By Khalifa Hemed
Published July 23, 2022
Some 100 individuals and 50 teams are expected to participate in Kilifi Gold Triathlon at the Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast.
The event, that is dubbed as Africa’s most beautiful triathlon, is scheduled for September 17, 2022 at Mnarani Beach Club from 12:00 PM and will see athletes swim 750m in the Kilifi Creek followed by a 20KM off-road bike and 5KM Run through the Kilifi sisal plantations lined with hidden valleys and ancient baobabs.
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“The Kilifi Gold Triathlon is a charity-driven event and this year, the funds raised will go towards the Taylor Ashe Antivenom Foundation (TAAF). TAAF’s simple aim is to reduce the number of deaths and maiming from snakebites and to promote awareness of this extremely common event, dubbed ‘the forgotten menace’,” says Michael Owora, Team Manager of Team Tri Fit (TTF) that organises the event. “The organization seeks to ensure that more lives and livelihoods are not lost meaninglessly to this common occurrence through snake and snakebite education, training doctors to administer first response snakebite treatment, and educating the community on snake awareness and what you can do to protect yourself by ensuring harmful snakes are removed correctly and ecologically.”
Inviting participants to the event, TTF says Kilifi Gold Triathlon is an event not to be missed.
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“The Kilifi Gold Triathlon is one event you don’t want to miss out on whether you are a participant or spectator,” Owora says. It will have what is described as ‘an amazing course, party atmosphere, food and beverage stations, DJ, MC and kids games throughout the day’.
