The registration for the Allgäu Triathlon opened last Sunday.
http://www.allgaeu-triathlon.de/
The oldest triathlon in Germany (since 1983) offers several distances:
ALLGÄU CLASSIC 1,9 - 90 - 21 Km
ALLGÄU OLYMP 1,5 - 45 - 10,5 Km
ALLGÄU SPRINT 0,5 - 30 - 5 Km
Relay competitions:
ALLGÄU CLASSIC 1,9 - 90 - 21 Km
ALLGÄU OLYMP 1,5 - 45 - 21 Km
Check out the video of last years competition!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDtWUkl4FR8
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Thanks for posting this. I’ve actually been looking into doing a race in Germany next season (half distance) and this race looks like a great candidate.
Hannes…thanks for posting this…if the IM70.3 WC in Austria was a week earlier it would have been perfect! By the way, thanks for having your crew at the tour des Voyageurs in Tremblant, and although your man Kienle did not defend his title, it seems he was on full throttle for the bigger prize.
By the way, for those interested, this is what Faris wrote about his trip to Allgau this year (taken from Faris’ website):
After 12 years I’ve been back to the Allgäu Triathlon, the course is still tough, the Alpsee cold and the cows brown.
Other than that Hannes, Blaschke owner of Hannes Hawaii Tours, and is crew, did a great job to tune that classic.
Some things aren’t rocket science but simply make it more convienant for spectators and participants.
Instead of a finisher shirt with a million sponsors that ends up as a bike cleaning rug there is a hoodie with zero sponsors that you actually can wear.
At the pasta party there is pasta plain and simple for an affordable price for your crew.
The swim course is a 750m straight swim to stretch the field before any turns.
The two transition zones are 5 min walking distance from each other. The weird battle of the sexes prize money distribution is still in place so Julia Gajer could win unchallengend to unveil that much.
To the race; weather was horrible 10 C and rain the worst possible, the Alpsee had 16,5, after a solid swim in a three guy group with Maurice Clavel and Martin Bader I jumped on the bike and performance was good in spite of my extremly cautious riding in the second lap I ran out of energy the cold took it’s toll, Dominik Berger took over at the end of the first lap risking a lot and Maurice stayed with him while Martin dropped back.
I thought that I’d lose a lot but in T2 I was only a minute down in spite of poor transition, which arent my best at good conditions but very really lousy in that cold.
I was able to chase down Dominik but faded dramatically again on the last five k while Maurice took a solid win. Sun came out as we were almost done and we were able to see the beauty it has to offer.
Also check out the Unterallgäu Triathlon!
Too early for you as well but a great race with beautiful water, tough climbing and a beautiful run course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLd17O8B0hQ
So many great races in southern Germany. For me it’s the best place to do triathlon and I love doing all of my races there.
The Einstein Triathlon in Ulm is also one of my favorites. It’s a much newer triathlon, only two years old, but already becoming a big event. Daniel Unger, Clemens Coenen and Christian Brader have all competed both years and many local AG stars also compete such as Rainer Aumann who was 16th overall and 40-45 AG winner in Frankfurt in 8:49 and won the middle distance race this year and up and coming pros like Michael Wetzel who came in 3rd at the real Zofingen last year and 11th at this year’s Challenge Roth who was 2nd in Ulm for the middle distance. It offers three distances; sprint, olympic and middle and offers many steep climbs on the bike course. The swim takes place in the Danube river but the distances have been adjusted so as to take the same time as the actual distance. For example the OD swim is 2.5 km instead of 1.5 km. The run takes you along the river and onto the historic city wall. The food and drinks and other services offered in the finishing area are also all top class.
Here is the profile for one loop of the bike course.
So many great races in southern Germany. For me it’s the best place to do triathlon and I love doing all of my races there.
Couldn’t agree more. I think it might have the best triathlon community in the world. Going to have too book another euro trip…