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2009-06-29 2:22 PM

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Subject: Sprint - ?? - Oly

Since 1998 I've done the Rocketman 5 or 6 times.  The race used to be called a sprint and was 1/2 mile swim/12 mile bike/5k run.  Last year they changed the distances to 800-m swim/33-k bike/7.5-k run.

The website says this:

The new distances should prove a great stepping stone from sprint to Olympic triathlon distance. Rocketman is a USAT sanctioned race.

So if this is a 'steppng stone' from spring to Oly, what is it called?  Half Oly?  HO?  :-)  Or is the 'rule' anything shorter than an Oly is call a sprint?

~Mike



2009-06-29 2:37 PM
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modified sprint
2009-06-29 2:47 PM
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Subject: RE: Sprint - ?? - Oly
I'd call it Rocketman  


there is a local race here that calls itself a Oly, even though the swim in 1500 yards, and the RD will tell you the swim is a little short    the bike/run are about the same as an oly... but i refer to it as a long sprint... I wish I could claim my times there as my OLY PR  

NIce logging pics on your blog Mike,,,  get well soon
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