Short Course Weekend (SCW) Handicap Triathlon kicks off this weekend and will consist of a 1,000m swim, 30km cycle and a 6.975km run.

The challenge will take place anytime a Handicap event is taking place which is usually the first Saturday of the month.

Competitors must complete the challenge over the Friday, Saturday and / or Sunday of a given Handicap weekend.

The swim will consist of 1,000m and this can be done in any pool; the cycle is 30 anti-clockwise loops (30km) of the inner circle in Regents park; and the run is the 7km Handicap run.

This is a Handicap event, the same as the Serpentine Handicap on Saturday. You will have a handicap time for each of the three legs. This should put us all on a roughly level playing field. So the winner of the Handicap Triathlon will be hte person who has improved the most.

Click here to sign up for the SCW Handicap Triathlon and to post your times as you complete each of the three legs.

As this is the first SCW Triathlon Handicap, your handicap times will be based on any past triathlon races we find in the results database. Once you have completed a SCW Triathlon Handicap, those times will be used to calculate your future start times.

We are also calculating age-graded times. Swimming age grading uses the times for elite swimmers here. The cycling age-grading uses the best peformances for each age-group from the London T100 in August 2025 (results here). The run age-grading is the same as usual, using tables from WAVA.

If you can’t manage all three events in the weekend then just submit one or two out of the three, this is multisport after all and we try to be as inclusive as possible.

Now onto the rules:

• Watch or recording device must be set into race mode so it will be your total time including any unforeseen stoppages
• The swim can be completed in any pool on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday
• The cycle is 30 loops of the inner circle of Regents park going anti-clockwise which can be completed on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You can use any self-pedal bike of your choosing but no drafting
• The run must be completed at the official Handicap on the Saturday morning
  If you volunteer at the Handicap itself and can’t run then your time will still be accepted but you have to run the Handicap course on either the Friday, Saturday or Sunday
• Serpie kit is a must!!

As this weekend is Halloween, the Spooktacular ride this year will take part in Regents park. Take on the 30km inner loop challenge then join the rest of your Serpie cycle buddies riding around the outer lap for extra kms. The plan will be to meet at the Cafe in the inner circle around 11.30am for a social coffee and cake.