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Are You Tough Enough?

Be stronger than Iron! Join your friends at the starting line at the Great Floridian and show the world you are 'Tough Enough' to take on the challenge of Florida's original and premier ultra-distance triathlon.  Who said Florida was flat???

Choose Your Race & Distance!

The Great Floridian features a challenging 140.6 mile ultra-distance course, along with a 2K-62K-15K Intermediate distance race. Other events will be Aqua-Bike (Ultra Distance Only), relay team competition (both distances), and a 15K run.

Registration is Open!

Don't be left out, registration is now open for all events and distances.  Ask about our special rebate program for clubs and organizations.

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GREAT FLORIDIAN NEWS

GFT ranked one of the World's Best Triathlons

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The Great Floridian Triathlon is ranked one of the top 10 "Best Non-WTC Iron Distance Races" in Inside Triathlon's 2012 TriGuide. They added that "An m-dot isn't required to put on a great long course race."

Aqua Bike registration is now open.

During the 2012 Great Floridian Endurance Festival we will be offering the Aqua Bike event in conjunction with our Long Course only. The swim will be 2.4 miles and the bike is 112 miles. We are not planning to have a short course Aqua Bike. Please visit our registration page on imATHLETE for more information.

SAVE MONEY when you and 2 friends sign up for the GFT Ultra.

The 3-4-2 special is back. Find 2 other people that, like you want to enter the GFT Ultra and when you register together each person's share will be only $250.00. That SAVES you and the two other people $125.00 EACH off the current GFT entry fee. So log on to Slowtwitch, Xtri, and any other triathlete forum that you can think of and SPREAD THE WORD!

Registration is now open for Long and Short Courses.

You can now register for either the Long or Short courses. We will be opening registration for the 2nd Annual Floridian 15K soon.

2012 Courses

Due to the amount of positive feedback we will most likely be using the same courses in 2012 as we did this year. IF you would like to review the course maps, they are located HERE.

Official Photography Vendor

Please visit www.Photo-Chambers.com to view the image that they produced during the Great Floridian Endurance Festival.

Thank you!

Fred Sommer and the entire 2011 GFT crew want to thank everyone involved, from all the competitiors, volunteers, and officials. It is because of you that 2011 was such a wonderful event. We llok forward to seeing you in Clermont again soon.

2012 Great Floridian Date is October 20th.

Sign up for the ULTRA distance today and SAVE MONEY by taking advantage of our early registration Economic Stimulus Promo for only $250.00 YES, you read that right, through November 15th, you can enter the 2012 GFT Ultra for only $250.00!

2011 Great Floridian Endurance Festival Results

The results can be found at www.chiptimes.com

Dan Arlandson & Jennifer Vogel Win 2011 GFT Ultra

Jennifer Vogel 2011 GFT VictoryDan Arlandson 2011 GFT Victory
Jennifer's (left) GFT Ultra finish time was 11:02:11
Dan (right) GFT Ultra finish time was 9:21:07