On Monday, I got an email from the Tri One O One organizers saying that their venue in The Woodlands had fallen through and that they were trying to locate another venue in the Houston area. Today, their website has disappeared and now simply reads:
All Triathlon One O One events have been cancelled until further notice.
All participant entry fees and 2008 transfers will be refunded within the next two weeks.
That pretty much sucks. And it’s a good lesson to all races to make sure you have all your ducks in a row (like having the venue secured) before you start taking registrations. They had four races scheduled across the country this year, and had to cancel two of them.
I was going to do the 50.5 distance, which is a bit shorter than the half iron distance. Now I’m wondering if I should just go for the half iron at Longhorn in Austin or Ironstar in Conroe. Those are both earlier in the fall, so I probably don’t have time to prepare. Looks like I’ll just finish the tri season with a few more sprint races.
Jill says
That totally sucks!! I was getting ready to sign-up for that one, too – just hadn’t decided on the 25.5 or 50.5.