01 BE A LOCAL KNOW-IT-ALL
While a goal race for many of you will involve travel and accommodation, build-up races or a newcomer’s debut triathlon will most likely be local. This affords you the perfect opportunity to recce the course within a whisker of its life. You’ll be able to train on the bike and run parcours, and potentially the swim, too. If the latter’s not possible, you can always observe. We know one South-East triathlete who would often take the opportunity to veer off
