Frequently Asked Questions

Yes!  Redemption Race Productions helps out groups every year to put on events.  Whether you need a consultant, advice, a race director, a timer for your event, or someone to come in and do it all; we can help.

Take a look at the calendar of our Race Timing website to see when we have events sceduled.  This calendar should contain all of the events that RRP is invested in, and should help you identify when we have time open to take on a new event.

The "Age Group" and "Fat Tire" are two different divisions.

We reserve the Fat Tire division for anyone who is doing the event with a tire with big fat wide tires (i.e. a mountain bike).  Those that compete on a mountain bike are at a distinct disadvantage competing against the ultra-thin racing tires found on modern road bikes; so we created a division just for those fine folks who want to tackle our courses on mountain bikes.  If you are competing with a "Fat Tire" then it is your choice which division to compete in, Fat Tire or Age Group.  Everyone in the Fat Tire division must have fat tires on their bicycle.  The Fat Tire division only awards the top thre athletes male/female.  That is a total of 6 awards.

The Age Group division is your basic "Open" division.  The awards are broken down by age group.  Age groups are assigned by your age at the end of the year and occur in five year increments (i.e. 20-24).  This Age Group division has the most awards.  The top 3 male/female are awarded in each age group.  This means that this division generally has 72 awards!!

So there you have it.  The Fat Tire division is our attempt to try to even out the competition for the participants who compete with mountain bikes.

Relay teams are teams who divide the multi-sport race up between two or more members.  The relay team members must exchange the timing chip within the confines of the transition area, at or near their bike.  This is to mimic the flow-through that an individual doing the same event would take.  The relay team member who starts a race leg must complete the race leg by themselves.

The relay team determines who is doing what event leg.  The race director rarely needs to know which team member is doing which leg of the event.

Typical 3-person relay team (triathlon):

1. swimmer
2. transfer the timing chip from the swimmer to the cyclist in transition
3. cyclist
4. transfer the timing chip from the cyclist to the runner in transition
5. runner

Possible scenario for a 2-person relay team (triathlon)

1. participant #1 swims
2. exchange timing chip in transition
3. participant #2 cycles
4. exchange timing chip in transition
5. participant #1 runs  

When in doubt, ask the Race Director or other knowledgable race staff.

Any clothing that would allow you free movement to swim, bike, and run in would be ideal for a triathlon.  Many people participate in their first triathlon using a bathing suit.  Changing clothes between events (swim/bike, or bike/run) is typically not done; a participant will finish wearing what they started wearing.  Or course, if you wear a wetsuit during the swim, you should take that off before you start the cycling portion of the race.

Do not invest the money into triathlon-specific clothing until you know that you are going to do more than one event.

The exception to this would be if you are training for a full ironman or 1/2 IM event.  In that case, you should invest in a one-piece triathlon suit or other triathlon-specific clothing.

Triathlon gear can be itemized in two categroies: Mandatory, and Optional.

Mandatory Gear:

• Bicycle (in good repair)
• USDT Approved cycling helmet
• Swim Cap (if it is mandatory, it is usually given to you for that event)

Optional Gear:

• Traithlon specific clothing (triathlon shorts/tops, triathlon suit)
• Swim goggles
• Swim Cap
• Wetsuit
• Transition mat
• Cycling shoes
• Cycling computer
• Heart rate monitor
• GPS device
• Running shoes
• Race belt
• Water bottle
• Towel

The "Age Group" and "Fat Tire" are two different divisions.

We reserve the Fat Tire division for anyone who is doing the event with a tire with big fat wide tires (i.e. a mountain bike).  Those that compete on a mountain bike are at a distinct disadvantage competing against the ultra-thin racing tires found on modern road bikes; so we created a division just for those fine folks who want to tackle our courses on mountain bikes.  If you are competing with a "Fat Tire" then it is your choice which division to compete in, Fat Tire or Age Group.  Everyone in the Fat Tire division must have fat tires on their bicycle.  The Fat Tire division only awards the top thre athletes male/female.  That is a total of 6 awards.

The Age Group division is your basic "Open" division.  The awards are broken down by age group.  Age groups are assigned by your age at the end of the year and occur in five year increments (i.e. 20-24).  This Age Group division has the most awards.  The top 3 male/female are awarded in each age group.  This means that this division generally has 72 awards!!

So there you have it.  The Fat Tire division is our attempt to try to even out the competition for the participants who compete with mountain bikes.

All online signup services charge a processing fee for credit card and service fee. In the future if you do not want to pay that fee, check the Race website and most of them will have a flyer you can download, fill out and mail in with a check.

When you do a paper mail-in form, it is nice to send the Race Director an email letting him know.

There are several possible scenarios where your physical address does not match your billing address.  When that is the case, please use the Billing Address for registration, or print out and use the mail-in paper flyer for registration.