2012 and 2013 were my biggest years in participating in multi-sport. I've only done one race in the last two years and was looking to start making up a calendar for 2016.
In 2013 I did:
Rainier Duathlon
Issaquah Duathlon
Five Mile Lake Tri
(sprint
)
Ocean Shores Tri
(sprint
)
Lake Meridian Tri
(s.sprint
)
In 2012 I did:
Issaquah Duathlon
Ocean Shores Duathlon
(Olympic
)
Black Diamond Duathlon
(Olympic
)
Kirkland Duathlon
Of those, Issaquah and Five Mile lake are gone now
(did Issaquah last year and recently got the email they were done
). Black Diamond has scaled back their options drastically
(and down to one day now
), and the only thing that may be left at Ocean Shores is the Toughman Tri
(HIM distance
). It's tough to say with the TriFreaks races, as their site doesn't show anything new for 2016, so I'm assuming they may be closing shop, which would also include the Kirkland Tri/Du at the end of the season.
Additionally, some that I was considering appear to have left too:
Escape from the Rock appears to be gone.
Steilacoom offroad duathlon struggled for pre-registrants last year and I think they only did one race and don't have anything in 2016.
Lake Meridian Tri expanded to two races, which is nice. I also like the course change for the bike as I'm stronger there than anything else.
I'm assuming that, financially, these races must not be making it for the organizers. TriFreaks ran a few of these, so if they're done it affects these shorter courses
(and multiple options
) the most.
Any thoughts on what's happening to the different multi-sports options in this area?