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Race Reports for Full Vineman Triathlon 2009

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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I loved this race. Even though my performance was sub par, it was beautiful and challenging. I am signed up again and looking forward to better times across the board.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My first full, stoked with the time and lessons learned. Not blown away by course and organization, but ok overall.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Overall, this was an incredible race. Leading up to the event I was a little concerned that I may have picked the wrong event for my first IM and was thinking that I should have done a Ford sponsored event. However, this race exceeded my expectations! The volunteers, the crowd support, the scenery, everything was great.
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  • Comments: Vineman was a well run event. I rellay like the cost compared to IM/WTC events. The course is tough and there are some rough roads out there on the bike. Up next Wisconsin. I think that will be my lsat IM for awhile. I will stick with HIM and olympic. Overall an almost 28 minute PR and a success.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: volunteers were everywhere: helping with wet suit removal, holding bikes at port-a-johns. every mile was an aid station on the run that was fully stocked with salt tabs, water, gatorade, fruit cookies, shot blocks etc.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I made sure to thank all of the volunteers and the police crews that were out all day and all night. every corner i turned on the bike course i said thank you. all the aid station volunteers i thanked. it was great to have so many people out there, all willing to help and get you whatever you needed.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: There are a lot of really great things about this race. It's not terribly crowded. There are a lot of aid stations. The scenery is amazing. The bike course is challenging without being crazy difficult. It's a Team-In-Training race, so there is a lot of energy for the participants out there. The multiple loops on both the bike and run make it easy for your supporters to find you, and ensure that you have other participants around you all the time. The only real downside would be the roughness of the bike course (I've read about some crashes ending peoples' days out there). There's also not much talk on the website about the hilliness of the run course. They provided an elevation profile of the run, but don't really say much about how hard it is. Make sure you preview it before the race so you know what to expect. The sooner the better so you can train on similar terrain.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: What a bargain! Great course support. Scenic course with just a few challenging hills on the bike and a much-tougher-than-reputed run. Good post-race food and finisher swag. Point-to-point logistics are a slight challenge, but they certainly give you enough advice to navigate that end of things. Excellent first IM option, especially with their 3-for-the-price-of-2 discount.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I did a real good job exorcising the monkey from my back where he had rested since this race last year. I felt the redemption throughout the race. I raced much more intelligently than I have in the past and it paid off. I was in better shape going into the race last year but racing smart and according to plan worked much better. This is a great race. I really like the course and it is a really well run race.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Truely a well run race. Every turn, every aid station, every detail was right on the money. I would happily do it again, but I want to see other race courses. A simply amazing day. I am sure the reality of the day will not sink in for a while yet, just all smiles.
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