HuffNPuff wrote:
Happy to say I did the race before it went away. I've also done Puerto Rico 70.3 twice and believe that it is one of the principal reasons that St Croix 70.3 died. To go to St Croix you were going to fly to Puerto Rico first anyway, then had to make sure you were on a jet going on so your bike would make it. St Croix had a kick-ass bike course, but San Juan's run is harder, and both races are freakin' hot. With Puerto Rico logistically simpler and cheaper to get to, there wasn't much reason to go on to St Croix after it lost its Kona slots. The history of the race simply wasn't enough of an allure for the average triathlete.
We just did PR 70.3 this past March and loved it! What a great race! Loved the hilly hot run course. With or w/o Kona slots I'd make the trip to St Croix. Oh well....
Death is easy....peaceful. Life is harder.