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March 2015
TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
I MARCH CLUB TRIATHLON Sunday March 15 Start Time: 7am Show up between 5:30am and 6:30am to help set up and/or get your warm up in before the start. Format: 750y/12mi/4mi
MARCH CLUB DUATHLON Date: Saturday, March 7 Location: South Bay Check the Club’s website, Facebook page and/or Yahoo group forum for the most up to date activity details.
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saiah packed his gear to leave the triathlon wondering if he’d return next year. Did he need a new kind of challenge? He was lost in his thoughts when he looked up and saw a man hobbling toward him on crutches. “Hi, I’m Rene Farallon,” the man said, extending his hand with a business card. “You look like the kind of guy I’d like to invite for a g o o d w i l l triathlon tour next year. I’ll give a short presentation about it in the clubhouse in thirty minutes.” He pointed to the park building. “Please come and listen.” Isaiah shrugged. Why not? He wasn’t in a hurry, and he was looking for a something different. He went to the meeting with about twenty other triathletes. “I was born in a copper mining town in Mexico, but I grew up in the US,” Rene told the group. “We always gave back to our hometown with goodwill projects, but now I want to go global through sport. I was planning a solo international tour as a triathlete last year to gather information and contacts when I caught a virus that almost killed me. After weeks in the hospital and months in a wheelchair, I’m able to walk again, but I don’t know if and when I’ll get well enough to return to triathlon, let alone
travel the world. Seeing scores of Santas just before Christmas gave me an idea. What if there were lots of similar Rene Farallon’s, and they visited different places at the same time? “I invited each of you here because we’re triathletes who resemble each other—six feet tall, about thirty years old, slim, dark hair and dark eyes. We have a year to plan your visits to an under-developed country for three weeks. You will promote triathlon as a sport and bring goodwill. There is no religious, government, or commercial sponsorship. You’ll simply be Rene Farallon. You will take a companion who will video the trip. I will post daily highlights on our website while you are overseas. Hopefully it will go viral.” Rene spoke for ten more minutes and answered questions. Isaiah was sold on the idea and signed up. “Welcome aboard,” Rene said as he handed him a team shirt and cap, both colored turquoise like copper oxide with coppercolored letters. Over the following months Isaiah met two other Rene’s who lived near him, and they trained, planned, and schemed together. They continued on page 20