Comments on: The Triska- Deca- What?

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:40:57 +0000

Two problems:
1) It is too much like decathlon, suggesting you have to do ten things with a triska
2) The rest of the world measures in kilometers (hence 5k, 10k), so I doubt whether it will catch on internationally.

By: crossn81

crossn81 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:51:18 +0000

How in the world do you say that?? We should hold up judgment until we see a phonetic spelling!

By: Mom On The Run

Mom On The Run — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:30:28 +0000

LOL – I can’t wait to start my training for a triskadecathon!

By: Blaine Moore (Run to Win)

Blaine Moore (Run to Win) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:05:17 +0000

Yeah, Mark, damn me and my numerical, logical approach! Heheh.

I wish that there were more half marathons in my area. It’s one of my favorite distances, but I don’t get to race them too often.

Hopefully New Bedford in mid-march – I’ve got 4 guys committed from my team to racing, so as long as I can find at least 1 more we’ll be able to field a team and will actually drive down and compete in it.

By: Topher

Topher — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:41:14 +0000

However you say it, 13.1 is a great distance, and this is was a great post.

By: Mark Iocchelli

Mark Iocchelli — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:18:02 +0000

In one corner, we have the emotion conveyed by a word/phrase. In the other, the logical, numerical approach.

I tend to like the former so I’m with ya, Donald!

It is certainly a challenging distance worthy of more respect than saying, “I JUST did the half” like a lot of people say at full and half marathon races.

I should point out that, among Running Blog Family members, triskadecathons are the most popular distances to race.

By: Blaine Moore (Run to Win)

Blaine Moore (Run to Win) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:58:43 +0000

Heh, triskadecathon…

I think I’ll stick to the half marathon, as it’s measurement is derived off of taking a marathon, and splitting it in half…

A 5K is derived from taking a measurement (the kilometer) and then quintupling it.

If you are going to insist on calling it a triskadecathon, then that means that you are now accepting 13.1 miles as a unit of measurement. As such, you should probably call the marathon a dutriskadecathon. The problem is that extra tenth or two of a mile – it isn’t really a triskadecathon because it isn’t actually 13 miles.