Yesterday morning the Table Mountain Triathlon website launched.  Table Mountain Triathlon (herein referred to as TMT) is another great event put on by Sean Wendt and Riptide Multisports.  It’s a super-sprint event, with a 500yd pool swim, 12.5mi bike, and 5k run.  …I know a lot of people who would be happy about such a short swim!  It’s based out of the Duncan YMCA in Arvada, Colorado with the bike and run portions taking place on surrounding neighborhood roads.  It’s a great race for beginners and a nice fitness check for veterans.

The site design is similar to the other Riptide sites, but I added bullet-proof tabbed navigation to this one to create a better user experience.  It’s always nice to know where you are on a website, and the tabs provide a nice sense of direction.  The best part?  No Javascript, no Spry, just standard HTML + CSS.  What does that mean for the user?  A super-light design that loads faster and is highly compatible across all browser types.

Table Mountain Triathlon site screenshot

I went with an old-school recreation softball team look for the site theme, for no other reason than it will look great on a race shirt (and wait until you see the logo I’ve been dreaming up).  In my opinion, race shirts are the single best marketing tool triathlons have: make a shirt look cool and you ensure that the athlete wears it around and it doesn’t get tossed in that wretched old rag bag.  It might just be me, but if I see someone wearing a sweet race shirt I instantly become interested in the race; my logic being if they make a cool shirt, they probably put on a pretty cool event as well.

Check it out! tablemountaintri.riptidemultisports.com

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