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Race Reports for Pumpkinman Triathlon - Olympic Course 2008

[1]
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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: I had been looking forward to this race for close to a year. This course kicked my tail last year, and I wanted to go back and get through it with less difficulty. While I knew it wouldn't be easy, I at least wanted to hold my own. I have also been waiting all year to have a race where I improve everything across the board. I wanted to finally demonstrate to myself that I have really improved decisively in everything and that all of the work has paid off. I had expected that Nathan's would be that race, but it didn't work out. Pumpkinman was the race I have been waiting for. My overall time improved from 4:41:52 last year to 3:56:46 this year. My times improved for the swim, bike, and run. I finally had a day when everything came together, and I did it on the toughest course that I race. Not only were the physical and mental aspects improvements, but experience made a difference this year as well. I knew what to expect based on last year, and we were prepared for everything
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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:

  • Comments: If anyone tells you to do the Olympic at Pumpkinman, walk away slowly because they really aren't right mentally. The cool was actually seeing Chris "Macca" McCormick in my race. Yeah he was probably showered and on a plane home by the time I finished, but cool none the less.
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[3]
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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: I like the hilly bike course, but the run was pretty boring. The lake swim was nice.
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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: Too hard

  • Comments: Day prior - more volunteers needed. For a newbie to a point-to-point race, it was tough to get organized.
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