PORTSMOUTH, OHIO – After much discussion and deliberation race officials of the 13th annual American Triple-T have decided it’s time for the event to evolve once again. Once a team only event, the American Triple-T soon added a solo division a few years after the inaugural event. Now after taking a look at the registration demographics, race officials have come to the conclusion it’s time for the event once again evolve and make changes that address the diminishing team entries (12% of the field) and also changes to attract more participants to this awesome event.

2016 AMERICAN TRIPLE-T CHANGES:

• 5 year age groups for all solo/individual participants.
• Team scoring will score total time of both athletes (teams will still start together on race #3 & race #4 but no longer do teammates need to stay with their teammate during the event).
• The draft legal format of the teams has been dropped which allows for all events to be ranked per the normal USA Triathlon rankings (teams may daft on the swim & run but not on the bike on race #3 & race #4).
•  Finisher jackets for those tough enough to complete the original 140+ mile
  American Triple-T.
• American Triple-T will offer two distances “XT” (xtreme tri) and “ST” (sprint tri).

American Triple-T XT is the original 140+ mile distance event that features a Friday Super Sprint Triathlon, followed by an AM & PM Olympic Distance Triathlon on Saturday and finishing on Sunday with a challenging Half Iron Distance Triathlon. The American Triple-T ST will be a 70+ mile distance event that will feature a Friday Super Sprint Triathlon, followed by an AM & PM Sprint Triathlon on Saturday and finishing on Sunday with a challenging Olympic Distance Triathlon. The American Triple-T XT will feature dominant RED tri  tops and the American Triple-T ST will feature dominant BLUE tri tops to provide instant differentiation of each participant racing.

Go to www.AmericanTriple-T.com for more information.

New for 2016 is a sophisticated algorithm that was developed by TriRegistration.com to better determine the true champions from HFP’s FIT Family Series and new for 2016, the HFP Ohio Rankings which will rank athletes participating in all HFP events regardless of distance.  The series points system gives the average time for each event 100 points (110 for Sprint, 120 for Olympic, and 130 for Half).  Your points will be the average time (in seconds) multiplied by 100, then divided by your time (in seconds).  If you are faster than the average time, then you will have more than 100 points.  This allows us to get a consistent points system that isn’t affected by the number of participants in a particular event or by the time of the overall winner, which can vary greatly depending on who shows up.  Your total points is the sum of your 3 highest point totals, so you must complete 3 races to qualify.

Team HFP Racing is an official USA Triathlon sanctioned club and is open to the public. Team HFP will serve as a place where HFP Athletes can encourage and challenge each other on the course, while building friendships off it.

The HFP Team Store will open on January 15^th.

All sales are final once they are placed. Our team Account Manager (Lori Liedy) has the ability to go in and adjust SIZES while the team store is OPEN, but she cannot adjust QUANTITIES. If team members decide they want additional items, they must submit a second order.

The team store will close the afternoon of January 25^th. Once the store is closed, no additional orders can be accepted and from that point all orders will go into Production and the 5 week guaranteed delivery time frame begins. Items purchased within a team store are not put into production until the entire store closes, not calculated 5 weeks according to the order date.

Shipping of your items will be by Fed Ex. Please verify the correct shipping address and Fed Ex cannot ship to a P.O. Box. Your team store is individual shipping; shipping costs are $9.00 plus 2% of your total purchase. Sales tax is calculated accordingly.

When you access the Team Store, you will see the Team Kit items listed first, they can also be broken out by garment line to view. Across the top is a category called Quick Ship Items. These items are available to our team members to purchase at a 10% discount of what you would normally pay on the Pactimo retail site. All Quick Ship Items will be shipped directly from the Pactimo offices in Colorado within 3-5 business days at no additional shipping cost to team members. This is a good opportunity to purchase items such as base layers or jackets at a discount.

If you have any specific ordering questions please contact Lori at lliedy@pactimo.com.

Here is the link to the HFP Team Store:

http://teamstore.pactimo.com/stores/hfp_racing/show

Password – TEAMHFP2016

We are

• A team of enthusiastic, dedicated amateurs triathletes and duathletes with day jobs. We like to race locally, regionally and some of us nationally.
• We are an inclusive team of individuals of different experiences and abilities. We are not semi-pro. If you believe you are, we’re probably not a good fit.
• We race because we love it. We love it because we are competitive and we enjoy testing ourselves. And because we get to race against our friends.

We commit

• We commit to participate in a minimum of 4 HFP Racing races and / or events a year.
• We are the ambassadors of HFP Racing: and of our race team sponsors (ie:Roll).
• When we race, we are the heroes! We are not the jerks.
• We thank our sponsor for supporting our racing habit, by actively supporting, promoting and reinvesting in our sponsors (Roll) businesses, the brands they carry, and their people in return.
• We also commit to support each other. On race days and on the days in between.

We get

• 10% off any regular bike, clothing or gear purchases in all roll: stores.
• Team specific group buys (Pactimo) on consumables at deeper discounts.
• TBD discounts at all HFP Racing events. Discounts start at 15% and move up based on your contribution to the team.
• 10% off service labor at Roll:, as well as priority scheduling before race day.
• Infinit Nutrition discounts (tba)
• BOOM Energy Gel discounts (tba)

We agree

• We understand life gets in the way sometimes, and that make it hard to complete our commitments to the team.
• Everyone gets a onetime pass to come back next year at the discretion of the team leadership.
• Team members who have met their commitment, that don’t want to return to the team the following year will be heartily thanked for their contributions, and still welcomed      under the HFP tent at the races.
• Departing team members who have not met their commitments by the end of the year, will be asked to contribution to an HFP Racing charity, equal to the $’s discounts they received from our sponsors during the season.
• Always follow USA Triathlon & USA Cycling rules and exhibit the highest of all sportsmanlike conduct.
• Purchase a minimum of at least one 2016 tri top & one tri bottom per season.
  Race all 2016 events (HFP or others — minus Team USA events) in official 2016 Team HFP apparel.
• Race a minimum of 3 HFP Racing events.
• Volunteer at a minimum of 1 HFP Racing event per year that you will NOT be racing in during the 2016 season.
• Distribute HFP Racing promotional materials in your local area workout facilities, bike/triathlon shops, nutrition stores, etc…
• Encourage and cheer on finishers after you’re done racing.
• All members are encouraged to warm-up and cool down with non team members.
• Have a huge impact on the sport by being a great steward of multisport.
• Introduce at least 3 people to the sport and get them to an HFP event.
• You must be or become a yearly USAT Member before receiving any Team benefits.