Has Anyone Ever Done A Triathalon, Marathon, Bikathon.. Ect..

[Jamie]

I just have a question....

I going to sign up for a triathalon in May... and I am reading the rules and apparently you're not allowed to use headphones/Ipod..... is this true of all races? I've done a bikathon before and I used my headphones.... they didn't even disqualify me for not having a helmet!... I feel like I wont be able to do this thing without music....

So does anyone know if this is really the international rule of these types of races?

[Jestgar]

No answer to your question.

I thought your title said "Tried a marathon in a bikini"... :blink:

[celiac-mommy]

That's not the rules for all races. I trained for the Portland marathon (messed up my knee during the half marathon a few months before). It's ok in the Portland marathon to use headphones but they really discourage it because of safety reasons. Triathalon may be different, what would you do with the iPod during the swim?

[munkee41182]

The iPod is a safety issue - if you're riding a bike, and it falls, your eyes can come off the road, crash into someone, fall off your bike etc. They also think that if the ipod falls out of a case while you're running you could trip over it as well.

Personally, if you're running one for fun (I know I use to do Danskin - that one was fun), people ran with their iPods in. No one said anything.

Good Luck!

[julirama723]

In each run I've competed in, any sort of ipod or mp3 player was not allowed. Mainly because they were all road races, and it was a safety issue; they wanted participants to be aware of other runners AND of nearby traffic.