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Race Reports for Salty Dog Triathlon

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Race rating (4)

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 is a local race with a lot of mountain and hybrid bikes. So I saw things that I'd not seen before. 1) One guy walked the swim in the shallow end -- on every lap. 2) One woman shorted her ride. I was just starting my 2nd lap, and I heard her yell out, "This is my last lap." I looked at her number, not that far from mine, and thought "No way." She did pass me, but she wasn't going THAT fast. I think it was all sorted out. Getting the results took a very long time and a few people were called in to talk to the race officials. 3) One woman had a friend pace her on the run. 4) Lawn chairs in transition.

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Race rating (5)

Organised?Yes
Events on time?

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

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

Comments: I LOVED THIS RACE!!! It was only my 3rd Tri and I plan on doing it again next year. I will hopefully get faster by then :) but it's fun to finish!

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Race rating (5)

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: i'll definately be back next year. It was a blast

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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 salty dog has a great atmosphere surrounding it, and has good activities and snacks following it. The people are great at it and the race is cheaper than most other triathlons. I wish they gave out medals or some type of awards at it. For finishing 2nd, I recieved a $15 gift certificate to Downtown Hutchinson...really? That was pretty lame, but other than that it's a great race and packs a lot of bang for the buck. It would be a great event for the family to participate in.

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Race rating (4)

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: The number of volunteers is amazing, I'm not sure I have done a race with this many people helping. This is really a very well organized race. Needs USAT sanctioning. This one will definately be on my schedule for a long time to come!

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Race rating (4)

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: Plan on returning next year, with my wife also completing. Hopefully will the the BT group pic & some more pics posted tonite.

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Race rating (4)

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: When I first got invited to this race I thought "3 hour drive for a pool swim tri? Why?" But I had a blast and really enjoyed the fellowship with my new group of friends. As hard as we raced there was still a whole group of guys faster than us taking all of the hardware. It was a reminder that this sport is about so much more than just trying to make "top 3" Considering that I burned out on this sport in 2003 I'm trying to remind myself to enjoy the ride of all of the training and racing as opposed to getting mad that I didn't run the race 45 seconds faster than I did.

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