About TVTristars and Triathlon
Triathlon is one of the fastest growing Olympic sports with events like the London Triathlon now attracting over 5000 people, including many first timers.
Triathlon involves athletes racing over three disciplines, swim, bike, run with varying distances dependant on age for younger athletes. The standard senior Olympic distance consists of a 1.5KM swim, 40KM bike and 10KM run and for a tougher challenge senior athletes undertake the full Ironman - 2.4mile swim, 112mile bike, 26.2mile run.
Thames Valley Tristars concentrates on the following typical distances for junior members (age as of 31st December) :
| Age | Swim | Bike | Run |
| Tristart (8yrs) | 50m | 800m | 600 m |
| Tristar1(9/10) | 150m | 2 km | 1.2 km |
| Tristar2 (11/12) | 200m | 4 km | 1.6 km |
| Tristar3 (13/14) | 300m | 8 km | 2.4 km |
| Youth (15/16) | 400m | 10 km | 2.8 km |
Equipment Needed
Swim
Swimming costume
Swim goggles
Bike
Road worthy bike - any bike will do to start
Crash helmet (no helmet, no training)
Cycle gloves (safety for training only)
Tight fitting clothes
Cycling glasses (optional)
Run
Shorts and t-shirt (warmer clothes for winter)
Trainers
All training sessions
spare warm dry clothes - for after training
Drink
Thames Valley Triathletes (TVT) is our parent club, concentrating on training for senior athletes (16+). TVT was formed in 1984 and consists of around 150 members, many of whom help out and have kids participating in our tristar section.
TVT's junior section is known asThames Valley Tristars and was launched in 2006.
For further details of TVT please visit: www.thamesvalleytriathletes.co.uk. (Juniors - please do not attend any of our senior training sessions without contacting us first)
Minimum Requirements
1. Minimum age - 8 years by 31st December 2009 (younger brothers and sisters are welcome to stay for run and bike training sessions but must be accompanied by a parent)
2. Maximum age - no older than 16 years on 31st December 2009
3. Each member must be able to continuously swim the distances above for their age group before joining. We will be helping with swim technique but this is no substitute for formal lessons. Please ensure you continue with your regular swim lessons.
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