The triathlon was originally created by Mr. Jean-Luc Voisin. This was actually my first triathlon experience in Vietnam. A nice swim at the beach of Mui Ne, followed by a ‘not very flat” bicycle ride and finally a run at the beach. There are two different races:

Sprint
Open for all ages

• 300m open water swim
• 20km mountain bike
• 4 km off beach run

Stamina
You must be over 16 yrs of age to join. The race is as follow:

• 750m open water swim
• 40km mountain bike
• 8km off beach run (you may get really wet feet!)

For more information visit the Viet Adventure website

EPERFORMANCE training camps will give you a better understanding of how to maximize your training and racing potential in relation to your specific objectives.  The focus of the EPERFORMANCE camp will be on specific skill and technical development. It is designed to evaluate and assess the needs and goals of each athlete. They tailor the fundamentals, skills and application for athletes – whether racing sprints or those racing Ironman.

Let the highly trained coach help you get a head start on the competition!
 
Where & Registration?
Base camp will be Saigon Cycles. The address is:

Shop 51/1 Sky Garden 2, Phuong Tan Phuong,
Phu My Hung, District 7
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam

Brochure
Click the image below to view the full brochure.

Cost?
The cost per athlete is US$ 200.

The contact person for Vietnam is: Kristof Van Houdt

• Half Marathon
• 10 km Marathon,
• Road and  Beach Marathon (2.5km+2.5km)

Please visit the following website for more information: http://marathon.jv-academy.org/index_egh.html . The registration form can be downloaded using the following link: http://marathon.jv-academy.org/entry_egh.pdf

My new office is located near the airport and approximately 7 minutes driving from my house. Yesterday, Tuesday the 29th of April, the 7 minutes became 1.5 hours. When I left the office the streets were blocked. There was no chance that I could drive. There were hundreds of policemen on motorbikes and huge amounts of cheering people. The reason: The Beijing Olympic flame had arrived at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnamese government has done all they could to make the global torch relay a success. Thousands of Vietnamese were obvious proud that for the first time in history the Olympic flame had arrived in the city.

The torch was carried from the Opera House, located in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, to the Military Zone 7 competition hall where the official torch relay ceremony took place. The distance is approximately 12km and some prominent people, including Vietnamese officials, athletes and pop star My Tam were selected to bear the torch.

The event in Ho Chi Minh City was a great success. It was also the last leg of the Olympic flame’s global journey outside of China.

Marcel

The Terry Fox Run is run around the world every year to raise money for cancer research. It is non-competitive- no winners or awards, just people joining to raise money for cancer research. In Saigon runners, walkers, bicyclists and handicapped participants joined the run in the early Sunday morning. As usual it was a warm day and IMHO there was not sufficient water supply during the run. About 6500 people joined the run in Saigon which is quite a record.

Put it in your agenda and watch out for the 2008 Terry Fox run!

Imagine the snow on top of Mt Hutt in New Zealand……well, that’s not exactly what you are going to get in Vietnam. Instead of skiing on white snow you can relax and enjoy grass skiing. There is a Grass-ski recreation complex about 30 kilometers from Hanoi in Luong Son Dis. , Hoa Binh Province, with a total area of 10,000 square meters.

You can ski using special chained wheel shoes or in a sled and tickets are priced at VND 35,000 per person from Monday to Friday between April to September and VND 40,000 per person on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Instructors are available to get you going. Enjoy the grass but don’t eat it.

The event will be held on the 11^th of August 2007. Registration will be closed once the race reaches maximum capacity or July 31 2007. You can register online on www.vietnamtriathlon.com

Hoi An

You can choose between the Olympic Distance Triathlon, Sprint Aquathlon or Kids Aquathlon. Swimming is done in the beautiful clear Chinese Sea and you will run through a fishing village and finish at the grand Golden Sands Resort.

And do not forget: You must register as indicated above; there are absolutely no entries taken on race day!

Enjoy!!

French man Marc Emile finished first on the long distance in 2 hours and 23 minutes and Rudy van Bork was the first to see the finish line for the short distance in a time of 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Van Bork is actually the second person to accomplish the channel swim, as Akkiko Izawa, a female swimmer from Japan, was the first to ever complete the task in six hours and a half in 2002. He swam from Cham island to the old town of Hoi An’s Cua Dai Beach on April 28 as part of the 5 th Cham Island Channel Swim, an annual international competition sponsored by the Hoi An Town Sports and Culture Centre.

The Dutch swimmer competed with ten Japanese and two Vietnamese rivals who were joined by about 20 volunteers on boats, kayaks and speedboats to ensure safety.

“It was a great race,” said Van Bork. “It is strange to swim in a direction with only seawater on the horizon. After several hours I start seeing some land and structures. Then I knew I could finish the adventure.”