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Race Reports for Lima YMCA/Kewpee Triathlon

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Race rating (3)

Organised?Yes
Events on time?No

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

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

Comments: General Comments: I had a poor attitude about this race. I thought a certain person had won this race 5 years and made a long trip from Chicago to "win" this race every year. This irritated me because it is a small race and I felt he should pass around the confidence boost to others. My primary goal was to beat this person and I wasn't focused on my own race. This set me off of my pattern of racing and kept me from making clear and right decisions. My attitude needed adjusted and it was done so on the swim. I was reminded after the race (by my thoughts) that I don't race against others, but for myself......for the pure enjoyment of it. This race got in my crawl and I am a lesser athlete for it. I have learned my lesson and will put myself back into the correct mindset in the future. Results: http://ohioroadraces.net/web_documents/2012_kewpee_triathlon_male_r... News article: http://varsity.limaohio.com/articles/triathlons-9085-kewpee-kuhlman...

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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: Just right

Comments: Race was well organized and had no issues. Too bad my overall performance didn't match.

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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: Just right

Comments: The only real issues I see with this race is the lack of bike racks and them setting up the racks so late people are waiting for them to put them together.

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Race rating (4)

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: There are a few things that I noticed that would make this race better. 1. Make sure there are enough bike racks for all the participants. There were as many as 30 bikes lying on the ground cluttering up bike out for me and some of the other early out swimmers. There were very small lanes between these bikes and the exit. 2. There was confusion about whether I had actually registered early because of the phoning in registration. It didn't seem to matter and I didn't have to pay again but this might create some problems in the future if not corrected. 3. The run should have been a little better marked. I didn't see anyone to help with the course after the first 150 yards. Normally I don't have to deal with this since I am not at the front of the race. But I was a little unsure about where I was going until I saw another runner about a half mile into the run. The trail was small and only a couple of places to turn off but if I had made a wrong turn I would have been rather

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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: Just right

Comments: This is the 2nd time I have done this race. Last year it was my first tri ever. Swim was 300m shorter but I still took about 20 min of off last years time.

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