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Race Reports for Midwest Meltdown Triathlon - Short Course 2010

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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?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My third Tri this season, my third AG podium. Top 10 out of 150, not bad for season 2. 1st in AG, I'll take it given only 13 in AG. Last weeks Tri had 39 in AG, got 3rd there. No rematch with the talent that finished 1st and 2nd there (probably a stretch to say I would keep up with them but who knows..). Is this how Phil feels when he wins a tournament that Tiger wasn't in? Race was on time. Course was simple and straight forward, little room for confusion. Quantity of volunteers seemed a little lighter than normal out on the course (water stations etc.). I liked the computer station where you could enter your bib# and get a print out of your time. It only gave swim and run splits but at least total time and overall rank was available right away. No awards ceremony with KLM events but understandably so. I volunteered at the Bike Source Tri earlier this year and maybe 15-20 people stuck around for awards there.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Overall, not a bad race. Nice area and the courses are largely closed to traffic. There is no shade at any point, so this could potentially be a very hot race. I will do it again though!
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  • Comments: This is a fun race, real small last year, pretty good turn out this year. Checked my time from last year when i got home, 1:02:18, same as this year to the second. Good split consistency too: 2009 2010 Swim 13:18 13:25 (wore wetsuit in 2009) T1 :50 :59 (put on bike shoes in T1 in 2010) Bike 26:51 26:52 T2 :42 :41 Run 20:39 20:23 calm windy This has given me some motivation to train smarter for the 2011 season.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

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

  • Comments: SUPER FLAT RACE. To bad the wind was strong. Affected all three areas. Interesting finishing area...down the gravel hill into a metal gate with tight corner onto a gravel road. Unfortunate bike dismount area with ditch jumping. Couldn't see a lick due to sun and bouy placement.... Volunteers were asked the morning of to help with run stations. Somehow he needs to entice more helpers.
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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: Nice venue. The race was smaller, so I was in the 3rd heat. According to website, the sprint distance was supposed to start at 8:30. We ended up starting at 7:40. This was nice.
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