If you are looking for a Unique Triathlon 3k Swim(2 loops)> 60K Bike (3 loops, in the country new asphalt) > and an out and back 15k Run. Water Temp. is generally around 74-80 degrees this time of the year>> Come check us out>> Currently you can register at www.active.com > Our web page will be ready mid Jan… I can be e-mailed at mstagge@muncieymca.org>> Thank you everyone and good luck in 2005 Race Director/Triathlete.
Mark
how about some more info? Location?
Thanks
Ed
I think this is it: - in Muncie, IN
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1191275&bgcolor0=EEEEEE&bgcolor1=EEEEEE&affiliate=0
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Thats a long swim, almost 2 miles.
How close is the the date to the Endurathon?
The event is hosted by the Muncie Family YMCA on August 20, 2005 and will be part of the MERCRS club series. We will have the 18th Pepsi Y-tri on the same day as the longer triathlon.
The Y-Tri is a 400/12.4/3.1 sprint tri-format and the long course will be a 2-loop, 3k swim, 3-loop bike at 12.4-miles per loop and out and back 15k run.
This event will be held at Prairie Creek one month after the Endurathon.
Thank God someone has finally showed the guts to put on a different distance race. This sport has become way to standardized. It used to be something different. Now it’s just more of the same, more of the same, more of the same.
Sweeney:
Thanks for the compliment. The announcement of this event is a result of many years of racing and race management. I too am tired of the same standard distances and asked this forum in September what the collective thought of a change.
However, the proof will be in the number of our brothers and sisters registering. As with any business venture, the number of customers willing to pay for the product is the ultimate.
Spread the word. This will be a very well organized, competitive, safe and fun race.
The Location is in Muncie, IN
This is not the ENDURATHON>>NOTE to all the Endurathon is on JULY 16, 2005
This Race is Sponsored by PEPSI and I work for the YMCA>> Thank you Everyone for checking this out
If you are interested in more information stay tunned>> currently our web page is being developed
you can register at www.active.com and find out some information there
Race Director Mark
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I do have to agree with the people that are not strong swimmers in that this is a long swim>> I have been A triathlete and have competed in nearly 80 Triathlons>> and one thing has always held true>> there is never a true balance in all three events>> I am taking a huge risk and hoping that people will like this distance… thanks for the reply
This race is geared towards swimmers and people who want to experience a different type of triathlon>> this is a 2 loop swim >> the swim at 7:00 a.m. should be relatevely calm (back in the mid and late 90’s there was a wonderful race that was ran in Springfield, IL (Ironhorse Triathlon)>> this race had Ironman slots and over 800 Athletes until 1998 (super competitive) since that time >> and then it went down hill and last year they did not hold the race this happened for many reasons. I wanting offer a race similar to this race in that the swim is longer than your typical Triathlon.
3k, 60K, 15K
$89.00 (relatevely inexpensive)and tons of food and fun
Mark
Race Director
I like the odd distances, especially the swim. The bike length is disproportionate or short, so a strong cyclist will be at a disadvantage. Cant do it this year, maybe in 2006.
I do have to agree with the people that are not strong swimmers in that this is a long swim
Amen Brother! As a former BSU swimmer (early 90’s) I like the different format, with the longer swim, we need more of these. I have said for some time that the swim is far to short in all tri’s. If you look at the average race as a the percentage of the time it takes to complete each event it typically works out as 10-15% swim 50-55% bike 35-40% run. It’s about time us swimmers get a chance!
I will seriously consider signing up, but will need to recover from a recent surgery before I spend any money on any races. I just had two screws put in my ankle to repair a year old break. Assuming recovery goes well count me in!
Best of luck to you Mark. I like different distances. I think races should be unique. I used to run the Seven Mile Bridge Run. They didn’t shorten it to 10k, or make it a little longer to 15k. The Bridge is 7 miles. So that’s what the race should be.
People do the SOS because it’s unigue. But they have a hard time attracting a crowd. I think people are afraid to do something different. You are going to have to hang in there and build your crowd. People will come but it will take more time. Good luck to you, I wish you great success
Mark, are you going to take out those hills (bump in the road) on the run course. Seems like when you go out they are not so bad, coming back the are mountains of pain. Being at the reservoir should make this a great race and you have more than enough room for all. Make sure that STIndiana guy eats alot over the holidays and maybe slows him down a bit. He is killing me and I am chasing him all the time, but that is what gets my game up.
" . . . I think people are afraid to do something different. You are going to have to hang in there and build your crowd. People will come but it will take more time."
Actually, the problem is not likely to be DIFFERENT distances - after all, there are many, many events with non-“standard” legs that fill to the brim every year. As examples, take the two southeast Michigan races I founded in the early 80’s: the Ann Arbor Triathlon and the Waterloo Triathlon.
Ann Arbor has 14.3-mile bike, which just happens to be the distance of a big loop around the local chain of lakes. If we tried to make the distance any different, it would engender major logistical complications. The race concludes with a five-mile trail run - and though it really is five-miles (actually about 50 feet short), it is so purely by happenstance. You just follow the trails and you get what you get.
Same with Waterloo. The 16.1 mile bike leg is simply the distance you get when you ride out of the park, loop around the lake, and ride back into the park. And the run we advertise as “five-miles” is actually about 4.8 . . . but it’s what you get when you go the only logical way there is to go.
The real issue with Mark’s race will be the distance of the swim. Triathlons with longish swims (even relatively so) have been tried on several occasions - and NONE have ever succeeded in pulling a significant crowd. Two early experiments were the Oxford Equilateral Triathlon and the North Shore Equalizer. The Oxford Equilateral was an adjunct to the Oxford International Triathlon (which is now the Blackwater Eagleman), but had a five-mile swim, a 20-mile run, and a 50-mile bike (in that order). And the North Shore event (conducted in a northern suburb of Boston) had a 4-mile swim, a 60-mile bike, and a 15-mile run. Both had very short shelf-life - mostly because they just couldn’t attract much of a field.
Note: It might be tempting to think the problem is logistical - that long swims are a nightmare for the race director and that’s why you don’t see many of them. But let me assure you, from the point of view of someone who has organized over 30 of these puppies, that this is just not the case. If my choice was, for example, (a) a 2-mile swim and a 20 mile bike or (b) a 1/2-mile swim and a 50-mile bike, give me door (a) every time. Long swims require no traffic control, no risk of vehicular collisions, no litany of pissed-off motorists, and few (if any) problems with permits. They are easy to mark, make it easy to corral people who might want to go off course, and require no aid stations. The problem is not logistics (read: dollars out); the problem is demand (read: dollars in).
Lew:
You are correct in the assumption the longer swim triathlon format will take time to grow. However, we do take heart in the fact the now much missed Ironhorse was a 1.5-mile swim and attracted a very large field at one time. The swim will be very tightly managed by a experienced team of professionals to insure safety. The 2-loop/1.5k course will give us a chance to count heads and watch the more aquatically challenged.
The bike course will be second to none with 3-12.4-mile loops on excellent roads build for speed. I live inside the loop near the lake and ride this newly paved course as often as possible.
But, we will need strong registration by the Mideast triathlete community to make this distance work financially.
And, I think Bama will be safe in 2005. A new arrival in my family scheduled near the race date of Aug. 20 will keep my wife and I very busy. No real plans to race in 2005 except Warsaw, RAIN and maybe Columbus marathon.