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Yesterday was the annual Philadelphia triathlon, and Metro has the report:
Organizers of yesterday’s Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon were forced to ditch plans to start the event with a swim in the Schuylkill River after heavy rains through the region over the weekend led to an increase in debris flowing through the river’s brown water.
“It was a pretty easy call to make,” said race organizer Lars Beck.
He said organizers got to the river at 4 a.m. and knew by 6 a.m. that the river wouldn’t be suitable for the 1.5K swim.
Instead, the race became a duathlon, with some 2,000 people starting with a 5K run. That was followed by a 40K bike race and then a 10K run to the finish line on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
So, in essence, the race became a biathlon. Only in Philadelphia could a triathlon only have two legs. Awesome.
River swim a no go [Metro]
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