the timing company RunWild, did a poor job as usual.
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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: The course was tricky if you didn't pay attention. Saw LOTS of folks cutting the swim, that was not explained well. It is also obvious many only did one feeder loop, you can't tell me some 40ish year old woman is running 4 miles in 19 minutes. Read the race packet folks! Run Wild is the only timing company in town and they suck.
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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: I am not too fond of running loops, especially not on a feeder road. Riding on the inside lane reduces the number of traffic cross overs to worry about, but it also meant that we had to cross traffic to get back in the inside lane at the turn aroound. If the turn around had been in the center (like the super sprint was) that could have been different. The lake was a little too shallow, but would probably be better in a year with more rain. However, that was good for my wife who got through the Super sprint successfully. I only have 2 races to compare but I'll say that the Kemah race site and handout was much more polished. However, this seems like a much smaller race.
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Based on my expectations due to my lack of training, I am pleased with the results of this race in a way, but I am also very dissapointed because I know that I could have done much better if I hadn't neglected my training leading up to the race. 2nd place finished about 20 seconds ahead of me, so I know if my run fitness was where it is capable of being and normally is, I would have definitely moved up a spot. All in all, lesson learned. I gotta get out and train!!
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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: This was the first race for me to do with the AG. I still am 220 pounds, but I want to be fast so I thought I would push harder racing with the age groupers. When the results were first show I was 4th place and I was dissapointed. why? I am very competitive! I had a goal of 1:25 and I missed by a few minutes. For the first time I think I do not train near hard enough, but things will change. I hooked direc TV up in the garage so I can get on the trainer when it is dark so I can get interval and tempo training in. I want to shave 49 minutes off my HIM time and this race was a wake up call. Now I am off to find money for a power tap, garmin and coach- LOL
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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: Really enjoyed my first race and learned a lot. Great introduction for me at a short distance and now I have extra confidence for my next race.
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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: It was awesome having my wife & girls, Justin & girls at the race cheering. My mother in law was also still in town which was kinda cool. Thanks for the support! The RD and support did a great job with this race. I can't think of anything I would improve on. Traffic control was OUTSTANDING. Timing was up quickly - food / drinks were spot on. I am sure some competitors may feel slighted by the bike in and out in the same location favoring those of us with sweet transition locations. I acknowledge that I was blessed in this race and I am sure I will be on the flip side in some race in the future. The live music was a nice touch. Thanks Eric for the great advice - we haven't been working together long at all but I have already seen the results of working with a coach. I drank the Power Tap Kool-Aid and am more dedicated than ever to training with power.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

  • 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 was my first race, but I do know the communitcation and website could use some work. The course maps were never on the website and it seemed to lack information. I overheard one of the organizers say they did not think the race was going to happen last week. During the pre race meeting the bull horn was not working very good and it was hard to hear what was hard to hear of the changes that were made. ** when the results were listed I noticed the clyde who started with the AGrs finshed 2nd. I looked and he had a time of 3 minutes. Now how can anyone over look that? I brought it up to one of the organizers and he wanted me to do go get the bib number etc. I beat the guy by 20 second, but I brought it up because it was simply not right.
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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: Small race, good in that I didn't have to fight with people on the swim, bad in that there weren't many people to chase down.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: I heard several people say they got in to some situations on the bike where they were very uncomfortable because of the lack of volunteers blocking the intersections or directing traffic. Overall, though, it was a good race. People were nice. Food was good. They couldn't do anything about the rain the night before, so the mud was unavoidable unless they change the course up.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: Would not run this race again. Yes, true, it was my first triathlon. However, I'm not a newbe when it comes to athletic races and this was not inspiring enough to make me want to drive down from Dallas and repeat the experience. Think this has more to do with location than anything else. From my understanding they vastly improved it from the prior year (their inaugural event). As they say, perhaps the third times a charm...
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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: It was a great local race with lots of volunteers. I had a great time!
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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 A GOOD RACE FOR THEIR FIRST TIME RUNNING IT.
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