2008 Tri The Park Schedule

I might sign up for Tanner since it's drivable from Alpharetta. 

I did Russell this year.  Nice low key race but too far away (out in the middle of nowhere).

Well that sucks.  Here is the update from the website....

A few changes for 2008.   Races will no longer take place at Fort Yargo State Park and High Falls State Park.  We have added an all female event (Indian Springs) and have made a couple of other changes to existing events. The series will consist of five races which will be triathlons as well as duathlons at Mistletoe and RB Russell and both events taking place at Indian Springs, as well as an aquathlon at RB Russell. Finally, we have decided to change the run distance at RB Russell to 4 miles for the triathlon and 2 miles and 4 miles for the two legs of the duathlon.
Eligibility for series rankings will now require triathletes to complete 3 races and duathletes  to complete 2 races.  We look forward to seeing everyone in the new race season

Very disappointing. High Falls was one of the best races in the series. I can see Yargo going away. It's non traditional format was probably more hassle than it was worth. Sad, cause when it was a normal format, it was my first Triathlon ever.

With this move, one has to wonder if this series is winding down. Hopefully, that's not the case, and they are using 08 as a re-tooling year.

On a positive note, it seems that GA Multisports is getting bigger and better every year.

Just glanced at the schedule and share the sentiments already noted...Tanner and Indian Springs might be it for me...and it might be that due to what's bolded in red above (eg. competition), that Blue Sky IS indeed winding down or (hopefully) retooling...

This does suck since their last race is July 25th and limits choices (locally) in the later months of the season. I can totally understand why they decided not to do the Ft. Yargo race again, I didn't hear any athletes say they like the crazy format. It's a bummer though because it's really close to me and a no-brainer as far as volunteering.

Maybe GA Multisports is too much competition, they do an awesome job of putting on races. (even if they are expensive, I paid as much for as sprint as I did for an oly!) 

Forgot to add: I emailed the RD of Set Up Events in East Tennessee to ask about their '08 schedule. They put on the Atomic Man race. I'll post it when I get a response. They do a good job too but alot of their races are pool swims.

Just thought I would add that with this development, every one of us will have to rethink when we sign up for races. Tri Peachtree City has moved back to August 23rd.. right when High Falls used to be. Tri PTC was already an early sell out race and very popular. This will double the pressure on that race and probably lead to an very early sell out. Same goes for Emerald Point.  (there is no two bridges tri in 08)

I guess my point is that there are new dynamics in play here and with demand rising, getting into a race will require intelligent planning and definitely advanced registration for some of these.

Alright, my brain isn't working properly today. What I meant to say was I emailed Race Day Events, Inc., not Set Up Events. Duh! Their SC series schedule is already posted. Yeah, I'm an idiot.

You're right Ron about being smart about registering early, too. We are fortunate that races don't sell out in matter of hours, days or weeks after registraion opens but as the number of races get smaller......it might be something we have to take in to consideration.

I will second Setup & Team Magic.  Nearly every race I have done was by one of them and they do a great job.  I have actually only done 1.3 races in Georgia...High Falls and the swim on Emerald Pointe  

Thanks for the reply. It helps to know a little bit of the inside story. Beats speculation any day. TTP is a great series. Thanks for staying with it. Us triathletes would be at a loss if it were to go away. I'm glad that's not the case. High Falls was a bit of a suprise though. Thanks for Keeping Indian Springs. Seems like you could put on two per year there (sprint and Oly) and fill them both up. Anyway.. thanks again.

x2...really appreciate what you, Kristen (hope I spelled correctly), your families, and volunteers at each race do on behalf of the multisport community...TTP *is* a great series and it's great to know it's as viable as ever.