The New River Valley Triathlon has been a dream in the works since 2007.
A charity fund-raising event, the first beneficiary of the New River Valley Triathlon will be the Mental Health Association of the New River Valley, Inc.
The New River Valley Triathlon is a project of New River Valley Community Events, Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on September 18, 2008.
New River Valley Community Events, Incorporated facilitates community-generated, community-enhancing events for residents of, and visitors to, the New River Valley of Virginia. The events are designed to bring opportunities for joy in the moment and inspiration for the future. In particular, the goal of the corporation is to create experiences that inspire participants to dream of new possibilities for themselves and for others. The events may be, but are not limited to, athletic, recreational, educational, artistic, cultural, and health-oriented in nature.
A race and course description will be on the site of the triathlon production company with whom we’ve contracted to operate the event, Set Up Events.
We welcome sponsorship of the New River Valley Triathlon. While entry fees make the event self-supporting, the greater the sponsorships, the more our benefiting charity receives.
An interesting feature of our event is the Valley Cup Corporate Relay Challenge.
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The logo for the New River Valley Triathlon's Web site was designed by Kelsey Sarles of Coldwell Banker Townside, REALTORS®.
Link to a YouTube video showing what a triathlon is:
http://www.newrivervalleytriathlon.com/2008/01/so-what-is-a-tr.html
What Set Up Events, the triathlon production company for the New River Valley Triathlon, does:
- Complete event management, production and direction by one of our three production teams
- Planning and permitting for your event
- Marketing support through our website
- Complete data entry, timing and results
- Use of the ChampionChip timing system and software
- USA Track & Field certification services
- Provision of all equipment necessary for event production, including Finish Line (sound system, fencing, tents, pennant line, inflatable)
- Transition Area (bike racks, fencing, signage)
- Course signage and mile markers
- Swim buoys (GPS-measured courses)
In 2001, Set Up Events registered over 9,000 triathletes. In 2008, it registered almost 34,000. Here's more about the business side of triathlons from Set Up Events (.pdf).
USATriathlon – USAT, the multisport sanctioning authority:
http://www.usatriathlon.org/
YouTube videos from USATriathlon:
http://www.youtube.com/user/usatriathlon
Virginia Triathlon Series, sanctioned by the USAT
http://www.setupevents.com/?fuseaction=events&series=vts
The participant list for the Reston Sprint Triathlon, held on 6/1/08, offering a pool swim similar to that of the New River Valley Triathlon with 535 participants. The race filled in under an hour.
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_participants&eventID=934
Answers to triathletes’ frequently asked questions from Set Up Events:
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faqs
What a volunteer does at a triathlon:
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=volunteer.html
Not only did the 83-year-old woman race the Luray Sprint Triathlon, she did not come in last:
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_results&id=1031
YouTube video of the Virginia Tech Triathlon Club’s 2007 season highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGzvn82y7b4
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