Rocky Harris USAT and Path to Safe Racing

It's National Triathlon Week and like so many other industries, the event and race industry has taken a huge hit.  As race directors and local governments try to find a way to hold events, USAT is behind the scenes providing resources and educational material to constituents to help them make informed decisions. Our feature interview this week is with Rocky Harris, CEO of USA Triathlon.

In Today's Show:

• Interview with Rocky Harris
• Endurance News - nyc marathon cancelled and Lubbock 70.3 cancelled
• What's New in the 303 - Boulder 70.3 cancelled, CO>COVID a Success!
• Videos of the week

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Weekend Duathlon Challenge

June 27th-28th 

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Coach’s Roundtable

Monday, June 29th @ 8pm ET

Join in for a discussion about how these prestigious coaches are preparing their athletes for the new world we live in. What will racing look like? How should athletes adapt their training and mindset going into them? Given the lack of diversity in triathlon, are there things coaches are doing to change that? How is the coaching landscape changing? With such acclaimed and experienced coaches, this is sure to be an informative, fun, and engaging event.

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Interview with Rocky Harris:

As a lead in to our interview with Rocky, we want to start with the ride he participated in this past weekend.  Their journey began the evening of Friday, June 19th at 6:30pm MT, at the Utah-Colorado border just west of Grand Junction. Their goal, to complete a 483-mile relay ride across the state of Colorado while raising money for the USA Triathlon Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund and the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado.  Over the course of 483 miles, the riders averaged 20 mph, climbed nearly 23,000 feet of elevation with their highest point at Monarch Pass at 11,312 feet of elevation. Just before 8:00pm and beating the sunset, all nine riders joined together for the final mile to the Kansas-Colorado state line.

Among the riders in this event was USA Triathlon CEO Rocky Harris.  We also saw that USA Triathlon Foundation Awards $110,000 in COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants.  With races trying to find a path to get back open, we were curious how USAT is playing a role in this process.  We were able to catch up with Rocky Harris himself. 

Post Interview discussion:

• Appreciate the straight talk you get from Rocky
• Like the information they are trying to convey to race directors, governing agencies and governments on the steps they are going to

Endurance News:

IRONMAN Lubbock 70.3 "Postponed"

We regret to announce that t