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Race Reports for Silverback Triathlon - International Course

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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: This race is owned and operated by Silverback. I think they are trying to develop a niche of creating cheap races that have little to no fanfare. This particular race was a free entry, with registration at either KS 5150 or Tinman. I would expect almost all participants were free entries, so expectations were pretty low. The location was nice, the roads were fine and overall the run course was well manned, so all that went well. Registration was a bit of a boondoggle. Initially, the organizers said that if you used the free coupon code, you were automatically entered into this race. Then, notification came out later that you actually had to register online. It worked out fine for me, but I wonder if others were confused. I did not get a correctly sized shirt as they ran out of Larges. Boo hoo. I don't need a shirt, but still don't understand how this happens. They were looking at registration receipts before handing out shirts, so it appears unlikely that they had a mass
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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: My only complaint is the spacing of the aid stations on the run. They had a single aid station that you go by twice. 4 aid stations for a 10k is adequate. However, you passed the aid station at mile 2 and mile 2.6 of each lap, which isn't ideal.
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