“On your marks … get set … go!” The race announcer yelled through his hand-held megaphone as we stood in Town Park, Pagosa Springs. It was an anticlimactic moment. Around me, racers wearing elephant ears and tutus, superhero costumes and some decidedly creepy zombie makeup sauntered over to their cruiser bikes. I looked at my friend and teammate; we both shrugged and ambled toward our own bikes that were leaning on their kickstands just a few yards away. This was no ordinary triathlon. The Cruise-A-Thong, billed as a race for “the Average Joe,” is the antithesis of triathlons seen in …
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