Millikan recently wore his Vibram Five Fingers KSOs in the what is billed as the oldest triathlon in the continental United States. With two man teams and canoes it is certainly one of the most unique triathlons. Sounds like fun! Here is a description of the race from Millikan:
My six-month old KSOs performed flawlessly in the canoe then run segments. I wish I could have used them for the bicycle segment but I was forced to switch to my road bike shoes. A key race feature and KSO test was running up the half-mile Killer Hill from the river trail to the bike transition area with the final 50 yards on wooden steps as seen in the photo. I believe very few have ran the complete hill.
Other than the lightening and rain storm at the race start, it was a great event. I especially enjoyed the quick transition time that my VFFs allowed from the canoe to the run. No worrying about changing into running shoes or wearing plastic baggies over my shoes in the canoe.
Note: Fort Ancient State Park is beautiful and features 18,000 feet of earthen walls built 2,000 years ago by Native Americas as well as the famous serpent mounds.
Six miles of canoeing then Killer Hill sounds pretty killer! Thanks for sending us your story, Millikan.
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Good stuff I am doing the fall event of this race..in my KSO’s
I was at this race in the spring in the child/parent division with my dad. I also really appreciated the quick and easy transition from canoe to run in my KSOs. My dad was a bit jealous. I’ll be there again in the fall with one of my friends. We’ve been doing a considerable amount of training with the ChiRunning method and I’m excited to do much better in the run this time around. I saw a handful of people in KSOs in the spring. I bet there will be a bunch of folks rocking kso treks and bikilas on the course in the fall.