Despite the cancellation of our London League Triathlon, Thames Turbo Triathlon Club is proposing an unofficial virtual duathlon, to be completed on any day over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The format is a 17.6km cycle time trial held on Zwift’s Tempus Fugit course, followed by a real 5km run. To take part, simply complete both events consecutively and either post an electronic image/link to your activities along with any club/team representation and age category on https://www.facebook.com/thamesturbotriathlonclub/ or email ThamesTurboResults@gmail.com.

Thames Turbo will then collate and publish a full set of results by Age Category (Open, Over 40s, Over 50s and a team event). This is intended just for fun & honour, but no prizes. So please encourage friends and other triathlon club members to join in.

There are numerous TT races over the weekend run on the Tempus Fugit course (a timetable of these with electronic links to their registration will be published as soon as they become available).

For existing Zwift users already registered with ZwiftPower, adding a TTBHD (Thames Turbo Bank Holiday Duathlon) suffix will make your results very much easier to collate.
For non-Zwift users with a smart trainer, Zwift offers a trial period which should allow you to participate.

The run leg is intended to follow straight afterwards. We propose giving you a 10-minute window for your transition after your time trial finishes, to starting your run leg. You will have 1 minute added to your “transition time” for every multiple of 10 minutes over this.

Any details from emails sent to the ThamesTurboResults@gmail.com address will ONLY be used for compiling a set of results and ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT be shared or used for any marketing purposes.

Apologies to those not on Zwift, that we are not able to offer an outdoor cycle equivalent, as this would encourage racing on open roads and/or taking two pieces of outdoor exercise. However, if you wish to do both on consecutive days, please feel free to send in the activities and we’ll send out a non-competitive list of these as well, as well as a separate 5km run result.