One Step Beyond has confirmed that The Outlaw Triathlon 2015 has now sold out in record time. The long distance event based in Nottingham, UK, opened VIP entries on Tuesday 2 September and sold all 1000 places. A further 360 general entry places sold out by 5 September.
Cancer Research UK has the last remaining slots for the 2015 event, which takes place on 26 July 2015. To get a charity place and help beat cancer sooner visit, athletes can visit the Cancer Research website link.
Organiser, Iain Hamilton said “The scramble for Outlaw Half places last month was crazy, and we’re aware that a lot of people were disappointed, but we didn’t expect the Outlaw to sell out quite as quickly!”
He added “The entry process has been a lot smoother for the Outlaw and we’re looking forward to welcoming a new band of Outlaws to the event next year. As usual, we have a very large entry from Yorkshire, and this year there are a lot of people from Essex coming to the Outlaw.”
Of the entrants, 16% are women. Although this sounds low, it puts the Outlaw ahead of a lot of other long distance races in terms of female participation.
Hamilton commented “Obviously on the shorter distance races that we organise, the female percentage is a lot higher, but at long distance there are always fewer women taking part. Hopefully that will change in the future as there are plenty of fantastic role models, not just at an elite level but also across the board.”
Now that entries are sold out, the hard work begins in terms of planning for 2015.
Hamilton added “The work starts now for us and will continue throughout the winter. A tremendous amount of planning goes into the Outlaw, not least the coordination of 400 volunteers, who are essential to the smooth running of the event; and for many people they are the ones that make the Outlaw so special, so we are always really grateful to them.”
