The IRONMAN VR Team Challenge is getting under way, and can be viewed on the IRONMAN Now Facebook Watch page.
Professional triathlete Cody Beals will join this week’s competition providing the teams an opportunity to bolster their scoring with ‘Pro Wild Card Lifelines’ while engaging with the teams during the live broadcast.
The new virtual challenge begins a three-week competition cycle – with three teams from North America facing-off in Sprint, Olympic and Half-Distance virtual triathlons. Competition then continues on to feature teams from EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) and Asia Pacific in future months.
Three regional team captains and their respective age-group teammates will compete in their own three-week-long competition cycles covering Sprint, Olympic and Half-Distance virtual triathlons. Each teammate will be in charge of competing in one swim, bike or run segments in their respective virtual distance.
Team North American Team Captains
Representing North America as Team Captains will be singer and songwriter Ryan Kinder; US Marine Corps veteran and IRONMAN U Certified Coach Morgon Latimore; and veteran sportscaster Shannon Spake.
These captains will be tasked with forming a trio of athletes to join them each week for the competition scoring.
The North America round got under way this week with the North America Sprint Distance on Thursday, March 18 at 19:00 ET (23:00 GMT).
At the same start time, Thursday, March 25 will see North America Half-Distance racing. This will be followed by the North America Olympic Distance, plus the IRONMAN VC one-year anniversary celebration, on Thursday, April 1.
IRONMAN Foundation
Team captains will set up IRONMAN Foundation ‘Your Journey, Your Cause’ fundraising campaigns where they will be able to collect donations for a charity and cause that is important to them. The winning team from each regional showcase will receive a US$5,000 donation from the IRONMAN Foundation to further grow their fundraising campaigns.
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