I am a sucker for a good deal. So when I received a club email this past week informing me about a nearby triathlon, I checked my calendar and decided to try it out. Total cost for the race: $32. I even added the optional t-shirt for $12.
Similar to the OMT race from a couple of weeks ago, this one is a reverse order sprint race held in the nearby town of Rocky Ford. It's called the Melon-Man Triathlon in recognition of the town's chief export: Cantaloupe. Situated on the Southeastern Plains it has the potential to be both hot and flat. The race begins with an out and back 5k, some of which appears to be run on a trail. The bike course goes down a small county road and is also an out and back route somewhere between 10 and 11.5 miles. The culminating swim takes place at the community pool (for which the race is a fundraiser) and is just 250 yards or 5 laps.
Since this is the first time I've ever done this race, and I've only driven through Rocky Ford a handful of times, I don't really know what to expect from the course or the event. It looks like it will be a fun little race and I'm hoping to capitalize on my decent performance at OMT. And unless the course is deceptively hilly, I think that I can perhaps improve on my 5k time a bit. Combine that with slightly shorter distances on the bike and run, well . . . who knows.
At any rate, it will be interesting to do a race in a small town. The majority of my races have been in or around Boulder and the last time I did a triathlon in a small town was for HITS Sterling 70.3 (and Sterling is still more than 3 times the size of Rocky Ford).
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