The ultimate opportunity to test your mettle, stamina, mental toughness and help out the kids of Make A Wish of NH all rolled into one! Take the challenge to bring yourself to the breaking point and back…. Be the last one standing and walk away with the greatest of triathlete spoils: A tricked out Valdora Bike, Mavic Wheels, Muscle Milk, Timex products, a TYR Hurricane Category 3 wetsuit, and more! A package valued at more than $8,000!
A raffle will be held a week before Black Fly Tri Fest weekend. We’ll draw 10 names from the pot to determine the victims… er… contestants.
To enter the raffle and play, you gotta pay….Buy your raffle tickets HERE.
The proceeds from the raffle will go to MAKE A WISH OF NH, so you’re also doing a good thing. Buy raffle tickets early and often!
Beginning at 7 PM on Friday, July 9 (following the bike time trial), each of the chosen 10 participants will be placed around a rectangular fence with the bike and other goodies placed in the center. Once the contest has started, every person must keep one hand on the fence at all times. The last person standing without breaking the rules is the winner.
- You must have one hand on the rail at all times during the competition.
- No leaning on the rail.
- No squatting, kneeling, sleeping, or sitting. (Contestant must remain standing straight up with no assistance from anything or anyone.)
- You will get one 5 minute break every hour.
- You will get one 15 minute break every 6 hours.
- Each contestant will have their own "transition area" where they will be provided one chair.
- You will be allowed one medium sized ice chest for the duration of the contest (contents not supplied).
- Each participant can have one helper inside the transition area. (The helper can be a friend, family member, coworker or any person that you think will get you through the event. Your helper must remain in the fenced transition area at all times during the event Your helper may be subbed out during breaks.) No Public nudity allowedJ
- Each participant must be back on the rail by the end of each break. NO EXCEPTIONS!
- The contest will be video-taped for instant-replay and rule violations. All violators will be tarred and feathered, and stoned in Town Square by an angry mob of Black Fly participants, their sugared-up children and Sid, the angry town squire… subject to the whims of Judge Buzz (ok, we kid, we kid…)
Tix are $10 a piece, or $40 for 5 of ‘em. All proceeds go to Make A Wish of NH.
Black Fly Triathlon
Waterville Valley , NH
July 10th, beginning at 11:30 AM . When it’ll end, who knows? If, at 11:30 AM on Sunday, July 11th there is more than one contestant still standing, we’ll engage their wits in a trivia contest to determine the winner.
Unlikely… Black bears, indigenous to the area, don’t like the taste of humans. They’re a bit too gamey for their taste.
Moose don’t eat people, silly. Stop letting your imagination get the best of you.
