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I got a $50 off ticket through the RnR Marathon so the price was not so bad.
Though I choked when I say the price as well. 

I wanted to do an Olympic and it is the only one within my schedule that worked in July.

I have to say this was a well-run event - good day overall aside from the weather.

The wooden-box style individual bike racks were really nice.  Wish more races would use those.

I agree the wooden boxes were nice. I had plenty of room in my box to store my stuff. I didn't mind the weather too much seeing as it only drizzled a little bit. I had a blast, this being my first olympic distance. If I learned anything form this it is that I have to put in a lot more training before my next event.  

May be the $160-200 entry fee had something to do with that.

Then again, it was competing with Warrior Dash, which I heard had somewhere close to 26,000 entries over the two days.

I thought the race was well run, and the wooden boxes were excellent. No jockeying for space on the metal racks they normally use.

The band on a boat was a bit over the top considering I didn't hear anything while I was swimming. I suppose for the spectators it was cool though.

The weather wasn't a factor.

That makes more sense for where you live (Chelan for me = easily 70 bucks on gas alone).