ALL athletes taking part in the Sospan Sizzler will be asked to make their way over to the Holding Pen – you will be counted into the Holding Pen by three of our volunteers – Please only access via the designated point so we can ensure you have been accounted for.
Swim Course – 1.9km ( NEW START LOCATION – NORTH DOCK LLANELLI )
The Sospan Sizzler Middle Distance Triathlon will start with a 1.9km open water swim at North Dock Llanelli – venue of the hugely succesfull Llanelli Sprint Triathon. This will be a wave start and you will complete 2 laps of the swim course. The swim venue has no currents/tides and is perfect as a First ever open water swim triathlon.
SWIM COURSE MAP AVAILABLE SOON
Bike Course – 112km ( 70 mile )
This is a challenging 112km (70 mile ) bike course :
You start off pretty much at sea level and the highest point comes at around 12 miles into the bike course at 616ft. Despite the climbing there is still plenty of opportunity to make up the time with some long descents and flat straights.
There will a feed station at the end of Lap 1 at 56km which is at the North Dock. You will only be able to collect ONE Drinks bottle. Drinks bottles will contain High 5 Energy drink or Water. Please throw your empty drinks bottles on to the grass verge as indicated in diagram below. More information about the Bike Feed Station can be found in the Race Pack online
Run Course – 21km
This will be flat fast 21km run course along the Millennium Coastal Path – we haven’t finalised this yet but we’ll let you know once it has been decided on how many loops you’ll be doing.