Unfortunately, you have to use one or the other. However, this discount is greater than the team discount.

The base fee of the sprint (short course) triathlon is covered with this payment, and all the normal items that you receive with registration. Items that are of an additional cost (ie shirts) are not included in this price. If you are competing in the Long Course (Olympic) you will need to pay the additional $10 (plus tax) fee

If you are planning on doing a long course event, there will be an additional $10 charge (this is our standard charge for long course events). Also, for the Mount Rainier Duathlon, with it being a USA Triathlon National Long Course Event, the registration price is a bit more than normal, so that additional amount would need to be covered by the participant. For the USAT one day license, it is the responsibility of the athlete to pay the fee, or be a active registered member.

BuDu Racing, LLC works with participants who have a legitimate refund requests. For this series pass, it becomes more problematic, so it will be handled on a case by case basis. Passes can not be transferred to other participants. Please email Info@BuDuRacing.com if you need to request a refund.

At the request of a number of BuDu participants, we are creating a Championship Series. It will recognize the top age graded winner of the series, for both male and female and Olympic and Sprint distance.

This means that, a ranking number for the event will be multiplied by the overall time for the participant, giving a score for the participant. So, just because you are the fastest finisher, you may not be the top Age Group Ranked Finisher for the Championship! This age grade ranking is only for the CHAMPIONSHIP. The following is the criteria for scoring:

For Sprint (Short Course):

1. Participate in at least 3 events
2. Average of best 3 events
3. Winners scored by Gender
4. Top 3 are BuDu Champions!

For Olympic (Long Course):

1. Participate in at least 2 events
2. Average of best 2 events
3. Winners scored by Gender
4. Top 3 are BuDu Champions!

In 2018 here is what the First Place winners received: (There is not an additional cost to be part of the BuDu Championship, just participate in the events)

Unlike age-grading certified running road races the triathlon courses can be unpredictable.  Therefore, to compare different races, USAT rankings are again used.  Each race is ranked according to competitors previous rankings compared to their race day performance.  The rankings for the event are used to calculate the adjusted time and percent.  Using this method, different races can be compared with a percentage variance usually within 3%.

He was probably older than you.  The age adjusted percents are based on age, not age group.  For a group such as 35-39 there is not much variance, but in an older age group(65+), the older athlete will have more of an upward percentage adjustment.

Using the track and field Class nomenclature, the following may be used as a guideline:

• Over 95% – World Class
• Over 85% – National Class(near the 10th percentile of USAT rankings)
• Over 75% – Regional Class
• Over 65% – Local Class