Bali International Triathlon: Sunday June 24th 2007

Get out your Speedos guys, the Bali International Triathlon is this coming Sunday. The event, a first of its kind in Bali kicks off at 8am at the Coconut Grove at the Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay. The first part of the event will be a swim, followed by a bicycle section and a lastly a run. Each changeover will be at the starting location as will the finish.

Here’s more form the Jakarta Post.

Bali to hold int’l triathlon

DENPASAR: Bali is to hold an international triathlon, inviting world-class athletes and amateur participants to compete in the swimming, marathon and cycling competition On June 24 at Jimbaran Bay.

The triathlon commences with a 1.5-kilometer swim at Jimbaran Beach, followed by a 40-kilometer cycling race passing the Nusa Dua resort complex, and finishes with a 10-kilometer run that ends at Jimbaran.

Jointly organized by the Bali Triathlon LLC, the Los Angeles-based Generic Events and Bali Discovery Tours, the Bali International Triathlon aims to promote the island as an international venue for world-class leisure and sporting activities.

“We plan to set up the Bali Triathlon as an annual sports event and we are working hard to get on the international sports agenda,” said M. Fathur Rozy of Bali Discovery Tours.

As of Wednesday, the organizing committee had registered 160 participants, 12 of which are corporate teams.

“We actually set a low target of attracting 100 participants. It is above the target now,” Rozy said. — JP

For those able to makes it down to Jimbaran Bay on Sunday morning it could be quite a spectacle. I was trying to put together a team consisting of Galaxy bar regulars, owner Jeff and a couple of sexy dancers, but they figured their best work gets done on Saturday night.

Admission to the Bali International Triathlon triathlon is free. From Kuta you take the Bypass towards Nusa Dua, getting off at the Uluwatu sign and following Jl. Uluwatu in Jimbaran around to the Four Seasons.