Powerman North America made poor decisions on the venue AND date selection of their races. Many sites weren't all that easy to get to or desirable destinations. And, many of the dates conflicted directly with USAT's duathlon national championship races or USAT's Duathlon Race Series' races (either the same weekend or adjacent weekend). I did the inaugural Powerman Florida race in December 2014 and was hopeful for what the RD was projecting for Powerman N.A.'s future. In 2015, I was about to register and purchase a plane ticket for Powerman Washington (Stanwood, Washington) when I got the word to hold off because the rumor was that it was going to be cancelled. 3 weeks before the April date, it was. Then, Powerman Wisconsin (Kenosha, WI) came onto my radar but it was scheduled the day after USAT's DU Nats in St. Paul in June. Why Powerman N.A. would select a venue so close to DU Nats on the same weekend boggled my mind. It eventually got cancelled (I can't recall how far of an advanced warning was given). From then on, I had zero confidence in Powerman N.A.'s line-up of races and like someone mentioned posted above, Powerman N.A. was/is NOT the exclusive way to qualify for Powerman Zofingen even though that's what they led you to believe.
Now, I just wish that USAT's "long-course" duathlon national championship race had distances a bit longer than 5M-31.5M-5M. It'd be nice if they'd stretch it to 10K-80K-10K
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