Hello, now that I'm laid up with a stress fracture I have time to continue my research on the best place to live for a triathlete. My husband and I are mid 40s w/o kids. We work remote jobs (IT and finance). We currently live outside of Burlington Vermont which is a beautiful outdoorsy place to live. However, even with fat bikes we spend a good 6 months downstairs in the basement on the computrainers. The winters are long and severe and only seem to be getting colder and harsher while the west coast is heating up.
My apologies if this topic has been touched upon repeatedly. But doing a search I couldn't find anything too recent. So here is what we are looking for:
1) Easy access to open water swimming and a good masters swim program. We have both here in Vermont and I love our masters group and the open water swimming. I come from a cycling and running background but now LOVE swimming.
2) Decent roads for cycling. Vermont is beautiful but dangerous. 3 cyclists were recently killed in the last 9 weeks where we normally ride from motorists. Also many Vermonters are hostile towards cyclists. I know this is the case anywhere you go but I'd love to ride in a place that is a tad bit safer. Also Vermont winters destroy the roads so the conditions can be pretty rough depending on where you ride.
3) Affordable housing. I'd love to move back to San Diego or live in the Bay area of California but the housing costs are unrealistic for us. So we need to find a place we can afford. Boulder is too expensive as well for us.
4) Some winter/snow is OK but we are looking to get away from our extreme winters.
Places we are considering and planning visits in the next couple of years:
Salem/Eugene, OR
Bend, OR
Sacramento, CA area (hoping to do the CIM once I can get through my first Ironman next year)
Asheville, NC
New Mexico? But is there any open water swimming??
Flagstaff but Lake Mary is the only place for ows and I hear it's dirty and murky? True?
Durango, CO
Phoenix area, But it might be too hot for us.
Spokane??
So where do you live and is it a great place for triathlon training??
Thanks!
Joyce in Vermont
Death is easy....peaceful. Life is harder.
My apologies if this topic has been touched upon repeatedly. But doing a search I couldn't find anything too recent. So here is what we are looking for:
1) Easy access to open water swimming and a good masters swim program. We have both here in Vermont and I love our masters group and the open water swimming. I come from a cycling and running background but now LOVE swimming.
2) Decent roads for cycling. Vermont is beautiful but dangerous. 3 cyclists were recently killed in the last 9 weeks where we normally ride from motorists. Also many Vermonters are hostile towards cyclists. I know this is the case anywhere you go but I'd love to ride in a place that is a tad bit safer. Also Vermont winters destroy the roads so the conditions can be pretty rough depending on where you ride.
3) Affordable housing. I'd love to move back to San Diego or live in the Bay area of California but the housing costs are unrealistic for us. So we need to find a place we can afford. Boulder is too expensive as well for us.
4) Some winter/snow is OK but we are looking to get away from our extreme winters.
Places we are considering and planning visits in the next couple of years:
Salem/Eugene, OR
Bend, OR
Sacramento, CA area (hoping to do the CIM once I can get through my first Ironman next year)
Asheville, NC
New Mexico? But is there any open water swimming??
Flagstaff but Lake Mary is the only place for ows and I hear it's dirty and murky? True?
Durango, CO
Phoenix area, But it might be too hot for us.
Spokane??
So where do you live and is it a great place for triathlon training??
Thanks!
Joyce in Vermont
Death is easy....peaceful. Life is harder.