Race 2

Lockyer Valley

Queensland

The Queensland leg of the Australian Duathlon Series will once again be hosted in the scenic Lockyer Valley. Located west of Brisbane, this area is commonly known as South-East Queensland’s Salad Bowl, but once a year it is also host to the well-established Duathlon held by Triathlon Queensland.

The Lockyer Valley Duathlon Championships will be held at Lake Apex Park, Gatton on Sunday 24th July and will also double up as Race 1 of the Triathlon Queensland State Series. As main supporters of the event, the Lockyer Valley Regional Council has generously provided a $6000 prize purse for the event (which also incorporates the Gatton GRUNT 5km fun run).

This year’s event will see the return of 2010 Gatton Grunt winner and current 5th ranked ITU Duathlon athlete Rafael Baugh to again compete, this time bringing some more mates with him. In last year’s

post-race report, Rafael was noted as saying that he enjoyed the event and was looking forward to seeing the event grow in 2011.

Entries will be opening in early June so please keep posted to our website at;

Simpson’s Gap

Alice Springs, NT

http://triathlonnt.bounce.com.au

The Northern Territory leg of the Australian Duathlon Series will be hosted by the Alice Springs Triathlon Club. More info coming soon. In the meantime, contact the Alice Springs Triathlon Club at alicetriclub@gmail.com

The Capital Winter Sports Fest

Ronds Terrace

Canberra, ACT

www.triathlonact.com.au

The Capital Winter ACT edition of the Australian Duathlon Series will be held at the well known and used race site of Ronds Terrace in the nation’s capital. The annual Capital Summer event over the Australia Day long weekend is held at the same venue. The race site is smack bang in the middle of many of the ACT's most popular tourist attractions and sites including the Australian War Memorial, National Library, High Court of Australia, Reconcilliation Place, the National Art Gallery and Questacon.

Canberra is well known for its great roads and the cycle leg will take place on the relatively flat and fast Parkes Way on a road entirely closed to traffic, whilst the runs will be on Sir Robert Menzies Walk, a National Capital Authority initiative providing wide open paths running along the edge of Lake

Burley Griffin.

The race will also double as the ACT Duathlon Championships and the 5km run/ 30km cycle/ 2.5 km run promises to bring out the best the ACT has to offer. An enticer Duathlon event will also be offered over a 1.5km run/ 10km cycle/ 1.5km run for the newcomers to the sport.

The weekend will also include cycling road races, a mountain bike time trial around the base of Mt

Ainslie and fun runs ranging from 1km to 10km.

Kew Boulevard

Melbourne, Vic

www.trivic.org.au/portal/default.aspx

Kew Boulevard is a longtime Melbourne cycling Mecca. It has been part of the Herald-Sun tour and many notable criterion races. Just minutes from the CBD, Kew Boulevard is regarded by many as one of Australia’s best Duathlon courses.

The views may be picturesque but the course is demanding with punishing climbs and fast descents.

So if you’re up to the challenge, pump up your tyres, tighten your runners and conquer Kew this

spring!

Hosted by TriVic and the Melbourne Triathlon Club, more information is available at http://www.trivic.org.au/portal/default.aspx

Devonport

Tasmania

www.triathlontasmania.org

9 October 2011

Champion Lakes,

Western Australia

http://triwa.org.au/

The Western Australian leg of the Series will be hosted by Triathlon WA.

More information will be available soon. In the meantime please contact admin@triathlonwa.asn.au.

Barossa Valley

South Australia

www.triathlonsa.org.au

October 16 2011 will be the grand finale of the Australian Duathlon series to be held in the picturesque Barossa Valley.

The Barossa Valley is one of South Australia’s most scenic destinations and is the host of many major events from food and wine festivals, concerts, cycling and now Duathlons.

Race headquarters and transition will be at the newly built Barossa Aquatic Fitness Centre “the Rex” Magnolia Rd, Tanunda 1hr 20mins from Adelaide.

The Long Course (10K/40K/5K) is the Australian Championship and South Australian Championship race, whilst the Short Course (5K/20K/2.5K) is the South Australian Championship race for those in the 14-17 age categories and is the XIII Australian Masters Games event for the over “30’s”.

There is something for everyone, with a team’s category in both the long course and short course races and an enticer event for those just wanting to give it a go.