Good job on your race and bringing home the hardware. All that training is paying off.

Too bad I coundn't find the BT group and say hi.

Comments concerning OnUrLeft: In addition to running out of post-race stuff, they had not iced down their beer; how do you mess that up? Unforgivable.

Agreed.  Warm beer is unforgivable!

Nice job there slick!  You make me smile ;-)

First let me say thanks for doing our race : ) We were very happy that everyone had such a great time. I did want to address your disappointment with our performance because I do want everyone to have a positive experience. Please know that we ordered more than enough of all the items you talked about us running out of. Problem was, especially with the pizza, that spectators kept taking what was meant for the athletes. We tried to regulate it as much as possible but were not able to enough to keep it from happening. Next year we will keep it VERY tightly looked down. My wife informed me she saw numerous spectators walking to the HS parking lot with entire pizzas in their arms. Unbelievable! They were too far away for her to do anything about it. We ordered enough pizza for everyone to have a couple slices and I'm very sorry you didn't get any. Same goes with the bottles.

As for the pool party ending early....There was a severe medical emergency that delayed the start of the pool party and awards by nearly an hour. We have to rent that pool area and although we planned to have it for over 3 hours we only actually had it open for just under 2. That is why it had to end early. Not much we could do about it as we were being kicked out too. The person that required us to rush and ambulance is doing great and left the hospital Sunday evening, thank god! 

Aparently 1,400lbs of ice and over 2lbs per athlete was not enough. We bought 500lbs more for the beer and got it there asap. The beer was iceless for 20min, then had tons of ice. I agree that is unacceptable but we fixed the problem the best we could the fastest we could. Please know we did everything we could to make this a great experience for everyone and did plan for the things you were talking about. Things just don't always go according to plan. We did our best to alter the plans to make the best of a few tough situations. Hopefully we eliminate your disappointment next year. Thanks again for racing and hope to see you in 2010.

Aaron

Edited by onurleft 2009-08-10 11:03 PM

Aaron - I think it's awesome you took the time to address our concerns.  It is very obvious you guys worked hard to make this first time race the best it could be.  This is my first year in tri's so I am learning as well.  I should have posted here as I did in the race comments board that the communication was great, those of us that live in this part of town really appreciated not having to drive an hour on race morning, the course was great and the clinic was extremely helpful.

Honestly, the beer thing is sarcastic more than anything, just us making light of the situation.  You never know if and how much beer is going to be available afterwards so we brought our own cooler.  Bummer about the pizza.

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the medical emergency, the racers had no idea.  I am glad to hear all is well.  Those of us in the pool area were simply caught off guard by the immediate closing and I know friends were scrambling to get their young children out of the water and dressed in a hurry not having any idea what was going on.

The bottom line is I will definitely do this race again next year.  The website always had new information on it and you guys kept us very well informed before the race.

Great race Keri........ You should be very proud. I'm happy I was there to see you receive your hardware.

AWESOME job Keri!  It was good to see you and finally meet the SO.  Congrats on the hardware!

Oh and we were cheering you on NOT laughing.  We wanted to make sure you didn't stop at the first map as a lot of people thought that was the finish!

Great race Keri!  We were definitely not laughing at ya!  Cheering!!!  Congratulations on the hardware, a great race and fun post race hang-out, picture sessions!  Keep up the good work and the fun is sure to continue!

Way to go Keri!!!  I'm so excited for you and your HARDWARE - you rock!   Great race!