This Week's Theme.........The Virtual Triathlon
In one of the craziest years for Triathlon's we are stuck in the Covid Times........ Now it is very common for 10K's to go virtual and I have even seen virtual marathons posted. I haven't seen my fair share of Virtual Triathlons offered. However, in theory, this shouldn't be too difficult for athletes to organize. With all of our Fitness tech we could easily record a Swim, Bike, and Run combo. Map My Run or Runkeeper could easily create a group and record scores on a leader board. So the question becomes, why hasn't anyone really done this? Well, the answer becomes pretty clear when you think about it. Triathlon is strongly rooted in community. The pre race bonding, the in race encouragement, and the post race meet ups. It is uniquely different from other types of sports in the sense that just being in the race automatically bonds you the athletes around you. In these times it is difficult to recreate that feeling in a virtual ...