Avon Valley Triathletes
What We Do
Welcome to Avon Valley Triathletes, the home of the multi-sport arm of Avon Valley Runners. Whether you’re a multiple Ironman, or thinking of your first duathlon, this is the place for you.
If you’re a member of AVR, you’re automatically a member of AVT at no extra charge. AVT is headed up by Caroline Scott, the Multi-Sport Secretary. Caroline also sits on the AVR Committee and is supported by the AVT working group. You can contact Caroline at avt@avonvalleyrunners.org.uk.
AVT is more than the sum of its parts – we believe being a member of a supportive group with similar interests makes us all better individually. No matter what challenge you’re taking on, you will find encouragement, advice, and very likely someone crazy enough to do it with you.
If you’re at all interested in triathlon, duathlon or any other '-athlon' involving swim, bike or run, come along to one of our regular sessions.
Coached Swimming
7am Mondays, Tuesday, Fridays with our partner club at Trowbridge Pool. Each session is £8.50.
You must already be able to swim 200m continuous front crawl to access this session.
Social Swimming
Summer at Vobster
Fridays is the main day, however people buddy up and go any time. Membership needed or attend as a guest of a member.
Winter Lane Swim
When it's too cold at Vobster we hire a lane on Friday evenings in Trowbridge to keep the social meet ups happening, and also provide swim sets and guidance for £5.
Monthly socials happen at a local bar for drinks and tapas - all welcome - even if you didn't swim!
Cycling
We link in with Westbury Wheelers which means we join in with any of their member lead rides over the week.
Membership with wheelers is required after 3 rides at £20 per year. Sessions held on everyday of the week covering a range of abilities.
Segment of the Month
The AVT Strava 'Segment of the Month' is a monthly cycling competition building to an achievement over the year for a special AVT award. Between April and September we lead a monthly ride to find and smash the strava segments highlighted for that month for points that accumulate over the year.
May to August we join in with Westbury Wheelers fortnightly 10 mile TT and these contribute to your league results.
Running
Running is provided by AVR who host multiple sessions over the week and plenty of running events take place locally to get involved with.
Upcoming Races / Events
Any upcoming races or events where you’ll see friendly AVT faces are shared on the members only AVT Facebook group. AVT work together on special focus events and take part in relays, so if you're not ready for the whole thing yet, or currently injured in one area, you can still take part.
The year is recorded in the AVT league where you can achieve awards for distance travelled (How Hard Did You Tri), overall achievement (main AVT league - where we look at your best performances), Segment of the Month (cycling over the year) as well as recognition of improvement and inspiring others.
Come along and Try a Tri or Aquathlon
Early in the season we organise an informal event for beginner triathletes, (and those wanting a low key start of season refresher) to have a go at multi sport in a friendly and supportive manner.
There are no time pressures and plenty of members to speak to for advice. These events are shared on Facebook for members to get involved.