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Race Reports for TOUGHMAN Minnesota Half 2009

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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?No

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

  • Comments: I listened to a number of people complaining about the organization of the event, but I think it was fine. T area was a bit cramped but oh well, suck it up and move on. I guess it would have sucked had I been short and trying to lift my bike over the others to get it out... Maybe the RD will hear some of the complaints and try to give a bit more room for it next year. This was the last race of my first triathlon season. Training started in middle of March (ending my 3 and 1/2 year period of zero physical activity while finishing my degree) and ended with Chisago Half. I tapered for my "A" race last weekend wich was Spirit of Racine Half and had a light recovery week to prep for this race. I wanted to test my fitness and take advantage of my peak period and doing 2 Half's 7 days apart seemed to do that. After everything is said and done I was extatic to go sub 5 on both of them and learned a huge amount about how pacing on the bike affects the running legs (especially @ mile 9&>), etc... Now
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

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

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: I can't be happier. I beat my PB from HIM New Orleans by 51 mins. It is way beyond my wildest dreams. 2nd HIM in my life, after 9 months of training and i am sub-5. I still can't believe it. I feel so mentally ready for what i have been training for hte last year - IMWI.
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  • Organised?No
  • 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: The good: I love the post race food! Pancakes, ice cream, fruit, pb&j sandwhiches, chocolate milk, they had it all! I thought volunteers at the aid stations did a nice job. The not so good: Transition area is way too crowded. Why can they not get more biffys!! why?? You should not have to wait 20 minutes to use the bathroom. The timing chip pickup was lacking organization, they didn't have enough swim caps and I would have loved to have pretzels, coke, bananan's, etc. at the aid stations on the run.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

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

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

  • Comments: Disappointed with many things about the race. My wife and brother's girlfriend did the sprint and didn't get medals. Kind of petty it seems. That's not a good place to try and save money if you want people coming back. Post race food left a lot to be desired. There were also some questionable issues with organization of waves, lack of swim caps, etc. It was fun but I probably won't be back.
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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: Sub 5 hour by 3 minutes was way beyond my expectations. Very very pleased. This is my HIM PR beating Square Lake last year by 12 minutes. 2nd in AG is icing on the cake. The cramping in the water has me concerned about Burrito Union. Hopefully it won't be bad there as each leg will be shorter and hopefully my fitness will be improved. Nutrition: Power Bar at about mile 10 and 42 of the bike with a gel arounf 25. Drank both my bottles of GE, none of my water. On the run I had a 2 Endurolytes about mile 2.5 and a gel mile 4. Something to drink at all water stops switching between water and Gatorade. I thought this was a good race. A few more water stations on the run would have been good. I loved the bike course. post race food was good altho I didn't have a whole lot. I liked the assigned rack spots. I had a good rack and an end spot. It was also good starting in wave 2. They assigned numbers based on registration date so the early people got the breaks.
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