well... seeing as you only get one chance to do high school track and can do tris forever... you may want to consider doing the tri in the summer. However, if you really don't like track that much and are not looking for the friends, experience, college money/recruitment etc. then do the tri!!!


I do a tri every summer!! The cross training is amazing and the race itself is soo much fun. I have become hooked and hope to do 2 next year. Just make sure that you train for all three parts equally. Especially the swim. I was hoping the run and bike endurance would pull me through the swim the first year but it didn't very well, and the second year when I actually trained for it, I took minutes off my time.

So what kind of tri are you thinking about....

Good luck!!

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I say keep running track, track races can be fun too. but the cross training for a tri might make your whole body stronger, i don't know.

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by SoFarGone:
Alex - why so hostile towards Tri's? Bad experience with one?<HR>

I've never actually run one. If they had a duathlon that was run, swim, run or something like that I'd be in but for some reason I'm absolutely terrible on the bike. Maybe it's because my coach was a pro tri/duathlete and I've just made fun of them for so long I now genuinely dislike them.
I would rather run a triathlon than a 100 mile ultra "walk"athon.



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quote:<HR>Originally posted by Crazy1:
I would like to do a bike run bike. I can't swim very well. <HR>

called a duathlon.... there are many. Look one up its fun stuff

quote:<HR>Originally posted by holoclothes:
Aquathlons
run-swim-run
swim-run<HR>

Really? I'm in for one of those. Is there anywhere that lists aquathlons in Canada/US?



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