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Race Reports for Xterra Battle at Big Creek

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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?

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

  • Comments: Although there were only four guys in our age group, this was my first placement in a race which is really exciting! Since Brian got 3rd overall, Campbell and I both placed in the age group so we all left with medals. It was a great Saturday morning and I definitely look forward to racing more XTERRA races next season.
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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: This race was pretty hard, yet I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to work in more trail running for training as well as another trail race. Great race and I would recommend it for next year, but I'm not sure if they could handle a much bigger crowd than this year. The same organizers have a few more events around GA over the next few years (www.dirtyspokes.com).
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: The volunteers were great. They were out there encouraging us to keep running and stationed throughout the trail. Many thanks! Schwag was pretty decent. I really like the shirt (and REI coupons). There's an offer to order some free sunglasses in there. I may try it out. I will learn from this run and hopefully do better at my next race. Lots of little things that I picked up that will benefit future races. The last point I want to touch on is that this race was 8 miles, not 7. A few runners using Garmins stated that the overall distance was over 8, not to mention that this seemed much longer than 7 miles to me. This trail was also very hard, especially if you're not a trail runner. Lots of hills (some very steep, some not as much) with roots, rocks, and obstacles (bridges, log piles) and very sharp turns.
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