Any off road biathlon's near Bristol?

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Any off road biathlon's near Bristol?
Leku
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Fancy having a go at a off-road run / bike biathlon. Was thinking 5km / 20km /5km type of thing.

Anyone know of one coming up?

Posted 14 years ago

bristolbiker
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Do you mean duathlon? Biathlon invloves target practise as well, no? 😉

I THINK there used to be one at Longleat but it'll be in the summer and I've not heard abotu for a while…..

Posted 14 years ago

pjt201
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there was one at ashton court on a sunday morning a couple of months ago.

Posted 14 years ago

clubber
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Yeah, I saw that one – I think that there are a few though no idea where/when. Googling for duathlon rather than biathlon would help though!

Posted 14 years ago

Leku
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I did find a link to the Ashton Court event but its only once a year.

Would 220 magazine have listings of events like this?

Posted 14 years ago

llama
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I did the ashton court one. Ended up closer to 5/20/5 miles rather than km due to a GPS moment by the organiser. The run was **** hard for me a not very good runner. But the bike was great: it was the bike fest course in reverse in the squelchy mud so nice and interesting; the runners were all over the shop.

There is one in cirencester but it looks like ride around a field.

There is a series at castle coombe on the circuit so technically off road but you need a road bike.

Posted 14 years ago

njee20
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I'm pretty sure that hosting biathlon events on the road is not only dangerous, due to the snow involved, but also highly illegal, thus they're probably mostly off road 😉

They're often run by triathlon associations, isn't it BAD Tri around that neck of the woods?

Posted 14 years ago

StuF
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try http://www.duathlon247.com

Posted 14 years ago

llama
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I've only just started to venture into it but most multisport events seem to appear on entry central

Posted 14 years ago

clubber
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Yeah, BAD Tri is local.

I saw the recent race and it was LOL funny – as mentioned, it seemed to be mostly runners who'd just hopped on a bike for the first time – there was some brilliant skill on show 🙂

Posted 14 years ago

Fuzzyfelt
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Cirenceter Offroad Duathlon

You've just missed the Autumn Cirencester Offroad Duathlon; one in the spring.

Posted 14 years ago

Olster
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Some over the winter in the Purbecks, never done them so can't advise either way – I guess if its naff you can go for an nice ride with great scenary, called the 'Rempstone Roast' I believe http://www.resultstriathlon.com

Posted 14 years ago