AHare wrote:
I'm with the other guys that I don't really like driving too far for short races, but I wonder if you could arrange them more like a swim meet, where each athlete signs up for multiple events, plus relays. That would get the logistics-to-fun ratio to a much better spot.
You might sign up for:
8am: 375 - 10k - 2.5k
AND
9:30am: 375 - 2.5k (this wouldn't require keeping the roads open)
AND
11am: Duathlon relay
You could have a variety of things to earn points for (primes, wins, climbs) for each race, and at the end of the day the guy with the most points is the winner.
In our local Ontario context, I'd LOVE to sign up for a super-sprint (Give-it-a-Tri), but since I'm usually trying to accumulate MSC season-long points, I don't want to hurt my performance at that weekend's A race by having the super-sprint in the back of my head.
This why we all need a TriHabitat nearby. You could do a whole series of races in a day.
There used to be an event sort of like this somewhere in Ohio, can't remember where. It had a combination of swim, run, swim/run, s/b/r, etc. There was some time between each event and I think they kept aggregate time.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.