The unique Pop-Up City Triathlon will take place in Canary Wharf for four days this Spring inviting corporate and club teams of three to give it a ‘tri’ and test their mettle in the staged static triathlon.
The unique Pop-Up City Triathlon will take place in Canary Wharf for four days this Spring inviting corporate and club teams of three to give it a ‘tri’ and test their mettle in the staged static triathlon.
WHEN: Monday 24th April – Thursday 27th April 2017. Each team will be allocated a fifteen-minute slot between 12.00 and 14:30pm or 17:30 – 20:30. The top rating five teams will make the final hosted on Thursday 27th April at 18:00.
WHERE: Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf (next to Clifford Chance).
WHO: Corporate teams and triathlon clubs. 2016 participants included; KPMG, HSBC, Bank of America, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Citi Bank, Santander, Clifford Chance to name a few.
WHAT: The staged event will welcome 100 teams to take-part in a large-scale static triathlon competing for the best distance over a given time (3 min swim in an endless pool, 4 minutes on a cycle ergometer and a 3 minute run on a treadmill with a 3% incline). The teams made up of three will compete in one discipline each and represent the same company.
Credit Suisse was the winning team in 2016 with an outstanding overall distance of 4,640 metres. You can see the leaderboard to beat here.
PRIZES:
Winning Team
£1,000 for the teams’ charity of choice PLUS each team member will get:
Swim changing robe
KitBrix bag filled with goodies; VitaCoco Oil, High5 nutrition, race belt, Speedo towel and CherryActive
Three month training plan from expert training partner, thetrilife.com
FREE one hour physio consultation or massage with Six Physio
FREE race place at any Castle Triathlon Series event/distance
Four Runner-Up Teams
Each team member will receive:
Swim changing robe
Rucksack filled with goodies; VitaCoco Oil, High5 nutrition, race belt, Speedo towel and CherryActive.
FREE race place at any Castle Triathlon Series event/distance
COST: All entry fee proceeds (£250 per team) will go directly to the Castle Triathlon Series Official Charity Partner, Macmillan Cancer Support.
More details and to enter: HERE
If your team all belong to a Triathlon club, you can obtain an entry ticket for £150. Please email us here HERE to apply for a club entry.
