Renegade M3 (Magic Mountain Man) Triathlon

October 14, 2012 · Castaic, CA

Distance: Half Ironman Distance, Olympic Distance, Sprint Distance

Both the half Ironman distance and the Olympic distance triathons will be treated to a beautiful calm swim in Castaic Lake. The Sport Chalet M3 Tri’s have a European Style bike course with epic views of the local mountains. The bike course starts and finishes at Castaic Lake. The run will travel on paths and roads through the Castaic Lake Recreation Area and has awesome views of the lake.

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Review

This year the prerace was a little disappointing. They had the Olympic folks go last so the start wsn’t until 8:30. Had to be out of transition by 7:15. Lots of waiting around. This is a TOUGH bike course- VERY steep hills, NO flat parts. You will eitehr be going up a hill or down a hill- literally. Post race is fairly non existent- no food, just waters. If you are looking for a tough race- this is for you. VERY challenging.

Review

There aren’t too many OLY distance tri’s around so I was excited to check this one out. Plus I always like the “lake” swim as opposed to jumping in the Pacific. The bike course is described as “European”. It’s European for sure it that means climbing! Serious hill climb and street not in the greatest of condition for the downhill. Overall race was good but just wasn’t a fan of the course in general.