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
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Top reasons not to participate:
1. The fees! After nearly 125 cycling races (road track and cyclocross), plus years of masters swimming, I was not prepared for the cost just to race...just to enter. What a rip off. Some go to charities but most go into someone's pockets.
I agree. I briefly looked into triathlons, to enter as a relay, and decided it was just too much of a production (pre-race briefing the day before, etc) and too expensive. I do a few open water swims every summer and that's plenty for me.
Top reasons not to participate:
1. The fees! After nearly 125 cycling races (road track and cyclocross), plus years of masters swimming, I was not prepared for the cost just to race...just to enter. What a rip off. Some go to charities but most go into someone's pockets.
I agree. I briefly looked into triathlons, to enter as a relay, and decided it was just too much of a production (pre-race briefing the day before, etc) and too expensive. I do a few open water swims every summer and that's plenty for me.
