Long Course Duathlon Nationals Slated For Sunday

USA Triathlon’s 2011 National Championship event schedule resumes Sunday with the Long Course Duathlon National Championship at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Ala.

Age-group national titles will be on the line in the Powerman Alabama Duathlon, which will serve as the national championship event and is a key part of the two-day Powerman Alabama Multisport Weekend. All competitors in Long Course Duathlon Nationals will complete a 10-kilometer run, followed by a 60-kilometer bike and a second 10-kilometer run.

Nearly 400 athletes are scheduled to race over the course of the weekend with more than 200 slated to compete in the national championship event. Three-time Powerman Alabama Duathlon winner David Thompson (St. Paul, Minn.) highlights the elites scheduled to compete Sunday.

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