2025 Results here:
TRI'ING TO END ALS : guest racers
Over a year ago, we were contacted by Donna Bartel and Mike Pearson, a couple who are traveling around Canada while competing in triathlons in each of the 10 provinces and 3 territories. There will be joining us for the 2025 Midnight Sun Triathlon. They are completing in triathlons around the country to raise awareness and to fundraise for ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). If you’d like to read about their journey, you can check out their site here: https://www.triingtoendals.ca/
and you can donate to their fundraiser here: https://www.alsbc.ca/triing-to-end-als-2025-donation-form/
The 2025 Midnight Sun Triathlon will be held on Saturday, July 6th and includes both a Try-a-Tri and Sprint distances for adults.
We will also have a kids category for the rest of the family.
Register here: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=38861
The swim is in the Yellowknife Aquatic Centre. PLEASE CHECK THE UPDATED START TIMES BELOW. NEW STARTING TIME FOR THE NEW AQUATIC CENTRE
DISTANCES
Try-a-Tri Category: Swim 400 m (16 lengths), Bike 10 km, Run 2 km.
Sprint Category: Swim 800 m (32 lengths), Bike 20 km, Run 5 km.
Do it solo or sign up as a team.
Kids Category: Swim 50 m (2 lengths, with kickboard if you need it), Bike 2 km, Run 500 m. Times will not be recorded. All cycling and running will be on the bike path. Parents are welcome to accompany their children.
If parents and kids are all participating together, please note that the Try-a-Tri and Sprint distances may not be completed before the kids start. If you wanted to have someone supervise your kids while on the course, please have someone additional come to cheer them on
Fees
Early Bird: May 13 – June 16th 11:59pm
-Try-a-Tri SOLO $40
-Try-a-Tri TEAM $50
-Sprint SOLO $40
-Sprint TEAM $50
-Kids $15
Regular: June 17th – June 30th 11:59pm
-Try-a-Tri SOLO $50
-Try-a-Tri TEAM $70
-Sprint SOLO $50
-Sprint TEAM $70
-Kids $20
Late: July 1st – July 4th 11:59pm
-Try-a-Tri SOLO $65
-Try-a-Tri TEAM $85
-Sprint SOLO $65
-Sprint TEAM $85
-Kids $20
Race SCHEDULE
KIDS SCHEDULE:
8:10am-8:45am: Kids Sign-in
8:50am : Kids briefing inside the pool
9:00am: Kids START
TRY-A-TRI AND SPRINT SCHEDULE:
8:30:-9:10am: Try-a-tri and Sprint Sign-in
9:15am: Course and briefing inside the pool.
9:20am: Try-a-Tri and Sprint START
Sprint Category: Swim 800 m (32 lengths), Bike 20 km, Run 5 km.
Try-a-Tri Category: Swim 400 m (16 lengths), Bike 10 km, Run 2 km.
Do it solo or sign up as a team.
Kids Category: Swim 50 m (2 lengths, with kickboard if you need it), Bike 2 km, Run 500 m. Times will not be recorded. All cycling and running will be on the bike path. Parents are welcome to accompany their children.
Race INFORMATION
SWIM:
The swim will be done in the Yellowknife Aquatic Centre, and the laps will be done ‘serpentine’ (images below under Course Maps).
BIKE:
All distances will start on the Frame Lake Trail just outside the Aquatic Centre. From the trailhead you will cycle towards city hall and past to turn left onto the flag path towards the Legislative building and then out to the intersection and left onto the highway. Continue cycling past the landfill and down to Giant Mine. There will be a turn around marker for Try-a-Tri and another sign a little further for Sprint distances. Try-a-Tri will turn around and cycle the same way back to the Aquatic Centre. For Sprint distances, after the turnaround at Giant Mine, come back up the hill and turn right towards Ingraham Trail. Turn onto Ingraham Trail and cycle until the turn around marker, about 3.4km down Ingraham Trail. Turn around and cycle back to the highway, turning left (watching for and obeying traffic) onto the highway. Turn right to cycle back towards the Legislative Building (You do not need to go back down to Giant Mine) and return on the trail to Aquatic Centre. . The kids course goes to the playground near city hall. See course map below.
Try-a-Tri distance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8wJiSRwPzdo3bBcGA
Sprint distance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AWZFnbMkXjGWLY9B8
Kids distance: Bike along the trail and turn around at the Children’s Playground. https://goo.gl/maps/5WCpXhWuE4Qtao5j6
RUN:
The run portion will be done on the Frame Lake trail towards City Hall and out to the Niven Lake entrance. Please run AGAINST traffic on the shoulder so you are visible.
Try-a-Tri distance: Run along Frame Lake Trail to the Children’s Playground. https://goo.gl/maps/nDedSyZn3koJFuSj7
Sprint distance: Run along Frame Lake Trail past City Hall, turn left towards the Legislative building, go out to the highway (You will see Chateau Nova across the street) and run just past the Niven Lake entrance (there will be a turn around marker). Return the same way you came. https://goo.gl/maps/Sz19a73125YSYACb7
Kids distance: https://goo.gl/maps/yMS248NWbqRsMXnK9
COURSE MAPS
Swim
Serpentine pattern: THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM THE OLD RUTH INCH POOL. We don’t have a photo of the new pool yet, but please familiarize yourself with swimming up a lane, then ducking under the buoy line and swimming back down the next. Repeat for your number of laps.
Try-A-Tri number of laps: 16 lengths of pool = 1 full circuit of the pool
Sprint number of laps: 32 lengths of pool = 2 full circuits of the pool
PLEASE NOTE COURSES MAY CHANGE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION.
Bike
Run
-Run to Fred Henne Territorial Park Day Use Area, via the Frame Lake trail, to the buoy line (4.67km)
-Swim the buoy line (180m)
-Trek along the rocks to the narrow valley to the other side (954m)
-Swim to the other side (80m)
-Run for 472m to get closest to the boat launch
-Swim to the boat launch (315m)
