Heat Wave Shortens the New York City Triathlon

“Anyone treated went home with no issues,’’ said Max DeFilippis, a spokesman for Life Time, the company that produces the event.

While some participants were relieved that the race was shorter, others, some of whom had come from afar, had trained for months for a longer distance.

“I was disappointed, you know, to come down to New York. It would have been nice to have the full one,” Cathy Connell, who is from the Boston area, told NY1.

The race, in its 20th year, has not been held at its full length since 2018.

It was canceled because of high heat in 2019 and because of the pandemic in 2020. Last year, the swim portion was nixed because of concerns about bacteria in the water, which is repeatedly tested in the days before the race.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/us/nyc-triathlon-heat.html