Our MC for the day will be on hand to keep you up-to-date with the event and help provide a cracking finish line atmosphere. With your race over, there is a café at the swimming pool for hot drinks and snacks, and Hathersage village has plenty of tea shops, pubs, and outdoor pursuit shops to keep you busy.ĭid we mention, It’s not flat! This year we are excited to introduce, for the first time, our king of the hill sections on both the bike and the run so you will be rewarded for all your efforts. Again, the run has a few hills but don’t worry too much – you’ll have our team of enthusiastic volunteers encouraging you on, and it’s a long, fast downhill to the finish line!Ĭheck out our Run route time lapse video – approximately 10 minutes. The 6km run is almost entirely through woodland and open countryside with off road running shoes being an option if it’s wet. You can grab a cup of water or sports drink from the table if you need, and it’s out of T2 onto the final leg….the Run (Where else would you keep your cucumber sandwiches?) Lots of our novice competitors wear the same trainers for the bike and run, and have numbers pinned to front and back of a t-shirt, there’s no need to go splashing out for your first triathlon – we’ve seen mountain bikes, sit up and beg bikes, and even a wicker basket on the front. Then helmet off, change into trainers if you’ve been wearing cycling shoes and twizzle your tribelt round so your number is on the front. Run your bike onto the grass of Hathersage F.C.’s pitch, and rack your bike in it’s numbered slot. You are expected to follow the Highway Code, and our Motorbike official will be circulating to check competitors aren’t drafting.Īll the turns are left-hand, except one, a right-hander as you come down the hill into Grindleford – where we have a compulsory foot down and stop, to comply with the Highway Code and make sure you’re safe! The bike finishes on the flat just after David Mellor’s famous and award winning Cutlery Factory and Design Museum, with a dismount before the line marked on the road…….Ĭheck out our Bike route videos: first at about 30 mph (28 minutes), second – time lapse (7 minutes). There are marshalls at key turns, and plenty of signage, so it’s really difficult to go the wrong way. Drop your hat and googles, don a shirt with your race numbers pinned on, if you aren’t wearing a tri-suit and tri-belt, shoes on, helmet on and clipped up before you touch that bike, and wheel it out onto the road, jumping on after the mount line….Īfter the swim it’s on to the 20K bike and, with a name like the Hathersage Hilly, you know it won’t be flat! However, the hills are not so long or steep, Froggat being the ‘best’, and you’ll be rewarded with some stunning views of the Derbyshire countryside, including the famous ‘Surprise View’ which starts a long downhill back into Hathersage. Next door to the pool is Hathersage Parish Council’s MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) with a cushioned surface, where you will have racked your bike in it’s numbered slot before the race. The race is held under the Competition Rules of the British Triathlon Federation, which can be found here. Why not hunt out the grave of Little John whilst you are here? Over the years, this event has introduced many novices to the challenges and rewards of triathlon, and as ever, we intend to maintain that tradition this year. It’s an interesting and historic village, with links to Robin Hood and the Eyre family and a popular centre for walkers and rock-climbers. ![]() Our novice friendly event takes place in the village of Hathersage, in the heart of the beautiful Peak District National Park, and is easily reached from Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham. (Please do feel free to share the registration page to your family, colleagues, and friends!) INFORMATION: ![]() To coordinate the organisation of this event we need you to register your availabilities to volunteers using the following form: The club encourages new members to participate to the event as an athlete while older members are encouraged to volunteer. The most scenic race the Peak District has to offer, the Hathersage Hilly.
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