Triathlon/bike racing

Triathlon Forum
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I would like to see some triathlon events like the Road racing guys have.

Friday night: Sprint tri
Sat: Olympic Tri
Sunday : Sprint Tri

Friday Night: Time Trial
Sat: Sprint Tri
Sunday: Duathlon

Party after Friday night and Saturday events. Keep points from each event. You could not win a event but be overall Champion. These are just examples the races could be anything. I am doing three Sat: Sunday: sprints this year but I have to drive to a different town each time for the Sunday event they are totally seperate events.

2

TTT?

http://www.americantriple-t.com/ohio/raceinfo.html

It’s
Friday evening - Sprint
Saturday morning - Oly
Saturday afternoon - Oly
Sunday morning - HIM

3

Blackfly Triathlon
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4

I know you have something like what I am talking about (except HARDER) but I just want to see MORE. Why is it triathlon does not do this ?

5

I just went to the Black Fly web site. That is the coolest stage race triathlon I have seen!!!
Festival, beer, parties, beer, time trial beer, 2 tri’d beer.

6

Glad you like it. You can’t go wrong with a Keith Jordan run race.

7

How about a swim meet on Friday, perhaps a mixture of events that all have to compete in…then an actual bike race on Saturday, and an actual road race Sunday? Might be an interesting variation on what we usually do.

8

That black fly race looks cool, with one major drawback: The winner is based on combined times, not places, which makes the TT almost meaningless, and the short course race count for very little next to the oly.

9

Can you believe he is holding a race and NOT asking our advice? :wink:

10

I imagine these types of events are rare compared to bicycling because bicycling is relatively easy to recover from. Everyone would have to sandbag the run legs of a triathlon omnium, because it’s harder to recover.