Vineyard Duathlon

VINEYARD DUATHLON

This was our first go at hosting a duathlon and born by necessity. We learned that our usual Timp Triathlon would not be happening due to the pool being renovated. We came up with the idea of making it at Duathlon for 2014. It didn't take long for me to find the venue and course, and I set out to make it happen.

Vineyard City, nestled between Orem and Utah Lake, is a unknown Gem of a town. They were excited and have us host a race in there city, and approved my proposal in late winter city counsel meeting. We were a little late with marketing and pushed it with posters, fliers, social media, and banners throughout Utah County.

Race numbers were soft and trickled in slowly. The final numbers were lower than we had hoped for, but we still put on a good show for the 125+ that showed up. We had great volunteers and people loved the venue and course. The winning time was 1:17 by Bart Preston who crushed the other leaders. He pushed his 40 minute bike averaging 265 watts!

We'll see if we give this race another go in 2015. A huge thanks to Amy Perez and all the volunteers and participants.