TRI913 Heart of America Multisport Merit Badge Clinic

Welcome to the Heart of America Mulitisport Merit Badge Clinic, where scouts will learn everything they’ll need to prepare them to earn the Multisport Merit Badge!  

This clinic is a USA Triathlon Sanctioned event. All participants must have a USA Triathlon membership to participate. To get a membership, free of charge, please follow these instructions. BEFORE you complete the clinic registration, you must visit this site: https://member.usatriathlon.org. The following discount code can be entered to receive your complimentary youth membership: JoshWolfYouthSplashandDash. Once you have your membership number, you'll enter the number during your registration for the clinic. 

Clinic Pre-Requisites:

·         It is recommended that Scouts earn Cycling, Athletics, and/or Personal Fitness Merit Badges prior to registering

·         Review all Multisport Merit Badge requirements at www.scouting.org/merit-badges/multisport/

In this 3-hour clinic scouts will learn about all of the key aspects of Multipsort and at the end, all participants will complete a duathlon (run, bike, run).  

Run by USAT Level I Coach and USAT Race Director Katy Renner; and USAT Level I Coach, 6-time Ironman World Championship Qualifier and 4-time Ultracycling World Record holder Josh Wolf, scouts will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in the Midwest. 

This Multipsort Clinic will focus on: 

- Basic knowledge such as hazards that you might encounter, distances of Triathlon, equipment needs; swim, bike and run safety, etc.  
- How to warm up for each discipline 
- Rules of the road for biking and running 
- Going over training programs and ways to improve at Multisport 
- Learning how to set up transition 
- A race simulation where scouts will complete a duathlon (run, bike, run) with the distances that meet the badge requirements 
- Ways scouts can continue to participate in Multisport 
- Ways you can volunteer at a local race as a group 
- Swim, bike and running form and practice time for each sport

What scouts will need: 

Bike
Helmet 
Bike/Run shoes 
Sunscreen 
Water bottle 
A snack 

Estimated requirements to be completed by participants at this clinic:

1a, 1b

2a, 2b, 2c

3a, 3b, 3c, 3d

4b - 1, 2, 3 & 4c - 1, 2, 3 *Swimming activities will not be offered during this clinic.

5a, 5b, 5c, 5d

6

7 - Duathlon ONLY: run 1.5km, bike 3km, run .75km

8a, 8b

We will NOT be swimming at this clinic.