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.

The HFP Racing annual Super Sale!

The HFP Racing Super Sale is our way of saying thanks to our thousands of loyal customers that continue to support us for the last 26 years!! YES – HFP Racing is entering its 27th season of racing in 2016. We look forward to seeing you at an event in 2016. Have a very blessed 2016.

Now is the BEST time to start planning for your 2016 season and HFP has just the motivation to not only get your entire 2016 season planned out BUT also to save you significant dollars in the process. On January 1st at 12:01am registration opens for the entire 2016 season AND anyone registering for select HFP events (see list below)through January 15th at Midnight will get a discount of 25% during. This is the LOWEST PRICES on that any HFP Racing event for the entire year. Don’t miss this opportunity to save some serious coin on your favorite HFP Racing event. Use the code “HFPSUPERSALE2016” when registering online during this time to get your discount. Code is case sensitive and will not work unless you type it in just as it is written above in ALL CAPS. Discounts are NOT retroactive for events already registered for and can not be combined with other discounts.

HFP Racing Super Sale Direct Registration Links:
Helen Georgia Training Camp — April 4 to April 10, 2016
O’Bleness Health System Race for a Reason — April 23, 2016
FIT Family Series — 2016 SERIES ENTRY
American Triple-T Shawnee — May 20-22, 2016
Little Smokies Triathlon — May 22, 2016
FIT Family Series — Deer Creek State Park – June 4-5, 2016
FIT Family Series — Maumee Bay State Park – June 18-19, 2016
Mohican Endurance Festival — Pleasant Hill Lake Park – June 26, 2016
FIT Family Series — Caesar Creek State Park – July 9-10, 2016
Mason Tri-umphant Triathlon/Duathlon, Kids Triathlon & 5k — July 17, 2016
Great Buckeye Challenge — Buck Creek State Park – July 24, 2016
SOMC Tri for your LIFE — July 31, 2016
FIT Family Series — Alum Creek State Park – August 6-7, 2016
FIT Family Series — Linwood Park – August 20-21, 2016
FIT Family Series — Portage Lakes State Park – September 17-18, 2016
Deer Creek Fall Challenge – September 25, 2016
Appalachian Triathlon/Duathlon & Hocking Mud Run – October 8, 2016

Looking forward to seeing you at a 2016 race!

Sincerely,

Shannon Kurek, Race Director
HFP Racing
aka HFP Man

December can be a VERY busy month for most folks with Christmas shopping in full swing, family gatherings and office parties to attend, along with the many other weekly obligations that are already on your plate. So when can you possibly find time to train or focus on that racing goal you penciled in on your calendar for 2016?

Well…I’m hear to tell you that December is not the make or break month on your annual training schedule and it will do you some good to sleep in, gain a few pounds and miss a few workouts. Let December be a month to give 100% of yourself to your family, friends and co-workers. Try not being that annoying person at your family gatherings that can’t eat a piece of pie “because I’m training for…” Enjoy yourself a little and let this time off the “multisport wagon” serve to revitalize your mind and your spirit.  If you’re reading this you’re likely a person that has been blessed immensely with a healthy strong body that allows you to compete in this wonderful sport. So…how about giving yourself a break in December?

Here’s to that second piece of pumpkin pie!

Bring it…starting January 2 😉

Shannon Kurek, Race Director
HFP Racing

In case you missed this in our October Newsletter, here it is again:

We always take time after the season to review comments/suggestions from our customers and see what we can implement for the following year.

Here some exciting and certainly some welcome upgrades and changes for the upcoming 2016 race season:

#1 – The tech t-shirt era has come and we believe based on your feedback…is now gone. Our participants are looking for the new trendy 50/50 soft blend t-shirts in gender specific sizing and cut. Look for the new t-shirts to roll out at our first event in 2016 and even more important (to many of you) is upgraded designs. We’ve hired a seasoned designer that promises trendy and current designs for all our t-shirts for 2016.

#2 – As much as folks loved our live on-site results on our monitors, personal results email and searchable online results…we can do better. Our software has been developed to allow us to do receipt printing immediately following your finish so look for this results feature to be added in 2016. Additionally, we’ll be adding 8 – 32 inch monitors to our results trailer and lowering the screens a full 2 feet. This will address issues we encountered with our shorter and visually challenged customers. Lastly, we’ll be adding a podium and podium backdrop to the finish area for all finishers to have photos taken with their loved ones and family members

#3 – Folks loved our new time trail starts and felt it made for a much safer, participant friendly triathlon start.  However, we did find some of the divisions got a bit bottle necked and it required them to swim over slower swimmers from the previous waves. We’ll be looking at our swim times from 2015 by division and completely reevaluating which divisions are sent off and the spacing in between. For example; some divisions can nearly go back to back with no big time break (ie. Male 24 & under and Male 25-29) but then when we send off our ladies 40+ wave we need to give more time for separation before we send off the men 50+ as many of the men in this wave are swimming at a very high level.

#4 – Our software developer is building a new algorithm for the FIT Family Series points race that more fairly represents the “true” winners of each age group. Additionally, we will be adding a new HFP Racing season long points series that will reward those for competing in all or most of our races on the schedule. Most importantly participants will know immediately after the results are posted online where they stand in either points standings. This is all part of the new points algorithm our software developer is finishing up over the winter.

#5 – Team HFP Racing has partnered with Roll as our official bike shop for all Team HFP Racing members in 2016. Along with getting greatly discounted entry fees, Team HFP Racing members will receive significant discounts on bike/gear purchases and any bike service from Roll at any of their Columbus locations.  The 2016 uniforms are being provided by Pactimo and will be shipped out in January. All uniforms MUST be ordered by December 1 – sorry no exceptions.

2016 Schedule Update and Changes:

The biggest news for the 2016 Ohio multisport calendar is the introduction of Ironman 70.3 Ohio to Delaware, Ohio scheduled for Sunday, August 21. This addition of Ironman 70.3 to the Ohio calendar has necessitated a move of one of HFP’s longstanding venues. The Great Buckeye Challenge has been moved to July 24th.

The Vermilion Harbour Triathlon and Duathlon has been moved from Linwood Park to a new venue (Sherod Park) on the west side of Vermilion. The new venue finally allows us to avoid the dangerous bridge crossing on Route 6 and brings back a single loop 40k bike course for the Olympic distance. Sherod Park also allows for a parking lot transition area (no more grass or trees) and free on-site parking and park entry which has allowed us to reduce the entry fees for this event by $5.00. Best of all is participants will be treated to the same great volunteer and community support that this race has been known for.

See the entire 2016 calendar here. Online registration opens for all events on January 1 @ Noon EST.

The HFP Racing annual Super Sale!

The HFP Racing Super Sale is our way of saying thanks to our thousands of loyal customers that continue to support us for the last 26 years!! YES – HFP Racing is entering its 27th season of racing in 2016. We look forward to seeing you at an event in 2016. Have a very blessed 2016.

Now is the BEST time to start planning for your 2016 season and HFP has just the motivation to not only get your entire 2016 season planned out BUT also to save you significant dollars in the process. On January 1st at 12:01am registration opens for the entire 2016 season AND anyone registering for select HFP events (see list below) through January 15th at Midnight will get a discount of 25% during. This is the LOWEST PRICES on that any HFP Racing event for the entire year. Don’t miss this opportunity to save some serious coin on your favorite HFP Racing event. Use the code “HFPSUPERSALE2016” when registering online during this time to get your discount. Code is case sensitive and will not work unless you type it in just as it is written above in ALL CAPS. Discounts are NOT retroactive for events already registered for.

HFP Racing Super Sale Direct Registration Links:
Helen Georgia Training Camp — April 4 to April 10, 2016
O’Bleness Health System Race for a Reason — April 23, 2016
FIT Family Series — 2016 SERIES ENTRY
American Triple-T Shawnee — May 20-22, 2016
Little Smokies Triathlon — May 22, 2016
FIT Family Series — Deer Creek State Park – June 4-5, 2016
FIT Family Series — Maumee Bay State Park – June 18-19, 2016
Mohican Endurance Festival — Pleasant Hill Lake Park – June 26, 2016
FIT Family Series — Caesar Creek State Park – July 9-10, 2016
Mason Tri-umphant Triathlon/Duathlon, Kids Triathlon & 5k — July 16, 2016
Great Buckeye Challenge — Buck Creek State Park – July 24, 2016
SOMC Tri for your LIFE — July 31, 2016
FIT Family Series — Alum Creek State Park – August 6-7, 2016
FIT Family Series — Linwood Park – August 20-21, 2016
FIT Family Series — Portage Lakes State Park – September 17-18, 2016
Deer Creek Fall Challenge – September 25, 2016
Appalachian Triathlon/Duathlon & Hocking Mud Run – October 8, 2016

American Triple-T Ohio

A triathlon achievement of epic proportions!

Experience 3 consecutive days of racing, gelling together 4 races covering a total of more than 140 miles for the weekend. You will find yourself swimming in the chilly spring-fed lakes, riding the most technically challenging hills in Ohio, and finishing with breathtaking runs along the trail systems climbing and descending those same hillsides.

Welcome to the 2016 American Triple-T!

What IS the American Triple-T?  Well, it’s everything you’ve heard it to be, and more. The event is so much more than your typical “triathlon weekend” — it’s a triathlon achievement of epic proportions for all who partake. It is 3 consecutive days of racing, gelling together 4 races covering a total of more than 140 miles for the weekend. You will find yourself swimming in the chilly spring-fed lakes, riding the most technically challenging hills in Ohio, and finishing with out-and-back runs along the trail systems climbing and descending those same hillsides.

The American Triple-T is not for the weak or faint of spirit. It has humbled many triathletes who didn’t take it seriously, and it validates a host of others who test their “tri-mettle” at the “T” every year. Athletes from all 50 states, and 4 continents have all sought the privilege of earning their American Triple-T finisher T-shirt. Competitors, volunteers and spectators all come away with a new appreciation of the sport and of the athletes who train and tame mind and body to complete this legendary event.

You’ll also come away with newfound friendships, and you’ll solidify those bonds every year you come together to face this demon. There are even a special few who turned their initial shared experiences at the American Triple-T into a union of souls, and they came back the next year to compete as husband and wife! While we cannot guarantee that you’ll find your soul mate at the “T”, we will guarantee an incredible, unforgettable experience unique in the triathlon world.

So please, take your time, peruse the website, and check out all of the unique aspects of this amazing weekend event, then reach deep down and find the courage to sign up and join us at the 2016 American Triple-T on May 20–22. This event has boasted a SOLD OUT field for the past decade.

EARLY BIRD registration ends on September 30th at Midnight. Save $50.00 by getting yourself registered NOW for one of the most unique events in triathlon.

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Need some inspiration? Maybe some motivation…Check out the 2015 highlight video.