London Triathlon - Children's Aquathlon

A children’s aquathlon (combination swim and run) will kick off the world’s largest multi-sport, mass participation, event weekend, on Saturday 8th August 2015 at London’s Docklands.

Organised by London Triathlon and mi sport, 2015 marks the first time a children’s aquathlon will be hosted at the world’s largest triathlon. The event consists of an open water swim leg in the Royal Victoria Docks, followed by a running leg along the Docklands. The children will experience the same excitement and adrenaline as the 13,000 adult triathletes at this iconic event, when they cross the finish line inside the ExCeL centre before crowds of spectators.

The addition of the children’s event to the normal race weekend is part of the organiser’s bid to develop triathletes at an early age, increasing the appetite for multi-sports and hopefully growing awareness and interest in triathlon for future generations.

The distances are broken down into the following age categories:
9-10 years: 100m swim / 800m run
11-13 years: 200m swim / 1600m run
14-16 years: 300m swim / 2400m run

Offering the opportunity for children of all ages to get active at the London Triathlon, in addition to the aquathlon, children aged 4-14 will be able to enter a duathlon – a run-bike-run event, of varying distances. Whilst under 4’s can also have their first foray into multi-sport with the scootathlon which combines a little bit of running with ‘cycling’ on a no-pedal bike or scooter.