The 24rd Laguna Phuket Triathlon will take place on 19 November 2017. Dubbed the “Race of Legends” for its long list of triathlon legends past and present that have raced the event over the years, the Laguna Phuket Triathlon is one of the most popular and longest running triathlons in Asia. It is regularly mentioned as one of the must do destination triathlons in the world testament to its unique course around the tropical holiday island of Phuket.
The race consists of a 1.8km swim (1.3km swim in the Andaman Sea followed by a 500m swim across a fresh water lagoon), a 50km bike course (Through local villages, a highway and Naithorn Hills) and finally a two lap run (Around the Laguna Phuket resort).
INDIVIDUAL ENTRY
Date: 19 November 2017
Start Time: 06.30 AM
Distance: 1.8K swim – 50K bike – 12K run
Course:
1.8K SWIM
The swim course is the same as in previous years and comprises two bodies of water. Starting on the beach between the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket and Outrigger Laguna Beach Resort, athletes swim 1,300 meters in the sea before sprinting across the beach to swim the last 500 meters in a lagoon finishing at the Laguna Grove.
50K BIKE
Important note! From safety and technical point of view, we have decided to change Laguna Phuket Triathlon’s bike course. After many years of using the old course, Phuket has grown in its population and development that its traffic landscape has changed rather rapidly in the past few years. For the first time in history, Laguna Phuket Triathlon will now feature the new and improved “50K Bike Course” to ensure a safer, faster race and – as a result – better race experience along the scenic view of tropical parklands, rubber plantations, pineapple fields, beaches, hills, temples and local villages of Thalang District in the North of Phuket.
12K RUN
The run course is flat and leads runners north through the Laguna Phuket resort complex before looping back past the Wedding Chapel through Canal Shopping Village and finishing at the Laguna Grove. The course will have three aid stations approximately 2km apart that runners pass twice.
Note:
All registration will be closed on Monday, 13 November 2017 (23:59, Bangkok Time)
