Whinlatter off road duathlon
A challenging but rewarding event
Stunning views of Bassenthwaite Lake
Fantastic mountain scenery
15 Nov 2009
A challenging new off road event in the northern Lake District. The event consists of a 5.5km trail run, followed by a 15km MTB incorporating the new Altura bike trails, finishing with a final 5.5km trail run.
The event is held entirely within the boundaries of Whinlatter Forest Park, near Keswick & is completely off road. With stunning mountain scenery & an extensive network of forest tracks & purpose built bike trails, this is a spectacular location for trail running & mountain biking.
NOTE: THE SECOND RUN IS SAME ROUTE AS FIRST BUT IN REVERSE DIRECTION.
Terrain: Both runs are on well surfaced singletrack & forest roads. The MTB course involves technical singletrack climbing & descending.
Course: The event starts and finishes adjacent to Cyclewise. The first run will be one 5.5km circuit with approx. 270m of ascent.
There are spectacular views of Bassenthwaite Lake & the Skiddaw mountain range on the initial section. A singletrack traverse across Seat How opens up more stunning vistas of the Coledale Fells & Derwentwater before descending back towards the visitor centre.
The MTB route is one 15km circuit incorporating the full North Loop of the Altura trails with additional sections of forest tracks. This is graded as a Red route involving sections of singletrack climbing & descending. Starting with the first two sweeping sections of the Blue graded trails, the route climbs steadily up through the forest to over 500m on a mixture of technical singletrack & wide forest tracks. A testing traverse across Seat How follows a similar fashion to the run. This leads to an exhilarating descent involving switchbacks, berms, small drop offs & ledges, followed by a testing steep climb on wide forest trails before finishing with a rapid singletrack descent back to the transition. The North cycle trail will be closed to other cyclists for the duration of the event. The section that descends past Comb Gill is footpath only & no cycling is allowed apart from on race day.
The event will be run under current British Triathlon rules. More detailed race information will be available soon.
Prize Categories: Fantastic prizes for individual male & female, veteran male & female, & first team/club (3 to count). There will also be various spot prizes for certain achievements/sections!!
Facilities: Visitor centre & café, free event parking, toilets.
Event Support:
Cyclewise: The Cyclewise team will be providing expert & professional event suppport. Cyclewise shop, bike hire, service centre, & bike wash are all ideally located at the event venue.
Genr8 Sports Nutrition: A unique new product developed by world class science at the University of Nottingham, Genr8 will be providing free nutritional support both during & after the event.
Maps:
Entries availible: 200
Closing date for entries: 8 Nov 2009
Entry fee: £33.00
Discounted entry fee: £30.00
