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Race Reports for Orange County Triathlon

[1]
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Race rating (5)
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Overall this was a great local race. Can't beat living 5 minutes from the swim start. The race was organized well and the atmosphere was awesome. I learned a lot from this race and hopefully can improve on the next. 70.3 Ironman Vineman here I come!
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: Overall Course based on my ability: I wouldn't say it was too hard, but more challenging than I expected for my first Olympic distance race.
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: New race directors this year with what looks like some positive changes for the future. New RD means well, and seems to be an OK guy, but needs to eat a slice of humble pie and take a chill pill. At the end of the day, its about the athletes who pay the fees to participate. I like this course alot, it is my home course and can be very challenging and always solid competition.
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[4]
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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? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It's a challenging course and a whole ton of fun. Wish they'd lose the ugly shirts and posters. Always a very tough and competitive field.
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[5]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good race. Dropped a lot of time from last year. Almost had an Olympic PB.
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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? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My home course, the 3 rd year for me here, I will be back as long as it's here and I am still in the game. I love this race!
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[7]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: For the registration amount I expected a little more. The expo seemed lacking along with the post race activities. Also one of the ugliest shirts I've gotten and no finisher bling.
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[8]
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The only issue for me was the problems they had with the timing company. I wasn't going to be on the podium anyway, too bad for those that were, no recognition from the other athletes. It is a bit of a costly race, but Bill, Bob and company do a great job and I love this race. Hopefully faster again next year!
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[9]
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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: Pretty good race for my 2nd Olympic. 2 transition areas is a bit of a turnoff but overall, I liked this race. I would race it again.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

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

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

  • Comments: Great challenging course.
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[11]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: As this was my first race ever, I don't have anything to compare it to. I thought it was fantastic. I little on the pricey side, but worth it for the experience I had. Such a positive, now I need to find the next one!
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
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  • Comments: Entire workout (205 watts): TSS: 67.6 (intensity factor 0.946) Norm Power: 213 VI: 1.04 Elevation Gain: 943 ft Elevation Loss: 715 ft Min Max Avg Power: 0 427 205 watts Heart Rate: 147 169 161 bpm Cadence: 3 122 91 rpm Speed: 0 41.8 20.0 mph
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[13]
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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: Fantastic volunteers on the entire run!!!! I think I did 2-3 minutes faster than I should have because of the encouragement from the volunteers!!!! They all had smiles on their faces and great cheering words even hours into the race! I will probably do this race again!
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[14]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: Need Gatorade on run, not just water. Awards took way to long. Start with the AGs and then do the BOUS and the younger AGs.
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[15]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: They should have had water at the turn around!
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[16]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

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

  • Comments: Good race. I wish they had a water station for the Bike at the turnaround but other than that, very good race. I also like the new run course with the finish at the lake.
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[17]
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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 will do it again, just get ready to run those hills
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[18]
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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?No

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

  • Comments: I think this race if very challenging. The swim is easy but the bike and the run are very hilly and I think it makes it quite hard. I personally think this is a great race but the price tag is just too high. I understand with other good races going on the same weekend that it would be hard to justify doing this one. I almost feel that I have to do it since its right out my door. In all, I'm pretty amazed by my results. I can not believe that I bettered my time from last year on very minimal training. The one thing that sticks out is my swim. I have not been swimming consistently at all and to better my time by almost 4 minutes is crazy. The only difference is that I had on a different wetsuit. Maybe that in conjunction with better navigation propelled me to a better time? Maybe the course was short? I have no idea. 2008 - 2:59:18 2009 - 2:56:45 I just uploaded some pictures although one of them hurts me: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/photos/photo-thumbnail...
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