I have been watching the "Blahblahman" courses, like Norseman, Alaskaman, etc. I have interest in those, they sound exotic.
I live in Mexico and we only have one "official" Ironman, three 70.3's. There is also another couple not Ironman races Mayanman (70.3 distance) in Cancun or Playa del Carmen and Escape de la Isla de Sacrificios in Veracruz (another 70.3 distance). We have an ultraman 515 in Zacatecas, 3 day double Iron distance.
I know you asked for non 70.3 races, but that is what we got. Also Challenge Baja (moved dates per lack of interest I think) and Challenge San Gil - This one started as a 1.8k/55km/12Km race. That different distance is now the "Classic San Gil" race or something like that, and they also do the Challenge on a different date. I loved racing the "Classic" (I say Classic since I don't remember the name they use exactly now) because at those distances it already felt different than the other triathlons.
I would consider a more swimming specific tri, and I would do 1km swim/20k no draft bike/4k run times 3. Why? more laps to the transition area, so people can watch and give more importance to the gear and transition logistics, more swim relative to the other distances in Tri right now, also, It would take for some people around the time they do a half iron distance so it is not a quick race. I guess there would be a lot of tactics involved in something like this.
I live in Mexico and we only have one "official" Ironman, three 70.3's. There is also another couple not Ironman races Mayanman (70.3 distance) in Cancun or Playa del Carmen and Escape de la Isla de Sacrificios in Veracruz (another 70.3 distance). We have an ultraman 515 in Zacatecas, 3 day double Iron distance.
I know you asked for non 70.3 races, but that is what we got. Also Challenge Baja (moved dates per lack of interest I think) and Challenge San Gil - This one started as a 1.8k/55km/12Km race. That different distance is now the "Classic San Gil" race or something like that, and they also do the Challenge on a different date. I loved racing the "Classic" (I say Classic since I don't remember the name they use exactly now) because at those distances it already felt different than the other triathlons.
I would consider a more swimming specific tri, and I would do 1km swim/20k no draft bike/4k run times 3. Why? more laps to the transition area, so people can watch and give more importance to the gear and transition logistics, more swim relative to the other distances in Tri right now, also, It would take for some people around the time they do a half iron distance so it is not a quick race. I guess there would be a lot of tactics involved in something like this.