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WHAT IS TRIATHLON

Triathlon is a multi-discipline sport that involves the athlete swimming, cycling and running during the course of a race.

Children’s Triathlons are exciting multisport races, which give 8 to 16 year olds the opportunity to have a go at this fast growing sport. Competitors for these events are split into different age groups based as at 31 December as follows,

Tristar Start - 8 years
Tristar 1 - 9/10 years
Tristar 2 - 11/12 years
Tristar 3 - 13/14 years
Youth - 15/16 years

With each group racing over different swimming, cycling and running distances (see charts below). The 8 year old category is run over very short distances to introduce young athletes to the sport.

There are two other events associated with triathlon and these are Aquathlon and Duathlon races, as below,

Aquathlon races are a combination of a swim followed by a run.
Duathlon races are a combination of a run followed by a cycle and then another run.

Distances

Triathons
Age Group Swim

Cycle

 Run
Grass Tarmac
TriStar Start (8 Years) 50m 800m 1.5km 600m
TriStar 1 (9 - 10 Years) 150m 2km 4km 1.2km
TriStar 2 (11 - 12 Years) 200m 4km 6km 1.8km
TriStar 3 (13 - 14 Years) 300m 6km 8km 2.4km
Duathlon
Age Group Run

Cycle

 Run
Grass Tarmac
TriStar Start (8 Years) 400m 800m 1.5km 200m
TriStar 1 (9 - 10 Years) 1.2km 2km 4km 400m
TriStar 2 (11 - 12 Years) 1.6km 4km 6km 600m
TriStar 3 (13 - 14 Years) 2km 6km 8km 800m
Aquathlon
Age Group Swim Run
TriStar Start (8 Years) 50m 600m
TriStar 1 (9 - 10 Years) 150 1.5km
TriStar 2 (11 - 12 Years) 250m 2km
TriStar 3 (13 - 14 Years) 400m 3km

Youths may take part in events up to and including Sprint distance.

Swim Cycle Run
750m 20km 5km

This page was last updated on 01/06/09.