As if the whole running thing wasn't enough:
Study: Triathlons can pose deadly heart risks
March 28th, 2009 By MARILYNN MARCHIONE , AP Medical Writer (AP) -- Warning to weekend warriors: Swim-bike-run triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathons do, the first study of these competitions has found.
www.physorg.com/news157482153.html
Triathlons for the most part have "jumped the shark" for me as they have become duathlons with a chlorine spritz to start it all off.
Yeah... although I swim, bike, and run regularly, and have done everything from sprint tris to ironman distances, I have no desire to enter a tri anytime soon. But my reason is different. I don't like transitions or anything about them. (OK, I'll admit that at the full-distance Ironman-trademarked events, there are armies of awesome volunteers that make the transitions easy, but those races are very expensive, you have to enter a year in advance, and of course you have train for it.)
Triathlons for the most part have "jumped the shark" for me as they have become duathlons with a chlorine spritz to start it all off.
Yeah... although I swim, bike, and run regularly, and have done everything from sprint tris to ironman distances, I have no desire to enter a tri anytime soon. But my reason is different. I don't like transitions or anything about them. (OK, I'll admit that at the full-distance Ironman-trademarked events, there are armies of awesome volunteers that make the transitions easy, but those races are very expensive, you have to enter a year in advance, and of course you have train for it.)
