5150 Triathlon Bela Bela South Africa

Largest Global Standard Distance Triathlon Series:

• The 5150 Triathlon is Standard Distance race that was introduced
  globally by the World Triathlon Corporation last year.  It is currently
  the largest global standard distance triathlon series with the biggest prize
  purse worldwide.  Africa’s first 5150 event was hosted in Bela Bela in
  August last year with just under 500 athletes participating.


• The 5150 Triathlon Bela Bela is the first qualifier for the 2013
  Hy-Vee 5150 US Champs in Des Moines, Iowa where the prize purse is a whopping
  $1.5 million for professional athletes.


• The 2012 race will take place in Bela Bela,
  Limpopo Province on Saturday 25 August 2012.

Novice-friendly Triathlon:

• The event is positioned as a novice-friendly race as the distances
  are a 1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run all within the Forever Resorts
  Warmbaths premises, with only the bike leg taking athletes beyond the
  resort. 


• The biggest concern for would-be triathletes and first-timers is
  the swim, but here the swim takes place in a ski dam on the resort with water
  shallow enough for a male to stand in at its deepest point. 
  
  

Long enough to be competitive:

• The 2011 5150 Triathlon Bela Bela was won by South African athlete
  Travis Johnston in a time of 01:57:55, followed by Michael Davidson and Erhard
  Wolfaard, while Ironman PRO athlete Lucie Zelenkova Reed took the ladies race
  in 02:13:02, closely followed by Lauren Dance and Tayla Glover.  Points
  accumulated during 5150 events count towards the global points ranking for PRO
  athletes.

Using IRONMAN infrastructure:

• 5150 Triathlon Bela Bela is brought to you by the organisers of
  the Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa and Spec-Savers IRONMAN 70.3 South Africa
  so you can be sure that you’re in for a top quality event, with similar
  finishline infrastructure and race village, including top quality announcing by
  the voice of IRONMAN Triathlon in South Africa and Europe, Paul Kaye.


• Every entrant receives a 5150 t-shirt and every finisher will
  receive a unique 5150 finisher medal and certificate.
  
  

 Family-friendly weekend get-away:

• The 5150 Triathlon in Bela Bela is at its core a family-friendly
  event where athletes can bring their families and spend the weekend at the
  resort, relax, take part in the race or watch the action from within the
  resort.  Being a shorter distance event, the entry fees are also
  significantly lower than a race such as the full Ironman South Africa. 
  The entry fee is R800 for individuals and R1000 for teams of two or three
  athletes.
  
  

Want to know more or enter?

• More information about the event is available on the website www.5150.co.za.  All entries are done
  online from the event website (www.5150.co.za).
  
  

Event Added: 24/05/2012

[ General Event Details ]

DATE:	Saturday, 25 August 2012 - Saturday, 25 August 2012
EVENT TYPE:	Triathlon/Off-road Triathlon
PROVINCE/AREA:	Limpopo Province, Bela Bela
CONTACT:	World Endurance South Africa Marieka Barnard Tel: 0415817990 E-mail: marieka.barnard@ironman.com Web: www.ironmansouthafrica.com

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