Cheshire Triathlon

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  Andrea Parapini

  Well organised, ideal for beginners like us as everything is explained quite clearly, and swimming in a pool makes it a little easier. Loved the relaxed atmosphere, and the village of Nantwich is cute! Competitors were a nice mix between people having fun and those actually trying, everybody seemed to have a great time. Few notes on the otherwise perfect day: 1) marshalling in T1 during the relay ignored the rules about the order of swapping the chip and putting on the helmet - those who followed the rules lost time, as others were waiting with their helmets on. 2) this one is not on the organizers, but on the council: bad potholes in the second part of the bike route, but they were well marked by the organizers. 3) late waves found lots of traffic in the final miles of the bike leg - it was at a standstill, so it was a choice between losing time or risky riding - although this is probably unavoidable, given it's an A road (and I suppose going back into the village might cause excessive inconvenience to the locals).

  27-05-2023
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  Daniel Badcock

  Excellent event! Very child friendly.

  17-06-2022
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  Matt Evans

  17-06-2021
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  Andrew Ibbotson

  a wonderfully friendly and well run event. Great for first timers.

  17-06-2020
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  Peter Underwood

  Well organised and friendly

  17-06-2020
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  dave huntbach

  17-06-2020
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  Simon Warman

  Loved this event (my first Tri) but good, clean, friendly. Going to do it again next year

  17-06-2019
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  Mike Reardon

  Brilliant sprint event, particularly good for those new to Triathlon or not as confident with the dreaded swim. This is because it is a VERY well organised and slickly ran outdoor pool swim and has a dual transition with very helpful and plentiful martials. Its great for spectators with multiple viewpoints in the swim, run, transitions and finish line and plenty of other activities for families on site. The pool is one of the few remaining inland saltwater lido's in the country so gives added buoyancy and is warm regardless of the outside temperature. Timing is very specific and is rolling start every 15 seconds, in times I have done this, it resulted in no more than 8 per lane (at different points of the pool) at any one time with plenty of space for overtaking. One bit of advice is to ensure you give an accurate swim time to prevent bottle-necking. its 4 lanes of just over 30 metres and you swim 4 lengths of each lane before going under the rope to the next lane. T1 is a nice short jog out the back of the pool, which has stairs to exit, round to the cordoned off car park which is a small transition but very well monitored to only include competitors and a few people racking at a time. It is quite a small mount line space wise so some bottle-necking can occur, but after this your home free on the bike. The bike is, in my opinion, the worst leg due to the inevitable of having to traverse busy roundabouts and potholed Cheshire country lanes. The course is relatively flat with a few "humpy" bridges and does tend to have a headwind in one direction. After maybe a kilometre of residential roads which are well martialed you're then out on to a main road for a brief stint and a few roundabouts which are again attended by race martials. Once you are on the country lanes the real racing begins and on the outward arm of an out and back loop can really be pushed and typically has a tailwind. The return leg can be a little trickier due to poorly maintained country lanes, so keep your wits about you to dodge them potholes! Once you have again traversed the roundabouts you have one last brief straight stretch before coming to a good dismount area and straight in to T2 with very little distance to run. T2 is a much bigger area and usually plenty of space and again limited non competitors in the area. Leaving T2 you are greeted by the only drink station which is perfectly placed and dispenses high five or water typically. The run course round the Barony is a great 1.25km flat grass course which I daresay could give some PBs. I've seen quite a few people running barefoot to cut down T2, though not tried this myself. For the sprint you do 4 laps, which can be repetitive, but I find gives you a good way to pace yourself and get positive splits. This handily means you make 3 passes of the water station too so can stay hydrated. The final lap cuts off short in to the finish leg which is about 20m before a large inflatable finish and great motivational announcer at the line. This and the North West triathlon are the same course and are great ways to gauge improvements within and against race seasons so I hope this review has helped and say hi if you see me at the race!

  17-06-2018
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  Dennis Nelson

  Excellent event, wel organised, fantastic park, and friendly marshals!

  17-06-2018
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  Andrew Shenton

  Great event hosted by an amazing Team

  17-06-2017