Roadford Lake Condition
Water Level Due to the recent heatwave and drought, people have been asking if the Roadford Lake Triathlon and Swim will be affected. We are happy to reassure everybody that is a definite no, the water at Roadford Lake is over 40m deep, and the reservoir is very...
Triathlon Race Belts: Everything You Need to Know
Race belts are a common piece of triathlon gear that you see being used by almost every competitor at our triathlon events. But for somebody new to the triathlon sport, this can beg the question, what are race belts actually for? Race belts are primarily used to hold...
RACE REPORT – Burrator 10K 2022
The results are in for the Burrator 10K 2022, and what a race it was! Despite a couple of heavy rain showers conditions were close to perfect. And as hoped, moving the event to Saturday evening drastically reduced the number of tourists trying to get through our road...
Eco Sportiva
Here at Sportiva, we’re doing everything we can to minimise our impact on the environment. Here is what we've achieved so far! Trees Not Tees For all our events where we include a t-shirt, we’re now offering the option to plant a tree instead. Thanks to our...
Triathlon Training – How is it done?
Triathlons can be gruelling, testing events even for the fittest of athletes. If you are at the beginning of your triathlon journey, it can be quite daunting trying to work out a proper training plan, or how much training you need to be doing. But we are here to help!...
Triathlon Relay Rules
We already offer a Standard team relay format (where one person does each activity) with most of our triathlon and duathlon events. In April 2022 we launched our first ever mixed Team Relay Event in the Olympic format (where each person in a team of four does a...
How to prepare for a sportive
Be Prepared or PPPPPP (Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance) Sportives, particularly the longer ones, take a lot of training. So don’t let poor planning spoil your big day! Here's a list of the preparations & kit you'll need to keep you on track. And for...
Win a top of the range wetsuit!
We've teamed up with Neuff Red & R4-3 Triathlon training to offer the chance to win a top-of-the-range wetsuit. The deboer range of elite open water swimming wetsuits were developed to be the best in the world. Worn by the likes of Jan Frodeno and Nicola Spirig,...
10 Tips for training for a Cycle Sportive
On the road cycle sportives we organise the longer distance is around 100 miles. Or on the gravel sportives the equivalent is more like 50-60 miles. Riding 100 miles or more in one go does require some training & preparation. Here are ten tips which will help you...
What to wear for a duathlon?
If you're coming to duathlon from a running background, it's easy to overlook the wind chill factor. A running vest & shorts is fine for a running race on almost any day of the year. But in a duathlon you're spending something like half you time on a bike where...