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2009-08-09 3:38 PM

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Subject: Greater Cleveland Triathlon
OK, I don't REALLY want to b***h about this race, but I do want to know from those of you with experience, how often has this event included a swim?  Last year, and again today, the swim was cancelled due to rough water. 

Now, I am quite sure the effort taken to put this together is tremendous, and I can really understand if the organizers are reticent to change the course.  But this course doesn't seem to be working.  The swim portion is WAY too subject to weather.  I like the bike route - I find it very challenging.  But I don't think I will register for this event next year, because in my brief experience, it hasn't been a triathlon.

So, again, from those of you with experience, is my impression correct?   I don't really want to do a duathlon - I want to swim.  So, should I give this race another chance? 

FYI, the race was established in 2003, so this was apparently the 7th edition.  Statistically, two consecutive swim cancellations don't look good to me.

Scott


2009-08-09 5:01 PM
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Subject: RE: Greater Cleveland Triathlon
Not a direct response to your post, but I just heard about the Cedar Point Ironman and HIM race in Sept 2010. The swim is in Lake Erie, and I'm thinking that there's no way it's going to be smooth. The only time that lake is calm, is on the days I had planned to go sailing on.

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