Triathlon & Open Water Training Race Series 

OWSC, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire

Come along and practice your race skills in these friendly races. Get some top tips in a short coached warm up before lining up to practice your mass starts, sighting and navigation, technique and drafting skills. Suitable for any ability of open water swimmer and triathlete looking to have a practice swim to see what time you can expect in your A race this season. Or just come for fun and a small amount of healthy local competition! 

Our sessions will help you feel more confident getting your face in the water, dealing with this new environment and help you learn some new skills, perfect if you're completing your first few triathlons or just getting into open water swimming.

Perhaps you've got a big race coming up and want to get used to the washing machine effect and inevitable physical contact of the mass start, or just need a quick refresher course.

These training races are designed to tune up your existing skills and give you a chance to learn and practice some new ones to help you race at your best. 

Put your pacing to the test and see whether you predicted finish time is accurate so you know what you're capeable of.

Start Time

The short coached warm up begins at 7am and all race distances start together at 7.30am. For safety reasons, you must be confident you can finish your race within 2 hours. 

Training

Check out the Open Water page for beginner, intermediate and Pre-Blenheim Triathlon coaching sessions throughout May, June, July & August.

Timing & Results

Please note to keep this series reasonably priced (£25) these events are self-timed using either on your own GPS watch (advisable so you can see how far you actually swim!) or using your NOWCA bracelet (OWSC provides these for £10 for the season), timing assistants will be on hand to help record your time and results will be published and sent out after the event.