I also started watching but my attention soon drifted. The only bit I stopped what I was doing to watch each time was the end of the swim, as it was fun to see who caught a wave in.

Crowds and scenery really do make these races, even on TV. I was much more engaged watching London and Toulouse than these laps round a carpark in front of nobody but event staff.

It was super fun to watch, both women and men. I guess the format of the SLT makes it fun, but I'm still not a fan of the short chuts. The venue and public could be 100x better though.

I watched it and liked it despite the awful bike and run course. The athletes made it interesting! As Joel Filliol says, the course may impact race dynamics, but it's also about whether the athletes choose to be aggressive. Zaferes pulling her group like crazy, Bergere wondering if he'd be able to stay with Wilde on the run and really having no illusions but unable to get away, Schoeman's lonely dash to T1 to get the short chute but also stay in front at least for a few minutes... say what you want about the parking lot, but there's a whole lot more going on during that 7-minute bike leg than there was over the hour-long commute from the swim to the run in Paris. Not to mention long course.

Kudos to SLT for solving the Sandy Corner problem of yesteryear by putting strips of some sort of black tape across it. Too bad the wet carpet took over that role and Rappaport crashed badly and broke her jaw... and even after that happened, SLT did nothing, almost contributing to another crash (close call for Schoeman). Don't they test ride the bike course? A cone put on the shaded wet part of the carpet would've removed the danger.

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden

I believe the Malibu venue was not going to happen until 10 days prior due to various permitting and new regulations, so I’m guessing this was the last event for that location.

Maybe they can take it to San Diego but probably more likely to move it to Chicago or NYC of which SLT has bought into those races.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Katie Zafares starting to show some of her old strength. Think she'll be the third US woman for Paris.

It's funny how the ST forum is deep into discussing and emotionalising the choice of the 2nd and 3rd Americans going to Paris, while the whole other world discusses who's probably winning in Paris. If I only read ST, I'd be convinced that Gwen and Katie have an actual chance to top the podium ;-)

They didn't get the green light for the race until Monday night. It'll be interesting to see what happens next year, but I certainly won't be returning to do the AG race.

Am I dumb or are there no full replays anywhere! Why is this not on TriathlonLive? Or even YouTube? The highlights video was fine, but I need trainer fodder.

I feel bad for Summer. Yikes.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

Google tri247 Malibu how to watch. This should provide a link to a Tri247 page (pre-race, no spoilers) with a direct embed of the youtube race link on the page.

I wouldn't say you're dumb but you sure wouldn't be a good detective ^^. The more obvious lead would've been the Super League website and tadam, what you're looking for is on the home page!
https://superleaguetriathlon.com/

The way it works is you register on the SLT site and then they show you this non-public youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/...?si=aO3aFDixgltTwxsJ

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden

Thanks all!

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

I never knew how many Americans used this forum till Olympic selection comes up, ITU would be absolutely huge in this forum if they had a decent male!

I couldn't find one either, so just end up watching the highlights.

There's Jason West, who might show his power in World Cup Rome, where apparently is more e.coli in water than water itself :D then he'd simply need to hope for the same 'outcome' in Paris ;)

watched women's race sick on couch with covid. now i had lots of time to watch the mens race but still turned it off. something about watching athletes bike and run around a parking lot I just lost interest. 3 laps of bike and run so 6 views of the porta potty corner * 3 events.

Malibu race site SOUNDS sexy but wow what a dump that parking lot is!!

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@rhyspencer

I know you were exaggerating, but just to be clear a healthy Pearson is more than “decent”…getting that back taken care of and getting a consistent season would really fire up the fan base.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

Yeah, this is ridiculous. I cared to watch, so I eventually got it working, but even the link from their website didn't work half the time. My first stop was YouTube though as that is where I remembered watching the last race.

It seems they value a smaller number of people being on their email list than a larger number of people watching the race.

As for the race, yeah I kinda lost interest partway through, but still good overall.

The Malibu course is normally awesome. The issue was that with all the rain we've been having, an underpass that was a key portion of the course got flooded, and into that flooded area moved an endangered fish. By the time the organizers found out about the fish, the period for getting a permit for a revised course had passed, so all sides had to scramble to get anything done so that the race could go on.

This was the last year that the event and the city had a permit arrangement, so we're in a bit of limbo, but I hope that something gets worked out. The usual bike course is parallel to the ocean and the views are awesome.

The pro race does not use the underpass in question - they have used the parking lot for all 3 years of pro racing.
The AG race is VERY likely to stay there - it is a major fundraiser for the CHLA, and the city will look very bad if they kick it out. I think that something will be worked out.

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Next races on the schedule: none at the moment

Summer Rapp breakjng her jaw was likely the final straw for the SLT to race in the parking lot after the last few years of multiple crashes. I think behind the scenes the pro athletes may say No mas. The other events at the location are prob likely to continue as it’s not really that biggie I wouldn’t think if SLT wasn’t apart of the weekend. Malibu tri has been a staple long before SLT came and it’ll be there long after if SLT moves off it.

It seems like the only real exciting part of the Malibu slt course is the body surfing beach exit.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Shit happens. She came down hard on a what looked like a cable cover strip, and in a carpeted area too. On her second lap no less.
Not saying that the bike course doesn't suck, but LA has a nice predictable weather in late September. Pretty sure that it will be a race again for the pros in 2024.

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Next races on the schedule: none at the moment

Shit happens there every year. It's a terrible bike venue but if that's all they can get, that's all they can get.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Looks like after Malibu was unsuperleagued in a sneaky way (see: separate thread), Super League moved to the Long Beach Legacy venue.

Also: Super League Triathlon rebranded to SuperTri.

Also: no word on events, except that the new website now includes links to Chicago and Long Beach at the bottom, and that they promise to (i) change the world (ii) do age group events.

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"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden