Kids Race – Tri The Karoo

Kids Race

Swim Section

50m / 100m – Nqweba Dam

The 50m (5 – 10 yrs) or 100m (11 – 13yrs) swimming leg of the Kids Event will start at the Camdeboo National Park Boat Club premises at the Nqweba Dam. This is a relatively short swim. Safety swimmers will be in the water during the event.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL children participating in the swim leg of the event will be allowed to swim with a swim buoy. We do encourage all swimmers to make use of this for extra swimming safety.

Cycle Route

4km – Off-Road

Once finished with the swim leg, competitors will transition into their cycling gear for the 4km cycling leg. Competitors will then cycle through town to the Union High Schoolgrounds.

  • Elev gain/loss: 56.2m, -84.8m
  • Max slope: 14.3%, -16%
  • Avg slope: 3.1%

Run Route

1km – Road

The 1km running leg will start at transition 2, out of the Union hostel gate, after which the competitors will run through the town of Graaff-Reinet, ending up back at the Union High School grounds.

  • Elev gain/loss: 15.8m, -16.8m
  • Max slope: 12.5%, -11.4%
  • Avg slope: 2.3%