Racine is a pretty good organization in my opinion wish they would put on a longer distance race somewhere here in the tri-state I think there is a market for at least an early season one. Lake Raystown is the only one I know of and I am not sure how well it is run. I made a remark about there being no Ironbrand races in PA in another thread....

It's my understanding this past year was the last year for Raystown 70.3.
Was piranha Sports the one that put on the Dewey Beach try or was that someone else? I just participated a few weeks ago in Perryville Maryland diamond in the rough put on by piranha Sports. That was a decent Olympic race

I think Piranha did the Bethany beach? not sure about Dewey. That's a shame to hear about Raystown. I really wanted to do that one. Good course - good area just too far out of the way I guess...... I think May is a Little bit early as well.

Yeah, this year was it for Raystown. Loved that race. I did it every year she had it. Someone should really consider picking it up. Absolutely beautiful venue. It's a shame.

I always said it could be the Wildflower East. You can camp or rent a cabin 50 yards from transition. Early season leads to potential for cooler weather / water, but that race went off every year without modification of any kind. Water will usually be low 60's which I think is ideal.

Dewey Beach Triathlon is one of the independently owned races currently produced and directed by Set Up Events along the East Coast. Don't know who holds the permits.

I'm doing the Bethany beach tri this year on 9/24...pretty sure that's Racine

I didn't realize that was what that email was about. One thing I will say for Piranha is they put on a good event for new people.

Before it folded and when they ran it, Tri for our Veterans was a good event.

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Bethany Beach Triathlon is owned by Focus Multisports, timed by the Racine crew.

Are any of you guys thinking about doing the Outer Banks 70.3 this year

Not on my schedule.

Tell me more about VTS-MTS. How competitive is it?


What about Delmo Sports picking up Lake Raystown?

VTS - MTS is pretty competitive

Lake Raystown was dropped due to a lack of volunteers. Two years ago it featured a 57F swim and 43F air temperature. Even had a snow blast on the higher elevations on the way home.

Just like with any race, it depends on who shows up, they put on a lot of races and I've done some with very competitive fields.

Amen to that - my local tri was always dominated by USAT's 2015 triathlete of the year

Competitive enough I'd say, most of the time. What VTSMTS does very well is serve two very distinct markets in a way that allows both to have the day they are looking for. Racers get to compete hard and those who are there for mostly the personal challenge or the fun...they can do their thing as well.

Last VTS/MTS race their were three all-Americans and one honorable mention in my age group, I finished 5th.

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After reading the first post, I thought ''what us VTS-MTS?''

After scanning the rest of the thread, I still don't know.

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Well played!!! Great race(s).

UPDATE

Just got this email about an hour ago and it's great news for the local triathlon community. Kudos to Greg Hawkins for picking up and continuing these races and hope to see more of this in the future.

Message from Greg Hawkins, new owner of North East and Diamond in the Rough Triathlons:

“We are excited to continue the legacy started by Neil Semmel 17 years ago with the incorporation of the Northeast and Diamond in the Rough Triathlons into the Virginia-Maryland Triathlon Series for 2018. Many of our team will be racing Northeast this year and look forward to bringing them into our series in 2018. The Northeast Triathlon was the first triathlon I ever did back in 1995 and the both the town and the race are very special to me. On behalf of the athletes of the Mid-Atlantic we want to thank Neil and the Piranha-Sports team for all their hard work and early mornings that they put into the regions multisport races and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.”

Registration for all Virginia-Maryland Series races will open November 1, 2018 atwww.vtsmts.com.

Greg does a great job with his races! I'm glad to see him step-up to keep local races local... Now if I can just figure out how to get a free race since that's my picture on their trailer in the background!!!!

I'm based out of Hagerstown, MD (where Racine Multisports is located) and had no idea they even had a pro payout. Unless this is another Racine.