Nautica Malibu Triathlon
The online research still continues as I prepare for this year’s triathlon. My training schedule has not been finalized yet as I had other priority work that needed my time. I did though manage to find out the second triathlon I might register for depending on my physical condition by March. Why March? The registration for the Nautica Malibu Triathlon opens on March 2, 2009 online. And the race date is Sunday, September 20th, 2009. Funny thing is several years ago, I completed both my first and second marathon race in the very same year: 20th Los Angeles Marathon and 1st Las Vegas Marathon. I might as well complete my first and second triathlon this year too!
The Nautica Malibu Triathlon is sponsored by Toyota which is also one of the sponsors for the Los Angeles Triathlon. The triathlon is a half-mile ocean swim, an 18 mile out-and-back bike course, and a 4-mile run. The triathlon starts off at the beautiful Zuma beach, then you transition into biking where you get to ride on the pacific coast highway right next to the beautiful pacific ocean, and finally transition into the running course which is also on the pacific coast highway. How awesome is that! September will be nice and sunny.
The registration fee is $125 plus $10 for non-USAT (USA Triathlon) members. I was also looking into getting a full wetsuit for the triathlon races and the entry level wetsuit starts at around $150. So was a wetsuit really necessary and was wondering if I could also use it for surfing if I pick up in the future but unfortunately the material of triathlon wetsuit is too thin for surfing and diving as they can rupture or tear.