Fitness buffs looking to put their bodies to the ultimate test gather for the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon. There are a pair of different courses for competitors to tackle – the Sprint course is shorter, featuring a .5 mile swim, a 15.7 mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run, and the Olympic course is a full triathlon, with a .9 mile swim, a 24.8 mile bike ride, and a 6.2 mile run. The Sprint course wends through Fairmount Park on Martin Luther King Drive, while the Olympic course runs past some of the city’s most historic sections. The first section sees competitors swimming from the dock off of St. Joe’s Boathouse and under the Columbia Bridge before climbing out and bicycling a two-loop course through Fairmount Park and running on Martin Luther King Drive, switching directions in front of the Art Museum, and returning to the finish line. In addition to the race, the Multi-Sport Expo before the race offers tons of cool new athletic products.
Check out the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon's website for more information!
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