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Race Reports for HITS Triathlon Series: Ocala - Full Iron Course

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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: I really liked the race. I thought HITS did a good job. It was pretty lonely for the Full athletes and I believe they said 17 DNF'd the full. There was a lot going on for the half finishers - music and such. When I came through the shoot it was just me and a photographer. No music and a volunteer here or there wandering around. I didn't really care about that because I was just doing this race for ME. Even for the full athletes there were plenty of volunteers and lots of food/water/heed/coke at the aid stations (both bike and run). I'm bummed that the swim course turned out to be 5K and I wish they had gone out to measure it in the morning since it had been crazy windy the night before. But... I did the full for $250 and that's about 1/3 price of a WTC event, so I feel I got my money's worth. If I had paid full price I might have felt differently.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: GOOD RACE, NICE COURSE, TERRIBLE WEATHER, ALL VENDORS GONE WHEN I FINISHED. AID STATIONS ON RUN MORE THAN 1 MILE APART, AND VOLUNTEERS STANDING AROUND WAITING FOR YOU TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANTED, AND NOT QUICK ENOUGH.
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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? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Well-run race. Not tons of pre- and post-race "flash and sizzle," but for $150 advance registration, it exceeded expectations. Not sure if it's going to be worth the $300 pre-race registration it's jumping up to next year, though....and definitely not worth $600 full-price.
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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: Just right

  • Comments: The HITS Triathlon Series rocks !! They put on a really great race for the first year out. Only expect better things from them to come. By far a outstanding series and look forward to racing with them in the future. If you have not raced with them I would suggest looking into making one
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