dtoce wrote:
Races that I've killed, includes:
IM Poconos 70.3-Oct 2011 (cancelled the next year)
IM Syracuse 70.3-June 2016 (super hot, and hilly...I'd not go back even if they had it)
IM Austin 70.3-Oct 2016 (even hotter...but flat, and I liked finishing in the inside arena)
IM CT 70.3-June 2019 (I raced Quassy for years...then this...then done)
IM Lake Placid 70.3-Sept 2019 (*best of all of them-too bad...)
All were discontinued after I raced there...sorry...
Poconos was a mess with the river and swim cancellation followed by disorganization the next year. Syracuse and Austin were hot, hot, hot. And the bike course in Syracuse was pretty hard. I'd love to do Placid 70.3 again, as it's the best distance for hills, spectacular scenery and with cooler weather--(although we required a heated tent) but the others, maybe not quite so much. Quassy>IM CT was a great race also with a challenging bike/run and I'm not sure why that one folded either. It's only 'relatively' hot in CT in early June.
LP, Syracuse and CT were all hilly for sure and perhaps people just don't like 'hard' races.
Relatively Popular events discontinued some time after I raced:
- St. Croix 70.3
- Wildflower Half Ironman
- Mooseman 70.3
- Timberman 70.3
- Silverman 70.3
- Lake Tahoe 140.6
- IMC Penticton 140.6 (OK it is technically back on, but that's pretty dubious)
- IMC Whistler 140.6
Roughtly one of the feature they have in common are a decent amount of climbing, coupled with either really hot temps or freezing cold. And after a 5 year hiatus, from tri, I did Dubai70.3 in Feb 2020 and promptly the entire triathlon world got cancelled, so basically if you want to do a race or sport, make sure you go do it before I try it. On a plus note I did St. Croix 5x, Wildflower 4x Mooseman 3x Silverman 2x, IMC Penticon 7x IMC Whistler 2x....so there was time to sample these events that I had a hand in jinxing.
At this rate, you guys better go do Kona and 70.3 worlds, because I have done those 3x and 5x so they are due to get permanently cancelled from the earth pretty soon given the above track record.