The award winning Triathlon Relays are now open for entries, with the event set for the Bank Holiday weekend of 27-28 August in Nottingham. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Relays, there will be plenty of activity on site to make it a great weekend of racing in a festival style atmosphere.
Back when the relays were first launched, there were just 40 teams taking part, a lot of skimpy lycra and Iain Hamilton, the race director, was 18 years old and running the event as a college project.
This year’s event features men’s, women’s, mixed and open teams as well as the new elite style team relays on Sunday. The elite style relay format and team time trial finals were a massive hit last year, contributing to the event winning Triathlon England’s Event of the Year award.
As usual there is on site camping, catering and an event expo, as well as some new entertainments at the National Water Sports Centre to mark the event anniversary. There are various other activities including rafting, wake boarding, the sky trail, mini golf and segways.
The relays are aimed at any group of four people who want to compete as a team. It is not necessary to be a club member, anyone can compete as long as they can complete a 500m open water swim, 15km flat and fast bike ride and 5km flat run.
In order to compete for Triathlon England national titles, all four members of the team need to be Home Nations members and registered to the same club.
Saturday’s standard relay format will see each member of the team individually completing each discipline before tagging their teammate, until all four people have completed each section and can cross the finishing line.
Sunday will see the elite style triathlon relays followed by team time trial finals. Live music via DJs and crazy race commentary will make this all the more exciting to watch.
Entries are open now via onestepbeyond.org.uk.
