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The Brooklyn Hipster Triathlon 2014

This post is a little late, and if you follow me on Instagram, you already know everything. But I guess it's never too late for a race recap.

Last Saturday I participated in a "hipster triathlon". What's a hipster triathlon you ask? Well, there are some clear differences than your standard tri.

1. Start time - No 7AM start here. This triathlon started at 11. I'm not much of a morning person, so I really appreciated it.

2. Public amenities: This was an unofficial race, so the course used the Red Hook Public Pool, Brooklyn roads and a public track. Here's the course.

3. Ironic tattoos, beer and pizza.

Here's the recap in pictures:

red hook public pool hispter triathlon

Our fearless leaders (and organizers) giving us the pre-race low-down.

hipster triathlon swim bike run pizza

Of course there was swag! I love these sweat bands. Swim, bike run, pizza #2014minitri

brooklyn biking hipster triathlon

We weren't allowed to bring anything in the pool so no pictures :( Right after the swim. I'm embarrassed to say that I hadn't swam swam since the half ironman. My tris were killing me after the 8 minutes in the pool. I remember when I could go 45 mins, easy.

hipster tattoo

Is it wrong if I'm kind of digging this fake tattoo?

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We biked 5 miles from the pool to the tack. Not a bad ride.

running track hispter tri

Running 3 miles around a track at 1PM is no fun. But we did it!

shot gun beer

One quick shot gun, then we were back on the bike for our final 5 miles to get to the pizza leg of the race at L&B Spumoni Gardens.

l b spumoni gardens pizza

We kind of got lost, but well worth it for this view!

verrazano bridge

And this one!

verrazano bridge

Final destination: Pizza.

After an entire day of swimming, biking and running, we realized that we were a good 10 miles away from our homes. So while we were near Coney Island, we might as well head to the beach!

coney island beach

It was such a fun day! I'm already looking forward to the Hipster Tri 2.0 next year.