Birth of the Modern Triathlon 50th Anniversary

102km/2201ft RUSA Populaire


Start time Saturday September 21, 2024 8:00 am
Time limit 6 hours 48 minutes
Ride ends Saturday September 21, 2024 2:48 pm
Start location Moniker Coffee Co., Liberty Station, 2860 Sims Rd, San Diego
Nearest parking Parking available in Lot D behind Liberty Public Market
Map rwgps
Cue sheet PDF cue sheet, XLS cue sheet
Organizers Wei Sun
Registration infoOnline registration closed on Thursday September 19, 2024 12:00 pm.
Register Brevet has already taken place.
Registered riders There are 15 registered riders.
Marcevir Bernardo
Matthew Cazalas
Dean Dobberteen
Nelson Estrada
Aaron Holdaway
Takeshi Hosokawa
Tom Kimmelman
Cynthia Liles
Sam Liu
James Pringle
Timothy Sullivan
Wei Sun
Jaime Sy-quia
Elizabeth Tenuto
Aliya Weise
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50 years ago, Don Shanahan and his “crazy idea” to tag on a bike race onto a swim/run event became reality on September 25, 1974 at Mission Bay and Fiesta Island. Who knew that the triathlon that they thought wouldn’t go anywhere evolved and grew to become a $1.9 billion global endurance event category.

To celebrate, we’ll head down to the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center to stretch our legs before heading back to Mission Bay to retrace the original racecourse on and around Fiesta Island. From various accounts, the bike portion was the half loop of the island. To simulate the run, the route follows the multi-use path along the eastern shore of the bay. We’ll finish at Stone Brewing to gulp down a pint or two of our favorite beverages and call that the swim.