Comments: GREAT volunteers! Challenging course. It wouldn't be my first choice for a first-time tri from a course perspective, but the volunteers and overall feel made it a really wonderful race. Thanks to all for a special morning. We'll work on the weather for next year!
Oh, I also made a concerted effort to cheer on everyone on the bike and run (b/c it was out and back). I remembered reading in someone's posts on here when we were discussing women only tris, that this person thought people weren't very supportive of each other in the mixed ones vs. the women's only. Anyway, I had a good time doing that - hopefully no one thought it was weird! And, I have to say, about 20% of the guys said something back and about 70% of the women. So, I can definitely see how a women's only race would be a more supportive atmosphere.
Final note post results: This was more of a breakthrough race for me than I first realized. Only 20 mins out of 3rd place and 69 out of 176 in male overall (39th
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