THE POSSUM IS...
The Uncle Possum Triathlon is a low-key celebraton of summer that takes place every year in beautiful Hillsborough, NC, ancestral stomping grounds of race namesake and marsupial bon vivant Col. Cornelius J. Possum. 'The Possum' consists of a:
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~5k run/walk
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~15 mile bike, and
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~500 yard inner tube float
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After the inner tube float, a celebratory barbecue is held to toast our accomplishments.
IS THE POSSUM COMPETETIVE?
No.
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To elaborate, the run/walk and bike events start when we start and finish when people get back. There is no timing or tracking of first place, second place, etc. If you want to keep track of that sort of thing, I suppose you can. You are equally welcome if you want to just hang out and enjoy the barbecue as you are if you want to complete all three events.
IS IT ALL SWEAT, ALL THE TIME?
Not at all...although we hope for hot and steamy weather always, the time between the events is filled with t-shirt making, possum-related (and unrelated) trivia, and general grabassery. If you're sweating during the inner tube float, you are doing something wrong.
