Tri team kicked off this year’s club sports challenge with a challenge of their own:
THE TRIATHLATHON
Triathlathon [noun]: A twelve-hour non-stop marathon of triathlon activities and team bonding, including but not limited to: swimming, biking, running (SBR), strength training, rock climbing, yoga, hiking, and crab soccer.
Dartmouth's annual Club Sports Challenge is a two-week fundraising period during which club sports teams are able to earn extra funds through matches from club sports for reaching certain fundraising goals. In order to make the challenge more fun for the team, Tri team invented the "Triathlathon" as a way to secure pledges for donations based on the amount of hours of triathlon activities athletes completed.
Donations during this period are the main source of funds for the team's yearly budget, which goes towards the team's competitions, training, and gear purchases to make the team more accessible. Thanks to our donors' support, we are able to offer opportunities to athletes without cost being a barrier to their participation in the sport as well as continue to support the growing team.
THE 2023 TRIATHLATHON FUN-draiser:
The triathlathon kicked off bright and early at 7am, when triathletes met up for some early morning lifting in the gym
Next, coffee was had, breakfast was eaten, and several brave triathletes reached new heights in the Dartmouth climbing gym
After some studying in the 1902 room (the current triathlon team study spot of choice), triathletes met up for some much-needed yoga!
At 1:00 pm, tri team stopped at foco for a quick meal before heading over to hike Gile.
After enjoying the fire tower view and the great outdoors, Tri team took on the challenge of crab soccer while getting super excited for spin class.
After an amazing hour of biking, triathletes went for an evening run (high-viz was present but not pictured)
After another group meal at foco, tri team closed out the 2023 Triathlathon in the pool with a quality swim workout thanks to coaches Jeff and Jim!
Over the course of the day, over 40 team members completed a total of over 140 hours of Tri-team activities, with the athlete with the most hours winning the coveted Tri-hard trophy:
The Triathlathon may be over, but the 2023 Dartmouth Club Sports Challenge still has a few days left! A huge thanks to everyone who has donated so far – Thank you for contributing to our team and helping us to continue to SBR (Swim-Bike-Run)!
