Race Information
Event Village and Transition Area(Grid Ref SH39538 63605) – this will be in the main car park in Newborough Forest on an area of hard standing. We will have exclusive use of the forest for the duration of the triathlon.
The swim - will take place in the sea, adjacent to the stunning blue flag sandy beach of Llanddwyn. The swim will be parallel to the shore (approx 50m out at all times), in one direction and a straight line from North West to South East. You will walk along the beach from the main car park towards Llanddwyn Island, where the start will take place, approx 1000m for the Full Sandman Tri or 400m for the Sandman Sprint Tri from the transition. You will then make your way across the sand to the transition area in the main car park. The swim will take place one hour before high water in slack water off the shallow gradient beach. It is likley that the wearing of wet suits will be optional as records show an average sea temp of 16 degrees C for this time of year.
Surf Lines in Llanberis is the official lifeguard support for the Anglesey Sandman.
The 60km cycle– Full Sandman Tri - from the hard standing transition you will push your bike onto the tarmac forest entrance road (closed to traffic) and cycle along main entrance road through the toll area and out of the forest to complete a 60km road cycle. Into Newborough you will take a right and cycle parallel to the Menai Strait via Brynsiencyn to Llanfairpwllgyngyll (A4080). You will then turn inland through the quiet villages of Gaerwen and Gwalchmai (along the A5). Then turning back onto the A4080 along the breathtaking coastline via Llanfaelog, Aberffraw, Malltraeth and Newborough. Finally back through the forest via the forest toll entrance to the main car park and dismount for the transition to the run.
The 18 km cycle - Sandman Sprint - from the hardstanding transition you will push your bike onto the tarmac forest entrance road (closed to traffic) and cycle along the main entrance road through the toll area and out of the forest to complete a 18km road cycle. Into Newborough you will take a right and cycle past Dwyran where you will turn left onto the B4419 eventually reaching Llangaffo. Here you will turn left back to Newborough and back through the forest via the toll entrance to the main car park and dismount for the transition to the run.
The 10km and 5km trail runs - will start from the transition area in the main car park and loop around the unique Newborough forest across a combination of forestry tracks, single tracks, sand dunes with final leg along the stunning beach completing either the 10km or 5km circuit. The race will finish in the main car park.
See interactive 10km trail run map
See interactive 5km trail run map
Detailed Race and Safety info is available here. All competitors must read this.
Sandman Triathlon Race Day Timings:
TBC – Registration at the event village (main car park Newborough Forest)
TBC – Transition opens for racking of bikes
TBC – Marshal briefing in the event village
TBC – Toll road closed (all competitors and spectators need to be in the main car park before the road closes)
TBC – Competitors briefing (compulsory for all competitors)
TBC – Start of Race – Full Triathlon
TBC – Start of Race – Sprint Triathlon
TBC – Sprint Triathlon winner expected at finish
TBC– Full Triathlon winner expected at finish
TBC – Prize ceremony at the finish area
TBC – Toll road re opens (approx time)
TBC – Event Finish
Compulsory Cut Off Times - these will apply to the full sandman competitors as follows:
Cut off 1 at Transition exit following the swim - TBC. No competitors will be permitted to exit transition onto the cycle section after this time.
Cut off 2 at Transition exit following the cycle - TBC. No competitors will be permitted to exit transition onto the run section after this time.
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