UCLA Triathlon team creates a full Ironman distance triathlon for a teammate who was supposed to race at the cancelled Lake Tahoe Ironman

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On September 21st UCLA triathlete Adam DeBrosse was ready to compete at Ironman Lake Tahoe.
The event was cancelled minutes before the start, as officials deemed the air quality too hazardous for competition from recent Californian fires. Not wanting months of training and preparation to go to waste, Adam’s teammates designed their own Ironman-distance course for him to complete the next day.

On September 22nd, the UCLA Triathlon team made Adam’s dream to become an Ironman a reality.

Here is the video recounting the experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULx4kHxmeUI

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On September 21st UCLA triathlete Adam DeBrosse was ready to compete at Ironman Lake Tahoe.
The event was cancelled minutes before the start, as officials deemed the air quality too hazardous for competition from recent Californian fires. Not wanting months of training and preparation to go to waste, Adam’s teammates designed their own Ironman-distance course for him to complete the next day.

On September 22nd, the UCLA Triathlon team made Adam’s dream to become an Ironman a reality.

Here is the video recounting the experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULx4kHxmeUI

That is awesome! Not about the time, but 13:30 seems very solid for doing it on your own and with so much climbing on the bike and a decent amount on the run.

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How long before WTC forces them to remove the video because they used the word Ironman?

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Thats awesome. Good for those guys

That course looks like a bitch

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That’s awesome.

His Strava shows the routes. Up both sides of Mt. Diablo for the bike plus the 3 bears loop. Healthy chunk of climbing on the run too.

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Well done, guys!

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That is awesome. That video captures everything that was awesome about collegiate tri clubs back when I was in college.

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Congratulations……Ironman!!

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Many a USAT staffers have said the funniest event they go to is Collegiate Nats every year. The college kids really know how to do it right. Perfect balance of top talent filled with lots of support and just overall a kick ass environment. It’s why I love being apart of coaching in the college tri scene.

Well done Bruins, hope yall make the trek east in April!!!

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I just watched the coverage. I loved it!!!

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That’s totally awesome, congrats to Adam and also to his friends for doing this! Saw in the credits Anson Lam was part of it, give him my regards :wink: