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Race Reports for Maumee Bay Olympic Triathlon, Duathlon & Aquabike

[1]
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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: HFP Racing always puts on a good show... they're the best in Ohio, and perhaps the Mid-West in general.
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[2]
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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: HFP stepped it up compared to Deer Creek.. Better Volunteers.. Still miss the group they had timing for them last year. I think the results were better posted and organized. HFP Is a solid race organizer and I will continue to attend their events in the foreseeable future.
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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: No awards ceremony, I enjoy watching that, even if I don't get one.
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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: Loved the race and the volunteers.
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[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: I will always have a special place in my heart for maumee.
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[6]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • 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: I love the location of this race - the state park is beautiful. Couldn't help the delay in the start due to the storm that came through. When the results finally showed up online on Monday they had a lot of errors - sprint people listed as oly distance and a lot of "No Results" next to people. On Tuesday morn they'd corrected the sprint people out but they added two more minutes to everyone's swim. When I contacted them, they thought the waves went off two minutes sooner than they did. Huh? They corrected it back. Obviously they need to fix their timing issue but other wise a great race.
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[7]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Not sure what is going on with HFP as I have always thought they did a great job in the past. However, this time there were no results immediately like there were last year. It actually took a couple of days before the results were even posted online. Also, the post race food/drink was lacking! They only had lemonade, cookies, bananas, and watermelon. Then, they now set up a concession stand where you can buy real food, soda, bottled water, and sports drink. I am all for keeping race fees to a minimum, but this seems like a critical item that should not be minimized.
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[8]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: 15-minute delay on the start time due to storms that had rolled through the area early that morning. They only had two drink stations on the course, so four total opportunities for refreshment over a 6.2 mile course. Would have been nice to have one more.
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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: Will always have a special place in my heart for Maumee Bay. I am also so proud of Brandon on his Sprint Tri.
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[10]
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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: HFP always does great races. You find out results almost immediately and is always organized. The post race food could be much better, otherwise, they put on great races.
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[11]
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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: I enjoyed the race venue very much. The location was absolutely beautiful in one of the prettiest and cleanest state parks we've ever camped at. This was my first race with HFP and I really look forward to racing with them again. Their fees are unbelievably low and they have everything very organized. I like the fact that you don't have to wait around for an awards ceremony but just get your medal when you finish. The post race food was just fine - nothing fancy - but plentiful. The volunteers were mostly kids from the local XC team so they didn't cheer you on but they did their jobs well. I plan on coming back next year to take the bike course by storm. :)
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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: 15 minute PR for me. Need to work on run and do bricks.
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[13]
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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 close to home race. I like this race becasue it is fast and flat for both the run and bike. I will be back next year.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
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  • Comments: Race nutrition: 2 poptarts and water 2 hours before, gel 15 min before. Bike: half a bottle of lightly mixed HEED Run: nothing.
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  • Post race activities? Average
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  • Comments: First HFP race which proved to be nice enough but nothing real special. I've done better and worse. Course is nice and ripe for hammering with virtually no elevation gain, and the price was right for signing up three days beforehand. Distances seemed to be accurate. Not much for after race grub besides some fruit and water. Letting people retrieve equipment from sprint races while folks were still coming in from the Oly seemed like a pain. HFP's supposed security for the bikes was a joke, we all wore arm bands that matched bands on our bikes, no one looked at either mine or my wifes and any one could walk in and out of transition.
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[16]
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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: Too easy

  • Comments: I got exactly the race I deserved for my choices. I'm OK with that in the larger sense even though I'm not happy with my performance. This isn't whining, it's self-criticism, which I need to do in order to not make the same mistakes. I knew things were going wrong the week before the race. I couldn't sleep and my base HR was way up, but I decided to push through anyway. By Wednesday I was fatigued to the point where I quit on a group ride, and every run was spiritless. I just didn't want to be out there. I've done three races in three weeks -- an Oly-ish distance KBR, a sprint, and this Oly -- and I think it was too much for my experience level. The last sprint was great, but I should have waited a bit before the next race. I exceeded my physical and tolerance, and cut back on running time to recover, which was probably the worst choice. I probably could have pushed harder physically, but I was past caring. I suppose it's a refreshing change to reach my mental limits before
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[17]
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  • Organised?
  • 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 was asked to do the race about a week beforehand. I wasnt expecting to do the race but I have a pretty good base of training in so I can do them without much taper or training. I do need to get more serious bike time in before my favorite race (Sylvania) and the Rev3 HIM. Cant complain though because I set a bike and overall PR. I am feeling confident I can bust 2:30 by the end of year. Howdy to all the Bt'ers present and I cordially invite you to try to Sylvania Triathlon as that is my hometown race. You can even see my high school and I can show you my first girlfriends house - I know you cant wait.
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[18]
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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: I still wish HFP would provide some type of activities for the spectators.
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[19]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: Good overall race. They need to fix the road out of the park because it is rough but the other than that it was great.
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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? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Again, I think there needs to be more there for the spectators during the race and something after so that people want to hang around.
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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 flat race- especially if you can kick it on the bike. It is very spectator friendly as you can see the swim, transition and almost all of the run from one spot. Would probably do the race again but will watch what I eat and get better sleeping accomadations next time. I hit PR on the bike, almost on the swim and very close to an overall PR
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[22]
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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: This is an excellent event. Absolutely outstanding.
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[23]
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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

  • Comments: Glad i got to do this before the 1/2 IM - learned a ton!!! Will be better prepared for the next one!! Good confidence booster - 5th overall -and bested the elite women's field times!!
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[24]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: The last drink station only had Exceed and no water.
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