Mack Cycle Tri Key West Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquabike

Key West, Florida

Bad experience
12/03/2018

First of all, I love to be participating triathlons and that was my 4th time to doing a race and I have to tell my experience about the company who organized, because that was my first bad experience, the race was very under organized, by the start when we were entering in the water which was very rough with huge waves, few weak swimmer had to made safety decision to run 3 miles instead of swimming and that was understandable, but I barely saw helpers on the water, the swimming course at the end had to swim under some kind of dock between two concrete mainstay which was few yard wide and the huge waves pushed you to the wall and under the water were huge rocks, you couldn't swim over on them it was struggling and dangerous and before you finished the course you had to try to get out of the water and I don't know how they pick the location cause was a lots of enormous rocks, holes. My competitors and I just crawl out of the water, The bike course was acceptable few helpers actually I saw only one by motorcycle, the run no complains but my suggestion to the organization, if been placed only two water station in the whole running course I think not necessary to so close to each other because doesn't make any sense but this is might just my opinion about it. It was embarrassing when I cross the finish line and when they hanged the medal on my neck, and guys let me tell you I'm doing this amazing sport for myself because I love it and really doesn't matter to me fancy prize but the medal was the cheap quality, and the fact that medal is a beer opener I just can't see how how's matching with any kind of sport event, that wasn't truly well-thought-out ideal. The food station after the race was small and very poor, they had slice of oranges half of bananas and the main course was peanut butter on stick, I think after you paid almost $200 for the race and I mean really ??????? and after all I wanted to download my pictures of the race and I was amazed by I have to pay for every pictures which is ridiculously greedy
And embarrassing
So I guess that was my last race under this organization
Thank you guys