Tennessee Tri Buzz

It's here! We have been carefully combing through the 10,248 race results from this year's 44 triathlons across the state of Tennessee to bring you our final 2018 Age Group Rankings . Our goal has always been to get you to race local and to race often. We have a ton of great races put on by best-in-class race organizations and you should definitely be taking advantage of that. See below on our ranking methodology. Ranking Methodology: The only races that are eligible for Age Group Ranking points are those on the 2018 Race Calendar . Athletes must COMPLETE at least 3 races during the year. We take the AVERAGE of everyone's top 3 races for the year. This provides you with some incentive to get out and race often. For example, if you have an off day or flat tire, that result will shake out of your top 3 average if you race 4+ times. The ranking is an average of your Overall Finish %...so as a simple example if you placed 60th out of 100 in one race, 500th out of 1...

This weekend athletes decended upon Chattanooga for our state's busiest weekend as far as overall athlete count goes. Officials announced on Thursday that the swim portion of the race would be cancelled due to flooding, debri, e coli, mutant catfish, and everything else that is wrong with the Tennessee river. Athletes were understandably upset but the show must go on. There was a time trial bike start with athletes heading out on the course in pairs every 5 seconds. They then faced a hot and hilly marathon. Congratulations to all of you who finished the 142.?? mile race! Below are the results:

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