Sprint Triathlon – Tri The Karoo

Sprint Triathlon

Swim Section

750m – Nqweba Dam

The 750m swimming leg of the Sprint Event will start at the Camdeboo National Park Boat Club premises at the Nqweba Dam and is made up of 1 x 750m legs. Swimmers will head towards the wall, around the buoys, and back towards the first boy where you will swim back towards the transition area on shore.

Cycle Route

20km – Off-Road

Once finished with the swim leg, competitors will transition into their cycling gear for the20km cycling leg. Competitors will cycle through town onto the Murrysburg Road, into the Camdeboo National Park and back to transition 2 on the Union High School field.

  • Elev gain/loss: 231m, -259m
  • Max slope: 11.1%, -13.0%
  • Avg slope: 1.9%, -2.2%

Run Route

5km – Road

The 5km running leg will start at Transition 2 on the Union High School field. Runners will head through town and out towards the Graaff-Reint dam. They will run over the Nqweba dam wall and back into town on their homestretch back towards the Union High School field where the finish line will be waiting.

  • Elev gain/loss: 110m, -110m
  • Max slope: 28,9%, -15,9%
  • Avg slope: 4,3%, -3.3%