A fun memory I have is when I volunteered to work the World Triathlon Championship, held at the Walt Disney World Resort that year.
It was a full, and very well-organized, tri. The
swim was from the beach at the Polynesian Resort, out to the island where the Fairytale Wedding Pavilion is today, and back to the beach at the Grand Floridian. This was the early 1990s so it was a veritable sea of Speedos.
The
bikes were staged in the parking lot of the Grand Floridian, and you rode all through the WDW resort.
And of course, the
run was the best part. Imagine hot hunky and sweaty guys running throughout MAGIC KINGDOM Park in all their Speedo-riffic glory, and then down Main Street U.S.A. like the 3:00 Parade and then out to the finish line on a big grassy area where the bus station is today.
Although really, the BEST part was the Europeans who, finished with the race itself, went over to the cool-down area where water hoses were set up, shower-style... and proceeded to strip stark naked in front of everyone. That was a heavenly sight!!
