- FANTASTIC YORK SPORT VILLAGE VENUE
- LARGE HEATED INDOOR POOL SWIM
- FLAT & FAST BIKE & RUN COURSE - CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
- GREAT FOR SPECTATORS
- PERFECT TO TRY & ACHIEVE PERSONAL BEST TIMES
Race Information:
The Event
The triathlon starts with a swim in the heated indoor pool, follows on with a flat multi-lapped bike course, and finishes with a run.
This spectator-friendly venue is perfect for crowds to cheer on competitors and create a fun & relaxed atmosphere so, whether participating or supporting, get colleagues, friends and family involved, take on the challenge and join in the fun.
- Leisure complex pool based swim
- Fast and flat cycle and run route - closed to traffic
- Swim start, transition & finish line all within close proximity
- Located on the university’s safe and attractive Heslington campus close to York city centre
- Official Finishers Medal for all entrants
- Electronic Chip Timed Event
Do you have children that can't wait to become a triathlete? Make a weekend of it and enter them in the York UK Kids Fun Triathlon on Saturday for 5-16 year olds.
The Kids event has been over-subscribed for the last few years resulting in entries closing early, so be sure to avoid disappointment and book early.
Course Maps
PDF Documents: click each to open or download
Click to view Main Arena Click to view Bike Course Click to view Run Course
Swim course distance: 1 length = 25m
Sprint & Sprint Relay: 25m length x 16 lengths = 400m
Super Sprint & Fun: 25m length x 8 lengths = 200m
Bike course distance: 1 lap = 3.4km
Sprint & Sprint Relay: 3.4km lap x 6 laps = 20km
Super Sprint & Fun: 3.4km lap x 3 laps = 10km
Run course distance: 1 lap = 1.25km
Sprint & Relay: 1.25km lap x 4 laps = 5km
Super Sprint & Fun: 1.25km lap x 2 laps = 2.5km
- The bike course is lapped, flat and on a fully closed road to traffic.
- The run course is lapped, flat and fully closed to the public and traffic.
- All competitors must count their own swim lengths in the pool and their own laps on the bike and run.
- It is compulsory to wear a cycle helmet on the cycle section of the race.
Bike Course Map
To view course direction & distance markers, please click on, “view full version” (top left-hand corner of the map) or run your mouse cursor along the mountain graph to see course direction.
Run Course Map
Race Day Information
Please take some time to read all the event information, it will make it far more enjoyable for you and reduce the need to ask questions on the day. You can use this information as a guide for your event.
Full and up to date competitor race day information with your race number and start time will be emailed to you 7-10 days before the event. Please check spam/junk folders.
WE DO NOT POST ANYTHING OUT - you will collect your race numbers, stickers, etc. at registration on the day.
Good luck and have a great day!
Share the Swim, Bike, Run with friends and create your own relay team.
Choose your favourite discipline, then invite friends or teammates to join and complete your relay team.
(Age restrictions apply)
HOW IT WORKS
A relay team can consist of two or three people.
Each member of the relay team completes one or two of the three disciplines in the triathlon.
The swimmer completes the swim, then the swimmer passes the electronic chip to the cyclist inside the cycle transition area.
The cyclist completes the cycle course and passes the electronic chip to the runner in the transition area.
The runner completes the run and hands in the electronic chip at the finish line.
All team members can cross the finish line together and collect their medals.
Awards
We award first place in the Female Relay Event and first place in the Open/Mixed Category Relay Event.
All Open/Mixed Category teams can consist of two or three people, male or female.
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The CRUK Wave is aimed at encouraging more participants, of any age, gender, or ability to unite and take on a challenge for the purpose of funding life-saving research into all 200 types of cancer.
We want to encourage everyone to have a go! Just get together for the camaraderie and challenge, whilst raising vital funds for research into beating cancer. UK Triathlon will donate £10 from every CRUK Wave entry to Cancer Research UK. Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (No. 1089464) and Scotland (No. SC041666)
The CRUK Wave Distances - 200m Swim, 10km Cycle, 2.5km Run
#TRITOGETHER TAKE ON THE TRI WITH A FRIEND
Want to take part with a friend or family member?
With #TriTogether you can swim, cycle & run together as part of a non-competitive wave.
The idea behind #TriTogether is that people often feel more comfortable taking on a challenge like a triathlon if they have a friend to take part with. We want to encourage everyone to Tri, be that competitively or simply just for the fun of it.
How to Join
To join the #TriTogether wave, once you & your friend have submitted your entries, please fill in the request form below, & we will add you both to the non-competitive #TriTogether wave.
If you are a group of three or more and would like to #TriTogether, please email us at customercare@uktriathlon.co.uk with your details.
Has your training gone better than you thought?
If you have already entered one of our pool-based triathlon events and wish to update your estimated swim time, please complete the form below.
Your estimated swim time is used to place you on the start list. We try to ensure that you are swimming with other competitors of a similar ability. This helps alleviate the need for overtaking in the pool.
You have up to three weeks prior to your event to update your swim time.
Don't want to go IT alone?
Take part as a relay team of 2 or 3 and share the challenge of swim, bike and run!
Or if you want to take part with a friend you can tri alongside each other in the #TriTogether Wave
Sprint
£66.00 was £89.00
Date : Sunday 17th August 2025
- 400m Swim
- 20km Cycle
- 5km Run
- 14 years (on race day)
Super Sprint
£66.00 was £89.00
Date : Sunday 17th August 2025
- 200m Swim
- 10km Cycle
- 2.5km Run
- 14 years (on race day)
Fun
£66.00 was £89.00
Date : Sunday 17th August 2025
- 200m Swim
- 10km Cycle
- 2.5km Run
- 14 years (on race day)
Sprint Relay
£76.00 was £99.00
Date : Sunday 17th August 2025
- 400m Swim
- 20km Cycle
- 5km Run
- 14 years (on race day)