Announcing a brand new gravel & trail multisport event and concept: Triquest Triathlon
Triquest is a new gravel tri format aiming to bring a series of USAT accredited events to the multisport universe.
Our inaugural event will be September 6, 2025 in Ludlow Vermont. We will accommodate both individual & relay team entries.
Please visit our site for more information & registration details, introductory pricing ends 5/18/25
I guess I am going to have to start swimming again. . .
Ouch. 4k of downhill trail to the finish…
That looks awesome. All the best of luck to the race director and the race team
Firstly thanks for taking the initiative to put this on. The sport is nothing without local race directors, so thank you.
To make this post more useful without taking us off to another website (and that is fine after we have more information), can you add the distances and if there are different race options what they are, what the course is like (technical, non technical), elevation gain/drop on bike and run, is run course technical off road with roots and rocks or is it a flat unpaved path/road, is it camping onsite or hotels nearby.
With only a link to go somewhere, many won’t click on the link without a bit more bait.
thanks @devashish_paul , sound advice! so here goes.
this is meant to be a down home event as the original AmZof was in it’s classic years, which I’ve done 3x. A transition area staked out with wood posts & ribbon, good food and a non-commercial feel
-the swim is a one mile lake swim. we will have a good contingent of kayakers & paddleboarders lining the course for safety along with 2 lifeguards, one in our power boat. Course here - Ride with GPS | Bike Route Planner and Cycling Navigation App
-the bike (27 mi/2900’ climbing), is on dirt roads. Most are hardpacked. While the nearby gravel race, The Overland, is known for it’s Class 4 roads, we wanted to make this a very doable event from a technical perspective. There is one significant climb of 2 miles at average of 10%. 70% of the total bike course is unpaved. I think a good cyclist (from bike handling perspective) could do this course on a road bike, but would want a gravel bike for puncture resistance and high speed handling on gravelly downhills. The bike course will have one aid station at Mile 13.
view the course here - Ride with GPS | Bike Route Planner and Cycling Navigation App
-the 8.4 mile run is mostly on a class 4 road, the first / last mile is a very good dirt road (same first mile of bike course). The 2nd & 3rd miles is where you turn on the class 4 road and immediately climb 800’+ over the next two miles. This section is a bit gnarly, and probably resembles a stream bed in wet weather. Once the road flattens out it’s a very runable class 4. But the climb definitely has a few gnarly spots. We are working with a landowner to utilize a spot 3/4 mile from the current turnaround and to shorten the course by 1.4 miles. We will have one aid station at the turnaround.
view the run here - Ride with GPS | Bike Route Planner and Cycling Navigation App
We will be having music and food after the race. Athletes meal, with vegetarian option, is included in the pricing ($135-175 depending on when you sign up), we are also providing a relay option as well. Spectators will be able to buy food as well.
Based on my own performance as a top10% age Grouper (60yo), the time to complete this event will be similar to a fast 70.3 for most people. (think musselman/ Jones Beach)
We are based out of a Vermont State Park, and there are campsites adjacent to transition available directly from VT. (need to add that to our site, thanks!)
Our website has a list of local hotel options and given that we are 5 miles from Okemo, there are a ton of STRs available once you are off the lake, being outside of ski season and prior to leaf season, pricing is quite low.
Love to hear more questions & Comments.
Best
Scott
Thanks Scott, this is very cool. As you are 60+ my first half Ironman was at the Green Mountain Steelman in Brattleboro VT in 1986. Kenny Souza won that event,
I don’t own a gravel bike (yet) as with my lumbar disc challenges, I only ride on smooth roads, but maybe I can work my way up to this in 2026 assuming you have it again. It sounds like an event where we just need to be comfortable on a non paved “road” which was the type of mountain biking I used to enjoy when I did a lot of that
Dev
I am technically a NYer who spends 40% of thier time in VT, so I wasn’t around VT or Tri for that matter in '86.
assuming you have a MTB with any suspension, if you aren’t concerned with your time and more about enjoying a new kind of event, you can use that for our event. You’ll probably need the gears for our 2 mile 10% climb!
but, yes, hard packed roads with loose gravel cover in some places. nothing technical. I am not expecting miracles in the sign up department and expect to lose some money on year one, but our goal is to build something lasting, so we are focusing on putting on a quality event and getting the word out for next year.
thanks again for the positivity!
