When I first decided to get into triathlons, I found it hard to find a complete listing of Houston area triathlons. Some sites will give you all of Texas, but Texas is big. Nothing was as good as the Houston Running Calendar site is for runs. So below are races within a 40-50mi radius of downtown Houston.
As you can see there is something almost every weekend outside of the winter. Of course, if I forget something, feel free to comment.
- February 9th - Du the Polar Bear - Bear Creek Park in West Houston - Duathlon (2mi R / 15mi B / 2mi R) - Outloud Productions
- March 17th - C Different Triathlon- Sugar Land - Sprint (500m S / 12.6 mi B / 5k R) & SuperSprint (150m S / 6.3mi B / 1.5mi R) - This race debuted in 2012, but haven't seen info for 2014.
- March 29th, 2014 - No Label Triathlon - (300m PS / 14mi B / 3mi R) - Finish at the No Label Brewery - I Tri Events
- April 6th, 2014 - Galveston Ironman 70.3 - Half Ironman - Be prepared for the wind - WTC
- April 19, 2014 - Tri-Color Super Sprint - (200m PS /8mi B / 2mi R) - Fulshear TX - new for 2014
- April 27th, 2014 - Kemah Triathlon - Olympic and Sprint (600m S/ 12.8miB / 5k R) - OnUrMark Productions
- May 3rd, 2014 - CB&I - The Woodlands - (500m S / 15mi B / 5k R) - Woodlands Township
- May 4th, 2014 - Springs Back - Olympic & Sprint (400m S, 15mi B, 5k R) - Fushear TX - - I Tri Events
- May 17th, 2014 - Ironman Texas - The Woodlands - WTC
- June 1st, 2014 - Tejas - Sugar Land - (600yd S, 12mi B/ 3mi R) - Outloud Productions
- June 22nd, 2014 - Memorial Hermann Sugar Land - (300m PS / 10mi B / 3mi R) - One of the long standing tris in the Houston region - Andy Stewart
- July, 2015 - Houston - Originally scheduled for 2014 as a new event, with both Sprint and Olympic distances, this has been postponed. OnUrMark Productions
- July 13th, 2014 - Shadow Creek Ranch - Pearland - (500m S / 16mi B/ 3.2mi R) - Troika Promotions
- July 13, 2014 - Texas Tri Star - Montgomery (300m PS / 10mi B / 3mi R)
- July 26th - Jeff & Brede's Intergalactic - Katy - (300m PS / 12miB / 5k R) - Houston Racing
- August 3rd, 2014 - Bridgeland - Sprint (600m S / 12.8mi B/ 5k R) - OnUrMark
- August 23rd, 2014 - Clear Lake - International (1.5km S / 46k B/ 10k R) and Sprint (0.5km S / 23k B / 3.4k R) - Outloud Productions
- September 1st, 2014 - Towne Lake - Cypress - Olympic and Sprint (400m S/ 12.8mi B/ 3.1mi R) - OnUrMark Productions
- September 14th, 2014 - Onalaska Half - Half Ironman, Onalaska, TX - I Tri Events
- September 21st - Hannah's Tri (formerly Houston Oaks Tru Tri) - Cypress - (300m S / 12mi B / 5k) - This race was new for 2013 - Tru Tri Sports
- September 22nd - Galveston 5150 - Olympic and Sprint (400m S/ 12.5mi B/ 3.1mi R) - Same course location as the Ironman 70.3 in April - WTC
- September 29th - Katy Firethorne - (500m S, 13.7mi B, 3mi R)
- October 5th, 2014 - Du the Bear - same as the Du the Polar Bear in Feb
- October 12th, 2014 - Oktoberfest - Olympic & Sprint (400m S, 15mi B, 5k R) - Fushear TX - I Tri Events
- October 20th - Try Andy's Tri - Sugar Land - (300m S / 10mi B / 3mi R) - same bike and run course as the Sugar Land tri in June, but has an open water swim instead of a pool. Andy Stewart
- November 3rd - Oilman - Lake Conroe - Half-Ironman - Be prepared for hills - Outloud Productions
Updates
- October 27th, C Different Tri has been cancelled due to low water levels and won't be planned in future years
- October 6th, Dark Horse Duathlon was new for 2013, but doesn't look like it will repeat.
Notes
- Race information is structured as follows: Date - race - general location (if not obvious by race name), distance, comments and production company.
- Unless otherwise noted, I've listed the 2013 date, though most races happen on the same weekend year to year
- Pools swims are denoted by PS.
- WTC = World Triathlon Council
