Best State to Triathlon

Precisely!

Although you have races available Feb - Dec. Those are the only 2 months that is tolerable to race. Any other month and you could have 110 degree heat with 30 mph winds, and are only limited to swimming in lakes. At least in Cali. you could swim in a lake, pool, bay, river or the big blue and you won't have the winds or heat.

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed my races there, but there is no way it is better than Cali.

That's only the southern half of the state.  For the hotter months (June - Aug), that's when we head north to Flagstaff, the White Mountains, etc, for the tris up there.  The entire state doesn't experience 100+°F heat in the summer.  Then again, I did a race here in Tucson on July 3rd, and it was perfectly tolerable to me.  Just depends on what you're used to.

Just because you had hot weather (actually, it wasn't that bad) and wind for the IMAZ course doesn't mean the entire state is like that year round.

Come here, spend your money and race, then go back to whatever state you came from.  Please don't move here.  We've got enough transplants. 

Don't worry. I think it's a safe bet that I won't leave San Diego to move to Tucson

I gotta vote for Colorado for a whole host of reasons:

1. Of course, I live here
2. During race season, you can find a tri about every other weekend.
3. Some of the best professional triathletes live / train here
4. The training partners out here are competitive and encouraging at the same time
5. You just might get beat by Lance next year (Rumor is that he and Sheryl bought a house up north)

This poll is no good without electoral voters...just to many damned Californian's to try and out vote.

Well, I can't believe that I was vote number 2 for South Carolina. SC is really a great tri state. The new SCTS (South Carolina Triathlon Series) has 11 races in every area of the state. You have a very diverse geographic selection with races from the mountains of the upstate to the flatlands of the Lowcountry. Ocean swims, lake swims, pool swims, we got 'em. We have races in beautiful state park settings far into the boondocks or races that run through towns and Marine bases. The company that runs the SCTS also runs the NCTS so you can go up and do White Lake or Pinehurst and know exactly what to expect...a well run race. We also have several Beach Bum Tris on Hilton Head which are a hoot and we have the triathlon series in Charleston and a very nice race in Kiawah.

And you won't meet friendlier folks anywhere. Hey they let me live here, enough said.