Since I do all three of the events known for a triathalon, here's my idea:
Ride 1 speed cruiser bike 30 K
Paddle board of your choice 1 K
Run on the packed wet sand 5 K
Maybe you can take your I-phone in its water casing while out paddling so you can catch the latest on Sways, or mount it to your bike... I know I will!
And after we can have a Stella drinking contest.
I am thinking seriously about this idea!!
On the other hand.....
Kensurf's letting me go!
That is...shaping my first board by my lonesome! : )
I am thinking a retro fish, with some sweet swirls?
My biggest is a 1.5 hour drive, half hour hike on sketchy trails with an 800 foot drop in elevation, surf for 3 hours, give or take, at a semi- sketchy rock point - hike back up (Don’t forget the wet wetsuit on the back, and the board under the arm…), then drive back home… Some times you gotta make a call based on the amount of day light left to make it back up the trail…
Taylor's response is great but surfoil's is LOL hilarious. Big props for a good laugh, and I can use that one on the wife; when she asks me why I'm passed out on the couch, I can tell her I'm doing the ''surfer's triathalon''!!!
Do it Whitney. Don't listen to these guys. Keep it under big brother's radar. No permits, no insurance, just turn up if you're in. Do the run soft sand though.
I am not a Triathlete. But I do know that it’s all about the natural drugs and the exceptional the fitness.
What is an uncomfortable “ordeal” to some, is pure pleasure to others. No need to prove anything to anyone, the body knows. The events just help one stay focused on the plan. There is only one winner but everyone still comes out to play…cause they like it, it’s fun!
Most surfers or high risk sports types, never understand endurance sports because in extreme sports the drugs get brain dumped very early on in the activity. But they also burn off quickly. That’s why surfers are so addicted to the “next wave”.
Enduance activities dump the drugs long and slow and the effects are longer lasting.
As one who use to train and do triathlons, and kept surfing… You got it right on… Great fitness, great challenge, great “high.”
Gotta say though, for me, when it starts to get big enough… I start to get “high” just thinking about it and once I jump in… Wow!!! Now I’m almost out of my mind… setting out side, paddling for one, taking 'em on the head, etc… You know…
i'd suggest for surfers that we reverse the run and the paddle. 5K paddle on a stock longboard and a 1K sprint at the end.
this would be a great event to run in conjunction with local surf contests. the waterman's contest here on the space coast has a similar event...but no biking...yet.
If endurance and verstility is the basis of a triathlon, then maybe the surfers triathlon should be to ride a classic longboard for a couple of hours, then a modern shortboard for a couple of hours, then an alternative design for a couple of hours. No breaks, no rest in between, just like a real triathlon.
A few categories for prizegiving could be the highest total score overall, highest wave count overerall (maybe broken down to the three above categories too), highest scoring wave (per category too), etc, etc.
The food and drink and rest can be later, when everyone sits around patting everyone else on the back telling each other how they all ripped, etc, etc.