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Race Reports for Hy-Vee Triathlon 2010

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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: The post race stuff not being great was pretty much because of the weather. Still got to eat and load up on bags of freebies though. You couldn't possibly throw a stick without hitting a stick or volunteer, at least back at the site. Well done in spite of the water above and below. I was looking forward to an Oly, but given my late arrival and my knee pain later I think it worked out in my favor that this became a spring.
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: this race report will be pretty much worthless to all in the future since it wasn't the full race. for what is was worth, this was the biggest race i've ever been to. i was a little overwhelmed, but for the most part, i thought it was run very well. if you've got the extra cash lying around, it's a nice race.
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: Look - I kind of dog the race organization in thsi ranking, but not due to effort. They were really up against it and were not able to communicate with the whole group what to do. there were some issues with bike security at the end and there were some issues with the course, but they changed everything on the fly. IMO, they should have changed this either the night before or first thing in the AM, but they discussed it for too long instead of just making a decision. I feel for them and have no ill will about it.
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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 event coordinators did the best they could with what mother nature handed them. The distances for the swim and bike may have been off a bit (long in both cases), but what can you expect with 30 minutes to change the course and get the race off on time. I'll be looking forward to racing this again, at its intended Olympic distance.
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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: Hy-Vee puts on a huge event. I think that they did the best that they could possibly due given the weather situation. There were tons of vendors, lots of food, and lots of other give aways. My family left with a huge bag full of free stuff. Not to mention the backpack 'o swag for the athletes. There was a bit of a bottle neck getting over the bridges that went over the run out, probably wouldn't have been as bad if everyone wasn't scrambling to get out of there to avoid the storm.
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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 continue to love this race! Certainly I wish we could have raced the whole thing but half a tri is better than no tri. I hope to continue to be back for this one next year and in the years to come.
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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: Weather shortened from olympic to sprint distances... plan to do again next year to get full experience!
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