Tempe International Triathlon - Olympic Distance : Official Thread

I did that last year and yes, it was relatively flat with just a "hill" up and over the 101 and a couple other small ones.  It's a fun race.

The run has that little nasty hill right before the finish line by the theater, but you're so glad to be almost done, you just power up it, turn 2 corners, and motor towards the finish line. 

I will be racing the sprint, on a team alongside and supporting a challenged youth athlete with My Team Triumph (MTT).  First time doing the Tempe Int'l course and racing with a MTT "angel" - totally looking forward to it!!!

Make sure you cheer on our MTT angels as you see them on the course!!

I'll keep my eyes open for them 

I'm going to check Gray's Sports Almanac for the race results

Great Scott!

If only I could bike 88 miles per hour...

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I probably will end up suffering with the rest of you.  I'll maybe trick myself into thinking its a good idea.  haha.

Tempe International was my first triathlon ever last year, and I did the sprint distance and loved it.  I was going to do the olympic this year, but after minimal training the last few weeks due to being sick, and a horrible outing at the Rocky Point Tri last Saturday (I still finished lol) I think I'm going to just do the sprint. 

My parents are coming out from Chicago for a week, and they're going to cheer me on, so I was hoping to do a longer distance, but I just don't see it happening. 

On a side note, I don't know anyone else doing this race so if anybody wants to get together to train beforehand let me know, I need as much as possible! 

ill be there.  lmk if you want to meet up and grab a beer the day before the race