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Race Reports for Hy-Vee Black Squirrel Triathlon 2007

[1]
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: I don't believe the organizers of this race are triathletes themselves. Racing on a pot-holed, narrow, bike trail with other bikers heading straight for you at 20+mph is NOT smart. There was one water station on the entire course (including transition). When you are running or biking for long distances, nutrition plays a vital role. In most cases this nutrition can only be safely consumed with water. After the tri, the organizers ran out of bottled water as we were waiting for results to be tabulated!
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[2]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: scoring top notch, organization was good, personnel helping needed proper direction, they did not know how to perform there given tasks. The course was great, bike course was a little sketchy, (why not go around the lake 3 times on the bike????) Only the second year they have hosted it, I expect it to get better every year. hang in CB, IA you can do it.
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[3]
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Poor aid stations, poor directing in the beginning, poor awards ceremony, poor post-race refreshments, poor directing near the ice cream shoppe. It's only their 2nd year so you can't blame 'em, but it still makes you not really want to do something like that again as much.
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[4]
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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: Needed more boats in the water (only had two and might have kept me on course better). A few more volunteers on bike course since it was kind of narrow with lots of sharp turns. Definately more drink stations on the run. Only had one, could have used two or three more.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: Could have used a few more volunteers and more drink stations. Course layout was kinda so-so.
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