Race Coverage

"The Most Entertaining Form of Triathlon"...

Thursday, 28 April 2016 00:10

By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)

RACE REPORT  -Last week I raced my first Major League Triathlon race in Temple, Texas.  If you don’t know about the series you should check in out at www.majorleaguetriathlon.com.  It’s a series of four events featuring age group races, a pro mixed relay super sprint (the most entertaining form of triathlon), clinics with the pros, meet and greets with the pros, a festival and a concert.  It’s a full weekend with activities for everyone and a great opportunity to interact with professionals in the sport....

This year there are eight teams made up of two men and two women each representing a “home town” team named after the cities we will race in.  The goal was to make the teams as equal as possible to make for some entertaining and exciting racing.  I’ve been teamed up with Ben Kanute, Calah Schlabach and Robbie Deckard representing the Temple Torros.

Unfortunately the race directors had a string of bad luck with the first race.  The park where the race was going to be held revoked their permits two weeks before the race.  The race directors worked diligently to find a new location that would work but they were finally left with one option: bring in an above ground pool.  When the pool arrived they surveyed the land and realized the pool wouldn’t work at the race site.  Due to this, they unfortunately had to cancel the amateur race but they were able to throw together a pretty awesome course for the pros in the convention center parking lot.  The race consisted of a 1 mile run (2-loops), a 3.5 mile technical bike (5 loops) and a .5 mile run (1 loop). READ MORE