Free Triathlon Training for Rother Valley Festival

For anyone who has ever considered trying a triathlon, entry to the Rother Valley Triathlon Festival now includes five free training sessions from the British Triathlon Federation.

On 12-13 June 2010 Rother Valley Country Park will host the 3^rd annual Triathlon Festival. The event aims to offer people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to try Britain’s fastest growing participation sport.

Triathlon involves swimming, cycling, and running – done consecutively in that order with little or no rest between each discipline.

The Rother Valley festival caters for triathletes of all levels, with short distances offered to appeal to the whole family and the British Triathlon Federation has agreed to organise free training days at Rother Valley Country Park, between January and May. The remaining training days will be held on:

Training will focus on the basics of what is required at the event, explaining swimming techniques, the transition between each discipline and much more. Anyone entering one of the festival events as a newcomer to triathlon can attend the training days free of charge.

The triathlon festival will feature a children’s triathlon for kids aged 9 to 14, with three different distances on offer depending on age group. There’s a women’s Super Sprint event, which is a 200 meter swim, 10km cycle ride around the country park and a 4km run. There’s also a Sprint race for men and women (750m swim, 25.4km cycle, 5km run). All events will be inclusive for disabled participants.

Rebecca Rowley - Regional Programme Manager commented:

“British Triathlon is looking forward to working with the event organsiers, One Step Beyond Promotions, to make the 2010 Rother Valley festival the best yet!

“We believe there should be no barriers to participation in triathlon, anyone can have a go regardless of age, fitness level, or ability. That’s why we want to encourage as many people as possible to take advantage of the free training days.”

British Triathlon is the National Governing Body for Triathlon. It helped over 100,000 people take part in the sport this year, and helped Yorkshire’s 21 year old Alistair Brownlee win the World Championship title. Make triathlon your new year’s goal, and there’s help on hand to make your first triathlon a success!

For full details, to sign up for the triathlon festival and the training days visit the Rother Valley Triathlon Festival page. Entries are open now and expected to fill up fast!

For more information on British Triathlon visit: www.britishtriathlon.org.