Our first race directing experience of the year is in the books. Some lessons for all.

It looks like race pricing shouldn’t increase.

The only tri in town went belly up. What did the locals do? Put on their own. Here’s the race promoter’s story, in his own words.

The Hand & Stone Women’s Philadelphia Triathlon is a clinic on what works. Here are images of this wildly successful event. Giddyup!

Putting on a race? What will it cost? Here is a list of things you’ll not want to forget.

Now we’re getting down to the meat of it: Here’s the secret to producing a successful race.

Rule #1: Do not follow rule #1, as regards special event permitting: it’s a top-down process masquerading as a bottom-up process.

Value scenery, cheap-to-produce, and safe over proximity to populated areas.

Two ways you can get your way, as a race director. The political power play. That’s one. I prefer the second way.

If you find that the race calendar doesn’t have quite what you want, here’s my solution: Put on the race you don’t see there.

This is the series of articles for those who see the proverbial unsurfed wave, and deem it their mission to surf it.

Considering all the available best medical evidence, some say if you die in the swim, you’re an unfortunate but acceptably rare, and probably unavoidable, statistic. Can a race director move those odds?