“Olympic and Sprint had congestion on the swim. Bike had too many children on the course that could cause serious injury to athletes. Run and finish line had only water, think a sugary drink is needed like most triathlons offer.”

“Overall the course was fast and enjoyable. More toilet facilities with clear signposting to find them are needed. And in transition, some people had further distance to cover for racking bikes after run and for starting the run depending on where their bike rack position was located. Should have been set up to make the transition distances even as this could have affected up to even 1 minute of timing difference.”

“Brilliant apart from water quality ”

“Water! Stop scrimping on water for athlethes. This is happening too often at races. No ice, no cold sponges, no cold water, running out of water & poorly placed water stations. The swim start/finish was chaotic. It was too small & just one point, not separate. Also one person on the admin/security detail was rude & threatening towards my wife.”

“The transition off the bike was not fair, as some had to run further within transition from bike to run, which affected times and then results. Otherwise it was a lovely event and we will be back again. ”

“Could be much better facilities and quality of water for swim is not good. ”

“As per the event permission T-shirt size took, from us but yesterday event no T-shirt given ”

“Best bike course in UAE”

“All well organized, just need more toilets accessible ”

“Swim start should have been organised better. With waves instead of everyone at once”

“Great organisation. Water at stations was very warm at the end. Potentially add small cups of electrolites at stations. (50-100ml) is sufficient. Otherwise all good. ”

“Lack of toilet facilities and the water for the swim was so dirty. Volunteers were friendly and I enjoyed the event but you need a lot more bathrooms for next year ”

“Race info packs only sent out the day before. Because if this I found out with less than 24h to go that my bike was intelligible and had to hire one.. Race stewards failed to stop a finisher running the wrong way - away from the finish line - which is really poor. Cyclists were drafting behind me with no one to witness it”

“Well organised event. Only concern I had was for the younger children swimming in the same area as the Olympic and sprint swimmers were finishing or lapping. Bit dangerous for the younger athletes. Transition was 150m each way, so some athletes had to complete 3k due to the extra shoot. Lots of pre race information. ”

“The water was disgusting!!! I’ve never swam in such polluted water in my life! Everything else was amazing run and cycle perfect but that water cannot be healthy ”

“Great venue. Byotoiletpaper. Exit the swim on the carpet or get savaged by barnacles! Fantastic (beautiful setting bike and run). Very friendly organizers and volunteers”

“Need cold water and post race food”

“You’re very good group and team ??”

“No cold water on the run?!”

“Water was not really good, was very dirty. A lot of mix up in the swim, not good to mix up Olympic swimmers with other swimmers, too much cross over at entry exit point. Water exit was terrible, people had to be lifted out of water and boardwalk caused cuts on people’s feet, this area needs a proper carpet. Some marshaling points were not well looked after. ”

“Overall nice event but the course needs reconsidering. One entry and exit point to the swim which cross the transition run entry/ exit doesn’t work. Timing Mat chaos for juniors and poor lap signage for juniors also an issue - suggest extra Marshall’s watching the kids at first bike turn. Overall nice vibe to event and course itself was really good.”

“Great race, super compact, good organization, everything works. Really nice”

“The only issue was the getting out of the water, it wasn't easy and seemed dangerous, I doubt I will attend again as it wasn't an easy exit - only other issue was the water was dirty and black, not the nicest of swimming experiences, but not enough to put me off attending again if the water exit could be changed”

“The team and volunteers were fantastic. The bike route could have been better. The water was little dirty but my main issue was with the suppliers - there was a clear water shortage (especially cold) towards the end of the race when we needed it most (it was 31C). Also, no snacks or food was left at the finish line when we needed to replenish our sugars.”

“Water quality was disgusting (although I realise that’s not a problem organisation. Some of the kids were disqualified because the Marshals were ushering them off the bike course not knowing they hadn’t completed their loop. More water was also needed on the run. ”

“Great first experience at a Triathlon but lacking guidance through the parcours to show you the way”

“I would have liked to access the water before the swim, just to rinse my goggles to stop them steaming up. Otherwise, a very well organised & enjoyable event. Thank you.”

“Disappointment all over when a few Juniors have been shown the wrong way while exiting the Changing area and they did end up not cycling and disqualified. Volunteers were lacking in guidance, not fully well briefed as their has been several mistakes maken.”

“Briefing was not helpful Not enough toilet Water quality was horrible, wondering if the water was up to quality standards. No snacks or drinks after finishing line Bike track were really good ? parking and location were great ”

“Not enough toilets!! Come on, there are 350 participants, and only 2 toilets without paper. This is unacceptable. The water was very polluted. The path for the run was very dry and annoying, we could have run in a much nice place.”

“Alot of kids were disqualified because of a Marshall telling them to stop and leave the track when they had only just started, very poor considering we are trying to get more kids into the sport. The water during the Olympic ran out at the far water station and then the volunteers just left leaving people out on the course with no water and no support.”

“The water tasted like faeces. ”

“Lack of toilettes was a major issue. Barnacles on swim exit caused a lot of cuts on my foot. Other than that, great! ”