Spirit of Racine Sprint Triathlon (Page 8)

OMG David thank you for posting that in this thread, as I was going to bring that up as well.  This race this year was TERRIBLE!!!  To chime in, these were my thoughts I was sending to them in an e-mail:

1.  At registration, I was told by NUMEROUS volunteers that were checking me in that I was registered for the wrong race.

2.  I was told at registration, that there was a Women's Only, a Men's Only, and a sprint race on Saturday

3.  I was told that even though my race didn't start until 9, I would have to be out of transition at 7.

4.  When I went down to the race site on Friday, I was told the racks were going to be numbered, which, as you stated, they were not.

5.  Goodie bag blew

6.  Color of the shirt was GOD awful!  Seriously, mustard???

7.  No race marshals on the bike course...I saw a lot of drafters, and it annoyed me.

8.  The website was unbelievably hard to navagate through this year

9.  It is 12:15 2 days after and only half the results are up...where the hell are the rest of our times?

That is all I can think of right now....I am exhausted....I am sure there is more.

Thanks for letting me vent!

Is it possible they don't have the T and bike times for some odd reason?

and it was great meeting you on Friday and seeing you the rest of the weekend

OMG David thank you for posting that in this thread, as I was going to bring that up as well.  This race this year was TERRIBLE!!!  To chime in, these were my thoughts I was sending to them in an e-mail:

1.  At registration, I was told by NUMEROUS volunteers that were checking me in that I was registered for the wrong race.

2.  I was told at registration, that there was a Women's Only, a Men's Only, and a sprint race on Saturday

3.  I was told that even though my race didn't start until 9, I would have to be out of transition at 7.

4.  When I went down to the race site on Friday, I was told the racks were going to be numbered, which, as you stated, they were not.

5.  Goodie bag blew

6.  Color of the shirt was GOD awful!  Seriously, mustard???

7.  No race marshals on the bike course...I saw a lot of drafters, and it annoyed me.

8.  The website was unbelievably hard to navagate through this year

9.  It is 12:15 2 days after and only half the results are up...where the hell are the rest of our times?

That is all I can think of right now....I am exhausted....I am sure there is more.

Thanks for letting me vent!

I would highly advise you put this in your RR and get this out to the Director.  They were well-understaffed, too.

I volunteered right on the spot to help out the guy at the bike finish to make sure peeps would slow down and dismount properly.  Yep.  I was the tall, skinny, LOUD dude telling everyone to slow down and dismount at the orange line.  The other 3 that were supposed to be there walked away (maybe were reassigned somewhere else but didn't tell the last guy?).

Did you have a red shirt on?  And have a flag?

Did you have a red shirt on?  And have a flag?

Kind of hard to miss me, isn't it? 

Then thank you.  I do remember you.  So in reality, we did meet.  Sort of.  If only briefly. 

I was the one in the tri-suit. 

BTW, anyone else as disappointed with the race quality (not your own results, but the organization) this year?

I am.

1. Expo was cramped and seemed to be unorganized, especially the room with the check in.
2. Swag wasn't as good (although I'm seeing that in quite a few races this year compared to last, is anyone else?)
3. No data on wave start times.  I didn't know when I was going off till I got down to the start line.  And I wasn't alone.  Seemed as if no one knew.
4. Bike racks not numbered, which they were last year.  Seriously, any race with more than 200 participants should be numbered.  Otherwise it is a clusterf**k of a mess.
5. And the worst is the continued waiting for the official results to be posted online.  Still waiting.  Something seriously wrong must have happened. 

Those are just a few things that kind of bugged me this year. 

Anyone else?