Beat the Cock Trophy in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

  • Beat the Cock

     

    Win the Beat the Cock marathon.

    How to unlock Beat the Cock

    The Beat the Cock marathon is actually a triathlon that consists of a swim, bicycle ride and then a marathon run. One marathon is located at Santa Maria Beach, Los Santos and the other is in Palomino Beach in Red County (see below screenshot). They are only available on weekends, and you must also have to complete the ‘Yay Ka-Boom Boom’ story mission for these events to unlock. You can check the current day of the week by holding at any point during the game.
     


    Note that the Santa Maria marathon is way shorter than the Red County one so for obvious reasons, choose this one. The triathlon is best attempted at the end of the game as you will need quite high stats, especially stamina and cycling skill. You will also need to have at least 50% stamina and 50% cycling skill before starting this event. You can increase your stamina quickly by riding the bike at the gym, but the cycling skill will take longer to increase. Just keep riding a bicycle around until the stat increases.

    Once you are ready, simply make your way to the red marker on the weekend to start the triathlon. You will first need to swim across Los Santos Inlet. You will probably fall quite far behind at this point as the other competitors are very fast swimmers and seem to have unlimited stamina. Once you make it to the other side you will begin the cycle leg of the event, which will see you travel through Avispa Country Club. Eventually you will start the last section of the event which is the run. By this point you should have quite a comfortable lead from the cycle section. Once you cross the finish line and win the triathlon, the trophy will unlock.

    Some tip[s for anyone having difficulties with this event:

    • - Ensure your stamina and bike skills are at 100%
    • - For the running part at the end, dont hold down :x: but instead, keep pressing it in bursts. I seemed to get the best results by having it held down and then not, on every 3 steps Carl takes. 3 with, 3 without. The stamina lasts way longer this way.
    • - Early in the story, Ryder gives you a mission to burgle an army vet in the night. After this you can use the van to do raids as a side mission. If you steal a total of $10,000 worth of goods on these side missions, you get infinite sprint! This makes the marathon super easy.


    There are alternate tips also, such as bringing the jet pack along (unlocked way into the game) and using it to cross the river, but the rubber-banding is so strong in this that this is also no guarantee you wont be caught. You can also do this method and sabotage the competitors bikes by riding them into the sea after you ditch the jet pack but I didn't try this out as I'd already beaten it.

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  • I don't know if this can be completed otherwise, but I did it by getting unlimited stamina, which you get by collecting $10k from the burglary missions. Just don't give up when you see yourself lagging behind everyone else during the swimming and cycling, you'll be able to get past them when you've almost finished running.
  • This is the easiest way to obtain the trophy and it doesnt require infinite sprint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryJh-xYo8AA
  • I used the jetpack to get past the swimming section. It makes this challenge a whole lot easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LXOx9w2bk
  • I honestly laughed at throwing all the bicycles in the ocean that seems like more effort than just simply passing the burglary missions. I'm not sure on the remastered version but on the PS2 emulated version all you have to do is find two houses side by side that you can invade and park the boxville there. The items in each reset every time you steal from another house so even though I started at 9pm I was still able to lift each TV from the front room 15 times each for a total of 30 items. All you have to lift is 23 items to pass the mission and get the boost.
  • Ahahahah xD throwing all bicycles in the ocean its a funny way to do this ... :D
  • i did the mission but when i go to do this it says its not ready yet

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