World’s Best Races
- By Courtney Baird
- Published Jun 7, 2012
- Updated Jun 11, 2012 at 10:23 AM UTC
Play Your Strengths
Looking for your next iron-distance race? Take these rankings into account to find the best one for you.
Using 2011 bike and run split data from the major iron-distance events—including all Ironmans, Challenge Roth, Vineman and Rev3 Cedar Point—Raymond Britt of Runtri.com compared the races side-by-side in the graph below. If you’re a talented cyclist but lack run speed, one of the races in the blue quadrant may be for you. If you’re looking for a Kona qualification and can handle hills or unpredictable weather, opt for a red quadrant race. Green-colored races are fl at for PRs but competition can be stiff , and blue races have fast bike times but slow marathons. Keep in mind that results could be affected by course difficulty, quality of the field and weather conditions.
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