Anyone based in China?

Hi Jeff,

Glad you have access to some facilities there. I lived in Beijing (with a one -year break 1998-1999) from 1994-2003.  At the time there were some runners and local clubs, but nothing for biking or tri that I recall. I developed pretty severe asthma (had it low-grade as a kid but seemed to outgrow it by my late teens) there, and my guess it was related to running outside in the pollution and probably several nasty bouts of the flu. Take care. In retrospect I'm not sure if running in BJ aided or damaged my health and performance-- the latter hasn't been the same since! 

RE Bintan--the PM start enables you to do the run as it's getting cooler and (for BOP) dark. Also, because it's Saturday AM, some people have to take the ferry over from Singapore in the AM if they can't fly into Singapore the night before (like me--some unlucky folks can't get time off work LOL)! The swim is beautiful and normally calm, the bike is hilly and brutally hot (I ran out of water last year), the run also quite hilly. It's a great race, overall, just hard.  It was nearly 100 degrees at the start last year. 

Happy trails and best wishes for Bintan. It's logistically really hard from here and very close to my first HIM, so I'll probably skip it this year.

Karen 

Hi there I'm based in Shanghai. There are a few races in China for 2012

4?28??29? ???? Fuzhou, Fujian April 28~29

5?19??20? ????? Jiayuguan, Gansu May 19~20

6?16??17????? Zhengjiang, Jiangsu June 16~17

7?14??15????? Yingchuan, Ningxia July 14~15

8?25??26? ???? Beijing Aug.25~26

9?8??9? ???? Chengdu, Sichuan Sep.8~9

9?22??23? ???? Weihai, Shandong long distance triathlon race. Sep.22~23

10?14? ???? Chongqing Oct.14 11?17??18? ???? Sanshui, Guangdong Nov. 17~18.

They are well organized, normally the government will sponsor them and will offer some good deals for participant foreigners. Anyway this information might be useful. Also you can join the shanghaitriclub@yahoogroups.com, they have a ton more info and they assist to enter the races.