Canterbury Secondary Schools Triathlon

Sunday December 15th

The distances for this race are 300m swim / 10km bike / 3.8km run. 

Categories will be Under 14, 16, 19 with age taken at 1st January in the year of the event.

Trophies will be awarded to category winners with medals for the top 3.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• We like to encourage athletes of all abilities to enter this race. Normally most athletes are on road bikes

• All Under 16 & Under 14 athletes will start in one wave. Under 19’s will start separately with age group athletes

• Males and females can draft off each other on the bike leg.

Course Description:

• Swim Course

  • The swim will be a 300m triangular course within the lake (athletes will be out of their depth for the entire swim leg)

• Bike Course

  • The bike will be 2 lap of the course on open roads = 10km.

  • Any sort of bike is allowed providing you do not have aero bars. You do not need a racing bike; the only thing we will insist on is that you wear a cycle helmet and keep to the left at all times.

  • Drafting is allowed - no aero bars

  • Bike course map https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35133073

• Run Course

  • The run will be two laps of the course = 3.8km.

Whilst we strongly encourage athletes of all abilities to take part in this event for the serious athletes out there by registering for this this event you are included in the Tri NZ Junior Series.  You can find out more about this series here.  Please note that you need to be a member of Triathlon NZ to have your points included in the series