Memphis In May Virtual Triathlons

With the postponement of the Memphis in May Triathlon Weekend until Aug. 22 & 23, 2020, we are offering a very low cost virtual Sprint and Olympic distance triathlons / duathlons so folks can keep in shape and practice racing.

Starting Thursday morning, May 14th at 12:01 am you can sign up for the MIM Virtual Olympic Tri Distance and or the MIM Virtual Sprint Tri Distance for $5, $2 for the sign up fee from Run Sign Up and $3 dollars goes to administration fees.  This event is designed to motivate you to train and give you a place to post your results.  But more important, this will give you a chance to have fun.

When you register you will set up your profile, name, address, etc. From this profile you can go back after you have completed your race segments and enter your times (you can only do this on virtual races) we will create results based on your posted times.  There are no awards. There are many ways to time your bike segment, from riding outdoors downhill with a tailwind to riding any of the virtual bikes on the market.  This is all done with fun and honesty and how you got there.  Pools are starting to open but yours may have not opened or you do not feel comfortable swimming at this time, so you can substitute a 2 mile run for the Sprint and a 3 mile run for the Olympic distance.  You do not have to do all 3 segments in one day or back to back, but doing so is more advantageous to your overall training. Post results. The deadline to post your results is Monday, May 25th at 11:59 pm. 

Transitions are also important, we do not require you to time your practice transitions, but to keep the fun and humor in this event please post videos of your practice transitions.  We know that you may not have bike racks, cones or fences to use as props, but I am sure that a dedicated family member or house mates can assist you coming up with props to use and camera work.  I am sure that the videos will be helpful to everyone even if it shows us what not to do.  Also remember that if the Memphis In May Triathlon was this weekend we would be using wet suits.

I have a list of world records for each of these distances in swimming, road biking and track running, just to keep the honesty somewhat in check.

Share your race fun on Instagram or Face Book  #memphisinmaytriathlon or capture your transition on video and post.

Results will be posted by Tuesday May 26. 

Sprint -Swim 1/3 mile Bike 12 mile Run 3 mile OR Run 2 miles Bike 12 miles Run 3 miles

Olympic -Swim .93 miles Bike 24.9 miles Run 6.2 miles OR Run 3 miles Bike 24.9 miles Run 6.2 miles

Have fun and be safe.