Luray Triathlon: Viewpoint from the Race Director: Race Weekend
This continues my “RACE REPORT” on the Luray Triathlon from the Race Director’s perspective. Please read the “Pre-race” article before you read this one if you haven’t already: CLICK HERE. This question that I both love and hate the most on race weekend: “Are you the race director?” It usually means something has gone wrong and I need to fix it, which in a nutshell describes my job race weekend (in addition to picking up trash)….although I did have a quite a few athletes come up to me and say what a great race it was. Race Weekend: Race...
Read MoreLuray Triathlon: Viewpoint of the Race Director: Pre-Race
The 4th Annual Luray International and Sprint Triathlons were held at Lake Arrowhead in Luray, VA this past weekend with more than 500 athletes competing each day including 30 athletes who earned a “Luray Double” hand-engraved goblet by successfully finishing both races. Athletes represented 19 different states with 75% coming from Virginia. The youngest competitor was 14 and the oldest was 76. As triathletes, we tend to write and read a lot of athlete race reports, so I want to write something from a different perspective: a Race Director’s Race Report. Brief...
Read MoreMy interview on WHSV Ch. 3 about the Luray Triathlon
Last night I participated in a tourism meeting organized by the Luray – Page County Chamber of Commerce. I was there to promote the Luray Triathlon to the Page County businesses. The Luray Triathlon, now in its fourth year, will bring in 1,200 athletes plus spectators to Luray and Page County on race weekend – August 15 and 16 – which brings in significant tourism money to the community. Below is a news report on the event in which I had the opportunity to be interviewed: Page County Trying to Attract Tourists Luray, Va. Posted: 10:34 PM Mar 4, 2009 Last Updated: 3:25 PM...
Read MoreRace Director: The Smallwood Triathlon – Another Success!
At 1:3o PM on Saturday, September 30th, the parking lot in front of the Marina Services Building in General Smallwood State Park was empty except for my Volvo wagon. The only indication that there might have been a triathlon in the park was a long white trailer with “Set-up, Inc” stamped on the side that slowly pulled out of the parking lot. I stood next to my car surveying the scene. The race was over and the park was cleaner than when we had arrived on Friday morning. It seemed hard to believe that only a few hours earlier there were almost 500 bicycles lined up on aluminum...
Read MoreRace Report: The Magic of Roth
Q: What is Roth? Roth, the name of a town and the surrounding county in the Bavarian region of southern Germany, is the location of the Quelle Challenge – an Iron-distance triathlon that recently attracted 2,700 individual entries and 1,700 athletes in relay teams from more than 40 countries on July 2, 2006. The Quelle Challenge, formerly Ironman Europe, is the largest Iron-distance race in the world. Q: Why race in Roth? Roth is a magical place and a race experience like none of the other nine different Iron-distance races that I have competed in. Please read on… Q: What is the...
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