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started by Nobody on June 9, 2008

I'm looking for a comprehensive search engine for events in the US. Active.com should be killer due to the outrageous fees they charge (as well as the insane amount of events in their database), but both their site and their search features suck, IMO.

I've google'd the subject with different terms, but haven't found any kind of definitive online resource. Help please!

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beads1985 posted 11 weeks ago.

Active used to be better.
I don't like the search set up or the fees so I try not to use them so much.
In the NJ-NY area I use metro race forum - raceforum.com

Also I will look up a race and see who it is run by and then google them.
Then I check out the events they do.
It gets you around active.com

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CadenceGuy posted 11 weeks ago.

I use trifind.com, it has a state search on the side and sorts them by date then gives Race Name, Location, and Distances with a link to the direct race website. Good Luck...

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ChunkyB posted 11 weeks ago.

Nobody wrote:
I'm looking for a comprehensive search engine for events in the US. Active.com should be killer due to the outrageous fees they charge (as well as the insane amount of events in their database), but everything about their site sucks, and they're the devil, IMO.

I've google'd the subject with different terms, but haven't found any kind of definitive online resource. Help please!


fixed it for you

Honestly, active.com sucks so bad for so many reasons.

But I've wondered the same thing many times. Sometimes I'll hear about an event and it takes me 10 minutes to find anything about it online.

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Joe_H posted 11 weeks ago.

another vote for trifind.com

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ChunkyB posted 11 weeks ago.

Dang, www.trisearch.com is already taken. I would have made millions.

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triNick posted 11 weeks ago.

Not sure what you are looking for, a triathlon finder or an online registration site?

TRImapper.com is a triathlon finder site and has more than just the US. The site currently uses filters to narrow down the options on the map for you and links you to the race website.

When I'm not training I'm working on enhancements. One of the things was to add a search option to the site which currently has around 1,500 triathlons around the world listed. Unfortunately it's prime racing time here so my time has been limited as of late, I only get a few hours in a week versus several. I will work on this and post a message when it's complete.

TRImapper.com - visual triathlon finder
TRIJUICE.com - triathlon resource blog

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TriSooner posted 11 weeks ago.

+1 TriFind, not a search engine, and ugly as hell (the 90s called, they want their frames back), but it works.

chunk - ActiveSucks.com isn't taken.

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theShiba posted 11 weeks ago.

TriSooner wrote:
+1 TriFind, not a search engine, and ugly as hell (the 90s called, they want their frames back), but it works.

chunk - ActiveSucks.com isn't taken.

Hey... I think the frames are great. They let ME decide how big the left hand menu is. And 2 scrollbars. As we all know, 2>1. Whoever invented "noresize" obviously didn't believe in Democracy.

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Nobody posted 11 weeks ago.

Sweet. Great sites. Keep 'em coming.

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azmojo804 posted 11 weeks ago.

+10 for trifind.com