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Posted: 10 Jul 2011 | 6:00 am

For those whose idea of living large the idea of swimming, biking and running before bonking out - Laguna Phuket is drawing widespread acclaim for its end of year back to back triathlon events.

This year's Laguna Phuket Triathlon sold out in a mere 40 days despite 700 slots, and the Ironman 70.3 the following week is already over 500 entries out of 1,100 available spaces.

Tri-fest 2011 is slate with the LPT on November 27th and Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship on December 4th.

The event's continue to be a be international draw card and a number of athletes are signing up for both, which means an extended Phuket stay.

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