We are a friendly club of men and women, based in the South West of Edinburgh (Google/Live) who meet regularly to train and compete in triathlon.

The latest news from the January AGM is on the News page.

Our next event is the Open Water Triathlon on Saturday 26 June 2010. See the Events page for details.

Triathlon is the fastest growing sport in the UK, and is any race comprising of a swim, a cycle and a run, with no rest between the different components. Typically the race order is swim, bike, run.

Most races are either over the slightly ironically named sprint distance, which consists of a 750m swim, a 20k bike, and then a 5k run. The Olympic distance is twice as far as the sprint, and unsurprisingly is the length of the course raced at the Olympics. More extreme distances include the half and full iron man, which consists of a 3.8k swim, a 180k cycle and a 42k run and can take well over 10 hours to complete.

Iron men (who can also be women) tend to have some masochistic tendencies and adhere to the Friedrich Nietzsche school of thought - 'That which does not kill you makes you stronger'.

We are sponsored by Pedal Power, and are affiliated to TriathlonScotland and Harmeny Athletic Club