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2012-02-03 11:31 PM

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Subject: Anyone based in China?
Hi all!  I am based in Beijing and would love to know if there are any other BTers here in China.  I haven't found any good races (or any races at all) in China this season, so I will be heading to Bintan in late May with a few mates to do the Oly distance race there.  Soon after that I will transfer back to the U.S. and can focus on races back home, which should be easier (and cheaper) to come by.  Not that I was upset to travel to Thailand last November for the Laguna Phuket Triathlon...


2012-02-04 11:23 PM
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Welcome! Not based in China but lived in Beijing for nine years (as a distance runner, in my pre-tri days) so if you ever want to vent about it......I understand!  There are several people on BT based in Shanghai but I haven't heard of triathletes in Beijing. Kudos for tri-ing there. I know the weather and traffic must make it difficult. Hopefully you live near a gym and pool! 
2012-02-08 2:56 AM
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Oh boy, do I want to vent.  But fortunately I do have a gym with a pool in my complex, even if it doesn't open until 6am and the pool is only 15m.  I do almost all of my running outside (forgive me, lungs) and bike outside when it's not too cold.  The Beijing Peleton is well established, and I'll ride with them when I can.

I see that you've raced Bintan before.  I've recruited a half-dozen Beijing expats to race it this year.  Hot, hot, hot is what I expect.  What's up with the afternoon start time for the Oly race?

2012-02-10 4:56 AM
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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 

2012-02-15 1:33 AM
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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 [email protected], they have a ton more info and they assist to enter the races.

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