Ripon Triathlon Festival
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Ripon Triathlon Festival 2026
TBF Events stages a two day triathlon festival at Ripon Racecourse in the Yorkshire Dales on 11 and 12 July 2026. The event programme combines open water swims, road cycling, and running with onsite entertainment across the weekend.
Saturday features junior races for ages 8 to 18, including TriStar categories with short swim, bike and run legs and the only junior open water swim race in the North of England. Sunday hosts adult events in individual, relay and aquabike formats.
The sprint distance at Ripon also serves as a European Championship qualifying race; entrants can select a qualifying wave when entering. Team relay entries are available and aquabike formats omit the run discipline.
Distances and formats include:
- Sprint Triathlon: 750m swim, 23.4km bike, 4.4km run
- Olympic Triathlon: 1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run
- Sprint Aquabike: 750m swim, 23.4km bike
- Olympic Aquabike: 1500m swim, 40km bike
- Junior TriStar Start: 100m swim, 1 km bike, 600m run
- Junior TriStar 1: 200m swim, 2 km bike, 1.2 km run
- Junior TriStar 2: 300m swim, 4 km bike, 1.8 km run
- Junior TriStar 3 and Youth: 500m swim, 6 km bike, 2.4 km run
The swim takes place in the onsite lake, the bike uses local roads, and the run finishes along a tow path beside Ripon waterways. An administration fee is applied to orders by the online entry system partner. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
