Website http://www.peoplestri.com/
Type Duathlon and triathlon.
Distances
- Try-a-Tri 100m swim, 10km cycle, 2km run
- Sprint Tri 500m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run
- Standard Tri 1500m swim, 40km cycle, 10km run
- Try-a-Du 10km cycle, 2km run
- Sprint Du 20km cycle, 5km run
- Standard Du 40km cycle, 10km run
Time of Year November - April.
Goodie Bag None.
Course refreshments Water.
Post-race refreshments Water, bananas, muffins.
Post race details Safe swimming beaches available wile waiting for prize giving.
Prizegiving Standard.
Finisher's medal No.
Competed in 2008, 2009, 2010.
Details
Triathlon events for the beginner trying their first duathlon/triathlon through to the standard distance used in the Olympics.
If you have a reasonable level of fitness and you want to try a triathlon, then start with the Sprint distance, which is challenging without being exhausting.
Tri boxes are allowed. Wetsuits are used by the majority of competitors. If you use a mountain bike rather than a road bike, you will be in the minority, but certainly not the only one. I've used a mountain bike myself, and set a time that I found difficult to beat when using my road bike. Traffic tends to be minimal.
The Mission Bay course is flat and fast. The Maraetai course is quite a bit hillier, although recent changes mean that the steepest hill has been removed from the run course making the whole course a few minutes faster than it was. In general though, assuming similar weather conditions, the Mission Bay course will give you a better time, while Maraetai will test your fitness more.
Mission Bay is reasonably close to central Auckland, while Maraetai is quite a bit further out (45 minutes to an hour from Mission Bay).
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