Aviemore Triathlon

September 20, 2020 9:00 am

Welcome to the Aviemore Triathlon: an exciting, challenging and scenic Swim | Mountain Bike | Trail Run Triathlon. 

Join us in the heart of the beautiful Cairngorms National Park and in the shadow of the Cairngorm Mountain itself – you’ll be swimming in the cool waters of Loch Morlich, biking on superb trails in the huge Glenmore Forest, and finishing with a scenic run through stunning woodland and open hillsides. There are two courses, short and long, to suit all Tri abilities from newcomers to racing snakes, as well as a new non-competitive option!

Long Hard Durty: 1000m Open Water Swim, 18km Technical Mountain Bike, 9km Trail Run  | START TIME APPROX. 0900
Incorporates Triathlon Scotland National Cross Triathlon Championships 2020.

Short Fast Durty: 500m Open Water Swim, 12km Mountain Bike, 5km Trail Run | START TIME APPROX. 0930

Short Fast Durty (Non Competitive): 500m Open Water Swim, 12km Mountain Bike, 5km Trail Run | START TIME APPROX. tbc

What is Non Competitive? In 2020, we’re trialling a a non-competitive (untimed) opt-in wave at the Short Fast Durty Tri in 2020 alongside the regular competitive/timed waves. This is in response to feedback that some participants are interested in the challenge, but not so interested in being timed, or being listed in results. You will still be issued with a dibber (for safety purposes), but we won’t publish your result, we will just list you as finishing. Just select the Non-Competitive option on Entry Central to sign up to this wave.

A Greener Aviemore Triathlon!

  1. Feed station cups are our biggest source of waste. So we’re stopping using them. Completely. There will be no cups at feed stations. You need to bring your own or, if you don’t have one, we’ll provide you with a re-usable soft folding cup with your race entry in 2020. You will need to carry this with you and use it on the course if you wish to use feed stations.
  2. T-shirts: some of you love them and some of you don’t. If you’re the latter, we’ll now give you the option to donate the cost of your event tee to our chosen charity, The John Muir Trust. You can make this selection when you sign up via Entry Central by choosing No T-Shirt. Your entry cost will remain the same and we’ll donate the equivalent value to The John Muir Trust.

We appreciate your help in ensuring our events make minimal impact on the environment.

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The Swim section will be in the beautiful, clean, freshwater Loch Morlich.

It’s one of the few inland beaches that appears on SEPA’s approved Bathing Beaches list. Wetsuits are likely to be compulsory – you don’t need a swim-specific one though, a general cheapo multipurpose watersports one will be fine if that’s what you’ve got.

Similarly, we’re OK with sleeveless and shorty suits.

Water temp is usually around a balmy 14 degrees.

The Mountain Bike section is on a mix of great fast forest roads (some less well used, and so a bit rougher), and shorter fun-dabby-dozy twisty, narrow rooty forest singletrack.

In general, we will be designing a course that is mostly ‘Blue’ standard or below for the Short Fast Durty course (with a small amount of fun singletrack thrown in)

The Long Hard Durty course will have some more ‘Red’ and ‘Black’ sections – if you’ve practiced on a mountain bike before the race, you’ll have a quicker and happier time! You’ll need a mountain bike, and Helmets are compulsory.

The Run will be on a mix of forest trails, and includes a section of open hill running (Long Hard Durty only) with breath-taking views.

Take 30 seconds to look around you!. Bits of the course meander through rough and trackless natural forest. Mmmm, lovely 🙂

The Aviemore Triathlon will be hosted by the Badaguish Centre in Glenmore Forest., this will form race HQ, registration area, car parking, Transition 2 and the finish line.

The address of Race HQ is;
Badaguish Centre
Aviemore
PH22 1QU

Athlete briefing will be supplied 1 week prior to event.

Long Hard Durty
Solo Entry: £50* (TS TE WT Member) / £56* (non Member)
Relay Entry: – £70* (TS TE WT Member in the team) / £76* (no Members)

Short Fast Durty (Comp and Non-Comp)
Solo Entry: £42* (TS TE WT Member) / £48* (non Member)
Relay Entry: – £62* (TS TE WT Member in the team) / £68* (no Members)

* plus Entry Central Fees.

Event Detail

September 20, 2020 9:00 am
Badaguish Centre, Glenmore Forest

Organisers

Durty Events
info@durtyevents.com

Sponsors