The Dokdo Island issue has been receiving some pretty disrespectful treatment lately. I hesitate to name names: Blogger A, Blogger B, and Blogger C just to not name a few. Even the valiant Dokdo Raiders have received a salacious slagging.
So...the braintrust at my school today was trying to come up with something to really put Dokdo on the map (so to speak) in a way that no one could make fun of.
A Dokdo Marathon was suggested, but I think that we could do better. I think a Dokdo Ironman Triathalon could rival Hawaiian Ironman. By my calculations, to match Hawaii's event with its 3.86k swim, we would have to swim back and forth between the two islands 25 times. The running part of the race would have to take place on a specially built running path that circles the larger western island (Seo-do). Matching the 42.2k run in Hawaii would require that runners run around the island just 24 times. Of course, the most difficult part of the race would be the road road by bicycle. However, the 102 trips around the island could be done on the running path. Many might scoff at such an event being held on such small island; however, the thousands of spectators would have many opportunities to see each competitor hundreds of times. The two islands are so close that overflow spectators could be put on the eastern island. This could be a marketer's delight - T-shirts, a special Dokdo road racing bike, snacks, sports drinks... Once we get a few international competitions under our belt, no one will remember the names Liancourt Rocks or Takeshima - the whole world will know Dokdo and the special Dokdo Dance (adapted from the World Cup dance).
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