Description
Brand new for May 2025 - a new venue and race format!
Ordinary Mortals Triathlon is changing to a Duathlon at the beautiful Lake Pueblo State Park. There is a big lake but it will be too cold for a swim in early May, at least for regular folks. So we will run, bike, run - the course and distances are perfect for newbies and offer a challenge to more competitive athletes to red-line the course and perfect your transitions for later in the season.
This is a terrific new venue the entire family can enjoy for the day or weekend to celebrate all the Mothers out there! Race day returns to our original Saturday before Mother's Day so all the women that look like they could be a mom, get a rose at the finish line! Bring the entire family out and enjoy the "Multi-generational" discount when parents or grandparents race the same day as their kiddos in the Mini Mortals Duathlon! We love to get a picture of 2 or 3 generations together at the finish line!
Ordinary Mortals Duathlon (OMD): ages 16 years and older
- 3-mile trail run along the Arkansas River
- 15-mile bike out and back through Lake Pueblo State Park and onto Hwy 96 west with great views of Lake Pueblo and the Wet Mountain range
- Finish with a 2-mile run back along the river trail.
Mini Mortals Duathlon (MMD): for ages 5-12 years is a really nice, safe, fast and flat course right around the Kestrel Pond (formerly called the Rock Canyon Swim Beach). Parents and fans will be able to see the entire 0.6 mile loop run course around the pond
- Run 0.6-mile path around Kestrel Pond (5-8 year old-1 lap, 9-11 year old-2 laps, and 12-15 year old-3 laps)
- Bike a 2-mile loop on a quiet road servicing the race venue and two fishing areas downstream. (5-8 year old: 0.8 lap, 9-11 year old: 3 laps, 12-15 year old: 4 laps)
- Finish with a 1-3 lap run depending on age.
This race is brought to you by the same group that hosted Ordinary Mortals and Mini Mortals Triathlon at CSU-Pueblo since 2011. Unfortunately, scheduling and increased traffic at the university is keeping us from hosting the triathlon there. But check out photos of our previous events and stay in touch with us by LIKING our Facebook page!
Course maps
- Leg 1: Run 3-miles on soft surface trail along Arkansas River
- Leg 2: Bike 15-miles out and back through State Park and west on Hwy 96
- Leg 3: Run 2-miles on soft surface trail along river
Race Day Details
In April see PDF link for race day details including: packet pick up, parking, transition times and start times
Duathlon Race Venue
All new in 2025 - the race will be held at Lake Pueblo State Park - Kestrel Pond (formerly called Rock Canyon Swim Beach). There is no water testing for swimming anymore but the pond has a lovely beach area, paddleboards, kayaks and tubes with a personal floatation device (life jacket) are allowed. Feel free to hang out after the race and enjoy the beach, play some volleyball or enjoy the river nearby.
There is plenty of parking at the venue but make sure you park in a designated parking space! Our permit depends on people respecting the delicate prairie so consider carpooling to the race. There is overflow parking east (downstream) from the venue or across the river.
Colorado State Parks does not allow the sale of any items without a lot of red tape. We will have pizza for participants, water and gatorade type drinks after the race. But pack yourself your favorite snacks as there isn't a quick place to grab a bite to eat. If you'd like to set up a vendor tent, no sales are allowed, only samples and information about your organization.
If you're visiting from out of town, Pueblo and Pueblo West has a lot of hotel choices. Lake Pueblo has several campgrounds within 2 miles of the venue that will be open in early May. Check out reservations here.
Race Results
We recognize the top 3 overall male and female finishers and the top 3 male and female in each 5-year age group starting with 15-19, 20-24, up to 70 and above. We do not mail awards so please try to stay for the awards ceremony around 11:30, earlier if we have solid results.
Course Records (CSU triathlon course): Tim Hola, 2014, age 40, 54:00.6 and Jasmine Carlson, 2016, age 31, 1:01:04.1
Results at CSU-P: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
2018-2019, 2022-2023 are viewable using the Race Results tab in the left-side column
2020 & 2021 - event cancelled due to the pandemic
Note: searchable results on runsignup on the tab to the left. Results will be published there first.
Place
Swim Beach
Pueblo, CO US 81001
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Ordinary Mortals® History
Dr. Steven Jonas first used the term "Ordinary Mortals" in his 1986 book Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals (New York: Norton, 1986, 2nd ed., 2006), the first-ever book for beginners in the sport. (Subsequently, he obtained a registered trademark for “Ordinary Mortals.”) He has a new book on duathlon only, Duathlon Training and Racing for Ordinary Mortals®: Getting Started and Staying with It, (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press/FalconGuides, 2012). From 2013 he will be serializing his book 101 Ideas and Insights for Triathletes and Duathletes (Monterey, CA; Coaches choice, 2011) on the USA-Triathlon website. . His website, www.ordinarymortals.net details his work of his over 30 years of training, racing and helping others in triathlon/duathlon and exercising regularly for health. With his permission we are honored to continue using the term “Ordinary Mortals®” for our Triathlon.
Michael Orendorff, the original race director of the Ordinary Mortals Triathlon (OMT) here in Pueblo was inspired by Dr. Jonas work and wanted to bring the multi-sport to Southern Colorado. The original cofounders of OMT, Herb Brockman and Don Thompson, were employed at the Regional Center where the original race was hosted from 1987 to 2006. Within a few years, the race became a respected annual race event by the YMCA of Pueblo until 2006. In 2016, Don Thompson returned to volunteering with OMT as our most excellent Bike Course captain! Sadly, Don is no longer with us in 2024.
Gwen Steves, a local triathlete and swim coach had fond memories as a teenage volunteer counting laps for the early OMT events and asked her friend, Kim Arline, to help host a Youth triathlon in 2011. After that success, they worked to bring back the adult triathlon, Ordinary Mortals Triathlon (OMT) along with the youth Mini Mortals race in 2012. Due to increased traffic in Pueblo West, the returning race was held at CSU-Pueblo campus and the airport along with an Event Management class at CSU-Pueblo in 2012. Starting in 2013 to 2023, the event has been organized and run by the Southern Colorado Triathlon Club which is part of the long standing Southern Colorado Runners club at the Colorado State University Pueblo campus.
In 2024 and 2025, volunteers could not secure a race date at CSU that worked with their schedules. So the race moved to Lake Pueblo State Park as a duathlon.
2020 and 2021 events were cancelled due to Covid-19 but we came back stronger than ever in 2022!
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