As is already noted on the sticky thread on the top of the forum, Slowtwitch acquired the calendar on the site known as Findatriathlon.com — a popular triathlon forum since 2005. This fine race calendar incorporated most all the functionality Slowtwitch was looking for, and we made the decision simply to acquire it rather than to build the functionality from scratch.
Findatriathlon’s owner, Lee Schmidt, has been a member of the Slowtwitch Forum community since June of 2006, posting under the user name “lschmidt” and most recently as “Lee from PSN.” Lee is a triathlete and runs Peak Sports Nutrition, an advertising partner on the Slowtwitch site. Lee will continue on the development of both the Calendar and other Slowtwitch applications.
Not all the functionality built by Lee Schmidt is currently employed on the Slowtwitch calendar, in particular what happens when you “Tag this race.” This utility allows readers to “build” a “personal race calendar,” a feature that will be included on a new and more robust User Profile, a part of the Slowtwitch Reader Forum currently underutilized (but not for long).
The new Slowtwitch race calendar shares a login with the Reader Forum, and creating a user account in one utility creates the account for the other. The login is “sticky,” allowing migration across utilities without the need to log in again.****