Paris Mountain International Triathlon : Official Thread

Sorry to hear about your friend. I'm glad to hear he has recovered. The first sharp turn off the summit is well marked and you get plenty of warning but the longer 2nd turn is where most people have problems. There is a stone wall that seems to suck in pedals. You can easily hit 40-45 mph on the descent so be careful.

There is a nice loop from downtown Greenville out to Paris Mountain and back on Old Buncombe Rd. It is fairly well marked on the pavement. I usually leave from Caine Halter Y and it ends up being about 30 miles. There may be a group that leaves from Carolina Triathlon on the weekend but I'm not sure if they are still doing it.

Yep, same here. I originally was looking at the Sprint, but now this sounds like a challenge!

yea, the sprint course didn't look very exciting.  let me know if you want to meet up and do the ride together

it's cool, i don't want to ride it hard or anything; just scout the course to know where the big elevation changes and turns i need to watch for are

every training session i have i think about this race.  its going to be hard. i'm afraid of it. it is going to hurt, it is going to hurt worse than any race i have done before.  it will be worse than the +1400ft elevation climb 5k i did. 

the ride is going to hurt near the end.. but it is the run i think will be the worst part of this event.  i would prefer to climb the mountain on the trails and come down the road...but its the other way around instead.

• Come join TYB this Saturday at 8am at Paris Mountain State Park to pre-ride and run the Paris Mountain Sprint Triathlon Course. All are welcome!
  
  First lap of the bike course will be nice and relaxed and the second lap will be at your own effort. Then, after the ride we will throw on our running shoes and do a controlled preview of the run course. Join us if you can!

   

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if this is a training race for you, then you are a BAMF.  although i think i am over-hyping this race to myself.  

if you are doing it for training you should use whatever bike you plan on racing in.  what about the rear cassettes, any differences there? one rear wheel setup may be better than the other.

You need to make sure your rear derailer can handle the 28.

I think part of the reason it is not so popular is it is close to other races in the Greenville area, the distance for the International is a little odd, it is hot this time of year and a lot of are preparing for other races. I'm sure there are other reasons but a lot of people will sign up at the last minute also depending on the weather

I ride with an 11-24 and have no problem with the climb. My wife uses an 11-28 with no problems.   Looking forward to the race this weekend.

G-ville tri usually has well over 300 people but it looks like only 275 signed up so far. Maybe the reason for the push?