Great news for the tri festival in Toronto. Congrats the organizing team here and Tri-Can for really seeing a massive long term opportunity.
2012 Canadian Duathlon Championships 2012 Canadian Duathlon Championships / Championnat Canadien de Duathlon
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for press release.
The Toronto Triathlon Festival is excited to announce that our race weekend will include the 2012 Canadian Duathlon Championships.
We are proud to provide a compelling platform to play host to the first such Duathlon National Championship since 2009.
Athletes will have the opportunity to experience a truly urban race course in Canada’s largest city. Duathletes will contest a unique bike leg, cutting straight through the heart of Toronto’s core, on its downtown highways. The race format will be Run (10 km), Bike (40 km), Run (5 km).
We are excited to offer 10 qualifying spots per age group for the 2013 World Duathlon Championships in Segovia, Spain, next September (exact date TBA).
Qualification for the 2013 World Duathlon Championships is for the Canadian Age Group Team only – if you wish to qualify for a different federation (e.g. Germany, Great Britain, etc.) please visit the website of the specific national triathlon federation in question.
If you wish to obtain a spot on Triathlon Canada’s Age Group Duathlon World Championship Team, you are required to be a member of your local provincial triathlon federation. For a list of provincial triathlon federations, please click here.
For more information on Triathlon Canada’s Age Group Duathlon World Championship Team, please click here or you can contact Joyce Chiang atagegroupteams@triathloncanada.com.
We are proud to provide a compelling platform to play host to the first such Duathlon National Championship since 2009.
Hey Rhys, not sure where they got the 2009 date but the last Canadian Duathlon Championship was held in Montreal in 2008.
Wish they would have announced this race much earlier as I have already booked the weekend before (Ontario Road Race Champs) and after (Ontario Du Champs) this one. They told me there would be no duathlon in 2012, although, they would look into one for 2013. I asked when they announced the triathlon.
Have fun to all participating!
I hope we have enough racers to keep the national duathlon championships on the calendar in the future.
bleh. Duathlon’s suck. Not enough swimming in a duathlon for my liking!
Cool that they are bringing this back though. Hopefully, it will be well attended and it will draw the awesome duathletes in Canada. Unfortunately, it seems Larry is allready booked! ;>
Thanks Syd! Don’t think anyone will miss me but I hope the great duathletes from outside Ontario can make it on short notice. It is a National Championship so we need to have solid representation from all Provinces and Territories to make it worth the energy of the organizers and Triathlon Canada.
Otherwise, it is just the Ontario Duathlon Championships on back to back weekends (Triathlon Ontario Duathlon Championships - July 29th in Cobourg)
BTW - i find it funny the the Slowtwitch Spell Checker does not recognize “Triathlon” or “Duathlon” as words…
Yes, I have questioned my desire to be mixed in with a bunch of crazy roadies. I think I will continue to fake a mechanical when the sprint starts in my races to avoid the carnage at the finish line.
