First Ever British Aquabike Championships Race Preview
I usually don’t write race previews for national championships, but this time I’ll make an exception, since it’s the race many of you have been waiting years to see – and because our friends from Age Group News aksed for it ;). So here’s a look at the inaugural British National Aquabike Championships, coming up this Sunday hosted by the Burghley Multisport Weekend.
Although the weekend also features a 100 km middle‑distance event with an aquabike option (2 km swim, 80 km bike), the championship title will be decided over the standard distance: a 1.5 km swim followed by a 40 km ride.
A first glance at the start list left me a little surprised. With 112 athletes entered, the debut championships won’t be the largest aquabike race ever held in the UK; in fact, it doesn’t even make the podium in that category. The top three spots still belong to the trio of standard‑distance World Championship 2024 qualifiers in Torremolinos – a race that, unfortunately, shares one unwelcome trait with these first British Championships. But before we get to that, let’s take a closer look at the course.
