Sally Edwards splits from Danskin, starts own races

[Pat Worth]

Hi All,
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The problem now is that people are still looking for the Danskin race. What everyone needs to understand is that what was once the magic of Danskin has now transitioned to TREK with Sally and Maggie.
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The problem is that Trek still doesn't have its stuff together. I have been trying to register my wife and a friend for danskin (sherox) and trek events in the northeast and as of today one still cannot register for Trek NY Metro (http://www.trekwomenstriathlonseries.com/new_york.html). ummmm ... maybe a little less PR and a little more delivery.

Funny ... the suggestion that Maggie was the one person at Danskin who was responsible for the great event (and it is a great event) would lead one the thing that Trek would be all that much better.

[salsabike]

I received this email today from the organizers of the USWTS that benefits ovarian cancer research. This is the delightful "Subaru" Federal Way tri that Jocelynlf, Dex, and I did last September.


It is with great sadness that we announce that we will not be returning to Federal Way in 2009 with our US Women's Triathlon Series.

One of our concerns this year that we felt might impact our number of participants was the new Trek Women's Triathlon Series that is coming to Seattle in July. Our concern was that with two women's only sprint distance triathlons leading into September we might not have the number of participants that we needed to produce the event and make it successful for all parties. One option that we were considering for 2010 is changing it from a Sprint and SuperSprint distance event to a Sprint and Olympic distance event.

That being said, we are looking at coming back to Federal Way in 2010 and we will keep you posted on what we plan to do. We are still producing the event in San Diego, CA on October 18 and we are also producing the event in Las Vegas the weekend of October 3-4 - we have been hearing from other women's in Seattle/Federal Way that they are considering "taking it on the road" in 2009 for the cause.

Again, thanks so much for supporting the event and the cause - we and OCRF appreciate it!

[NbyNW]

It was with great sadness that I read that email. Fed Way was such a beautiful site for the race!

And I didn't really understand how the Trek tri in July would be reducing the number of participants for a tri that takes place in September.

I hope they do come back in 2010.

Knowing what a good event they run, it might be fun to travel to one of their October events.

[dex]

I was pretty sad at reading that, myself. One of my friends was really excited to do that race this year as her first, since the September timing was right and she liked the atmosphere last year when she came out to watch.

Anyway, I'm not going to get started on the rest.

I do hope they come back in 2010, though. And I'd love to see a Olympic distance women's race in the area.

[salsabike]

I was pretty sad at reading that, myself. One of my friends was really excited to do that race this year as her first, since the September timing was right and she liked the atmosphere last year when she came out to watch.

Anyway, I'm not going to get started on the rest.

I do hope they come back in 2010, though. And I'd love to see a Olympic distance women's race in the area.

Yes. I emailed back and said we would love an Olympic length event here, and September would be a great month for it. And to let us know if we could help. I liked that race, the venue, and the cause.

[sailangel]

I registered for the Sept 13 Danskin Sprint Tri for the NY/Metro Area on Feb 9-- the day that registration opened & closed. I decided to revisit the web site tonight & then followed up with some computer surfing. I found this forum when I was attempting to learn why Sally Edwards was no longer a spokesperson for Danskin's event.

Sally Edwards & TREK now have a NYarea (Suffolk County) Sprint Tri scheduled for SEPTEMBER !3.....the very same date as the Danskin Sprint. This leads me to believe that Trek AND Sally DO want to compete directly with Danskin/SheRox......

Interestingly, the newer event is still open (The Danskin event closed within 3 hours). Truthfully, Suffolk County is a lot more "Metro" than Sandy Hook, New Jersey! I am disappointed that they could not have chosen a different date.

[colby]

I saw last week when I registered for the Seattle Danskin (I was wait listed, oops, missed the registration) that the Trek was moved to September 20 - would have been right around the same time as the USWTS. Maybe they knew that back in April when they decided to cancel?

My guess was that Trek either didn't have enough signed up or couldn't prep in time for July... but regardless it sucks that they think Seattle can't support 2 races in the same month.