TRIATHLON X - OLYMPIC X 18th JUNE 2023

DISTANCE : 31.9 MILES (51.5 km)

ELEVATION GAIN : 4032 ft (1,229 m)

AMBLESIDE - CUMBRIA - UNITED KINGDOM

OLYMPIC X AND SPRINT X RACE MANUAL

TRIATHLON X - OLYMPIC X 

FROM THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU THE HALF X, ULTRA X AND EXTREME X- NEW ROUTE FOR 2023 - THE OLYMPIC X 

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO AN OLYMPIC DISTANCE TRIATHLON WITH A DIFFERENCE. SET IN THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK.

STARTING WITH A 1.5 km DEEP WATER SWIM IN LAKE WINDERMERE, FOLLOWED BY A CHALLENGING 40km BIKE RIDE, CLIMBING THE 'STRUGGLE' ON KIRKSTONE PASS AND CULMINATING WITH A 10km ROAD AND TRAIL RUN OUT AND BACK TO KNAB SCAR ON THE FAIRFIELD HORSESHOE

SWIM : LAKE WINDERMERE, OPEN WATER

DISTANCE : 0.93 MILES (1500m)

2 LAPS TRIANGULAR OPEN WATER SWIM AROUND WATERHEAD BAY AT THE NORTH END OF LAKE WINDERMERE 

SWIM MAP

ROUTE UPDATED JUNE 2023 TO AVOID ROAD CLOSURES ON A592 KIRKSTONE PASS (CHANGES IN RED)

BIKE : ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, OPEN ROAD  

DISTANCE : 24.8 MILES (40km)

ELEVATION GAIN  3047ft (929m)

START : T1 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE 

FINISH : T2 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE

25 MILE (40km) 2 LOOP BIKE RIDE FROM WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE

KIRKSTONE LOOP - WATERHEAD - KIRKSTONE PASS - WATERHEAD

Lap 1: From Transition (T1) head North through the village of Ambleside before bearing North-West FOLLOW THE A591 OUT AND BACK TO GRASMERE.  on returning to Ambleside take the first ascent of Kirtksone Pass (K1). 5.6 km with a maximum gradient of 25%, cumulating in the infamous ‘Struggle’ a short but sharp series of hairpin switchbacks just below the summit of 1,500m. TURN AROUND AT THE TOP OF KIRKSTON AND DESCEND BACK TO TRANSITION VIA KIRKSTON PASS. (THE A592 TO TROUTBECK IS CLOSED). 

Competitors must re-enter the timing area before  before continuing onto the Langdale Loop.

LANGDLAE LOOP - WATERHEAD - DUNGEON GHYLL -WATERHEAD

From T1 head West through the Great Langdale Valley to Dungeon Ghyll turn around and return to T2 at Waterhead, Ambleside

 BIKE MAP

RUN : LOUGHRIGG FELL, MIXED ROAD AND TRAIL

DISTANCE : 6.2 miles (10km)

ELEVATION GAIN : 1154 ft (352m)

START : T2 - WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE

FINISH :  WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE

OUT AND BACK 6.2 MILE (10km)  RUN OVER ROADS AND MOUNTAIN TRAILS

BEAUTIFUL AND SCENIC, THE RUN FROM WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE TAKES THE 'UNDER LOGHRIGG' ROAD TO THE START OF THE STEEP CLIMB TO KNAB SCAR SUMMIT BEFORE RETRACING YOUR STEPS BACK  TO THE FINISH ON THE SHORES OF LAKE WINDERMERE. 

RUN MAP

THE SPRINT X AND OLYMPIC X ARE RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HALF X AND ULTRA X.