Foo - New Duathalon

Spent the last few days unwinding down in Amish country and found a new sport...a type of duathalon, that I think would be cool: x miles canoing and x miles cycling. I think I like doing the canoe first - maybe 10-20 miles, followed by maybe a metric century on the bike. Discuss among yourselves. I'm going back out to do it again. :)

I love canoeing and go as often as I can into North Georgia and Tennessee.

It may be more appropo to combine canoeing with moutain biking. :rolleyes:

Great concept, though.

Combine into one sport with a bicycle powered canoe.

Now I'd like to do that!!!!! Luv canoe/kayak!


Have done a few duathlon relays (not the runner) where I took the bike portion - but that sounds like fun!

The spring Tsali triathlon here in WNC is a paddle, mtb and run race.

Spent the last few days unwinding down in Amish country and found a new sport...a type of duathalon, that I think would be cool: x miles canoing and x miles cycling. I think I like doing the canoe first - maybe 10-20 miles, followed by maybe a metric century on the bike. Discuss among yourselves. I'm going back out to do it again. :)

we have some of those too! and they look like a super good time!

A guy here at work was thinking about doing a tri that was kayak, ride, run.

Learn to run and start adventure racing.

we have some of those too! and they look like a super good time!

Like organized? Kewl, I just did it on my own and thought...this would be a peachy keen sport! Thing that's nice about the canoing is that you can't get lost...unlike my bike ride where I took a wrong turn and ended up doing about 10 extra miles and about 1k more climbing (on some darned 15-20% grades!) before I found my way back to where I made my mistake. Oh well, the legs needed some work I guess...nothing a good soak in the hot tub last night couldn't cure. :)

Learn to run and start adventure racing.

Learn to run? :lol: No thanks, I gave up running a long time ago. After doing 20 mile jaunts in boots, 50lb pack and rifle, running half neekid just don't seem like fun anymore. ;)

I'd like to find a non-running tri-type sport. I think the perfect tri is what I did yesterday - canoe, bike, hot tub. :D

I did this race as an individual a couple of times in the 80's. There used to be a few of this type in New England in years past. Not sure what's out there these days.

http://www.joshbillings.com/

running half neekid just don't seem like fun anymore. ;)

So it sounds like the perfect occasion for that little black number you've been saving in your closet :D

Seriously, it does sound like a great duathlon- like RDad, I've seen the kayak tris- ocean kayaking, actually. Not for the timid.

Every fall my town sponsors a kayak-bike-run call Pedal, Paddle, Run. It's a bit on the short side and tends to draw more of a family type participation rather than hardcore triathletes, but it always ends up being a lot of fun for everyone involved.

http://www.parkerandpartners.com/PedalPaddleRun/

The date says June, but that was a reschedule of last year's rainout. It's normally held in October.

Combine into one sport with a bicycle powered canoe.

How about this?

http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/Photos/HydrofoilHPBs/Cogito.jpg

Like organized? Kewl, I just did it on my own and thought...this would be a peachy keen sport! Thing that's nice about the canoing is that you can't get lost...unlike my bike ride where I took a wrong turn and ended up doing about 10 extra miles and about 1k more climbing (on some darned 15-20% grades!) before I found my way back to where I made my mistake. Oh well, the legs needed some work I guess...nothing a good soak in the hot tub last night couldn't cure. :)

yes, official duathlons of kayaking and biking!

and good for you btw! sounds like a fun time!

How about this?

http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/Photos/HydrofoilHPBs/Cogito.jpg

eh...looks like Dura-ace. :rolleyes:

Not me Chip!Thats the river area in Ohio where that toothless guy with the shotgun got Ned Beatty.

10-20 miles of kayaking plus a metric century? This duathlon sounds like it'd take me at least two days.

10-20 miles of kayaking plus a metric century? This duathlon sounds like it'd take me at least two days.

:roflmao:

Geez, and here I thought "duathlon" was just a fancy new name for a boilermaker. :rolleyes:


And it wasn't the toothless guy who "got" Ned Beatty. It was the guy with the full head of hair who looked a little like Cliff Robertson.

I think the 10 to 20 miles of kayaking was downstream... ;)

What? no pic from the commuting forum showing the bike in the canoe, then the bike hauling the canoe? I figured this was what Chipcom was talking about.

http://static.flickr.com/33/66346067_3be7429a77.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/66345500_567ea701da.jpg

http://www.wicycle.com/woody2.jpg

http://www.wicycle.com/midship2.jpg

What? no pic from the commuting forum showing the bike in the canoe, then the bike hauling the canoe? I figured this was what Chipcom was talking about.


Kewl! That HAS to be in Alabama, right?