Catalina Island Triathlon, Los Angeles, CA
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Eloah Rocha works as a youth counselor at Los Angeles Children's Hospital and participates in triathlon events around Los Angeles, including the annual Catalina Island Triathlon. The Catalina Island Triathlon has been held each November since 1985 on Catalina Island, located 30 miles southwest of Los Angeles. It involves a half-mile swim around Green Pier, a 15-kilometer bike ride along the Catalina coast totaling 477 feet of elevation gain, and a 3.1-mile run course to the Catalina Casino and back to the finish line at Green Pier. The triathlon event has male, female, and co-ed heats for competitors ages 14 to over 80
Catalina Island Triathlon, Los Angeles, CA
- 2. ? Since 2004, Eloah Rocha has served as a youth counselor at Los Angeles Children¡¯s Hospital. She manages a youth activity center for the siblings of patients under hospital care. Apart from her work at one of America¡¯s top-ranked children¡¯s hospitals, Eloah Rocha is active in LA triathlon events, including the Catalina Island Triathlon. Roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, across the Gulf of Santa Catalina from Huntington Beach, Catalina Island is the location of the annual Catalina Island Triathlon, held each November since 1985.
- 3. ? Starting at the Green Pier at Avalon Bay, triathletes race to achieve the best possible time by swimming a half mile around the pier and then cycling three circuits along the Catalina coast for a total distance of 15 kilometers at a cumulative elevation gain of 477 feet. Following that, competitors run a 3.1- mile course out to the Catalina Casino and then up Country Club Drive to an altitude of 280 feet before descending back down to the finish line at Green Pier. Male, female, and co- ed heats are conducted during the triathlon event, accommodating competitors from age 14 to over 80 years old.