Tennessee Tri Buzz

This weekend athletes traveled over to Loudon, TN to participate in the Tomahawk Sprint triathlon put on my Endurance Sports Management. Below are the final results for the race. There are now only 7 races left this season. Check out our RACE CALENDAR and go sign up!

Last month we connected with Luke Banner, the president of the new Clarksville Triathlon Club, to learn more about the club, how it was started, and why you should join them if you live in the area. Thanks for the time Luke! TTB: Let’s start right off with telling us how the Clarksville Triathlon Club was started? LB: I moved to Clarksville in September 2016 and quickly realized that there wasn’t a club, yet their was a cycling and running club. I made a few key friends who were active in the sport, and starting dreaming together. Eventually, through word of mouth and some strategic promotion, we were able to gather some folks together for some informal club meetings. After a few months of these meetings, we had enough momentum and vision to become an official club. So, on October 23, 2017, we adopted by-laws, elected a board, and became an official club. I serve as the President of the Club and today we are a registered USAT club offering a myriad of events and gatherings, and ...

A few of the best triathlons on the circuit were held this weekend over in Ashland City, where Above the Fold Events put on the Riverbluff Sprint and Olympic tri's. In our opinion, this is hands down the best promoted race in the state. Did you happen to catch the Top 10 reasons to race the #riverbluff tri? Live post race music @peopleontheporch Make your own t-shirt post race Beautiful venue and course Championship Belts! Riverbluff scarves Bedswing giveaway Free beer Pancake flat bike course Sweet race medals Two free tickets to the @pilgrimagefestival We're not sure how you beat that. Check out the results below.

Last Weekend - Races headed on out to Paris, TN to compete in the Paris Landing Sprint Triathlon put on by Start2Finish Event Management. This is a great mid-season sprint that you should consider adding to your 2019 schedule. This Weekend - It seemed like everyone we follow was headed to Music City for the 40th running of the Music City Triathlon. This is always a great race. For the sprint race we saw Derek Stone and Coach Goeringer duke it out all the way to the finish with our TennTriBuzz #2 ( click here ) winning by 7 seconds! Makena Gates dominated the women's field and most of the men's as well. For the olympic race, EMJ member wins again by almost 2 minutes while two of our top women, Kirsten Sass and Emily Rollins battled for their overall.

We have spent the last 3 weeks combing through 5,276 race results to bring you our mid-season Age Group Rankings update. We do this every year for fun, motivation, bragging rights with your training buddies, and encouragement to get out and race local and race often! Please share with your friends, tri club, and others on the list. Just a few stats from our halfway point: 22 races from April through June 5,276 race finishers (62% men, 38% women) Largest Race: Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga (Chatt Waterfront 2nd) Smallest Race: Hammer Olympic Frequent Racer Award: Norman Cole (8 Races!) Most Frequent Triathlon First Name: John (81 racers) Closest Battle for 1st: Men's 35-39 separated by 0.01% Women's Overall Podium Men's Overall Podium CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL RESULTS

Right before the holiday we had the 23rd race on our 2018 Race Calendar and we saw a lot of familiar names on the start list. The Women's race was dominated by the 16 year-old Evan Elizabeth Welch, who took 3rd OVERALL and won the Women's race by 4 minutes! On the Men's side, Will Gates had a flat in T1 but he was able to run down Derek Tingle to take the win. Great job guys. Below are the complete results:

It was an amazing weekend in The Volunteer State for triathlon as we saw more than 1,350 people complete 1 of the 4 races on the Race Calendar . Thank you for tagging us @TennTriBuzz in all of your photos. It felt like everyone we knew was out racing this weekend and dominated even with that brutal heat. Below are the overall results for the Annie Oakley Buffalo Bill Super Sprint and Sprint triathlons as well as the Chattanooga Waterfront Sprint and Olympic triathlons.