The Vitruvian
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05 September 2009
Rutland Water, Leicestershire
1000 - FULL
1900m swim - 85k bike - 21k run
Individual £95 (non-BTF +£5)
Team £120
With demand again high in 2009 The Vitruvian has been FULL since mid April - however you can still experience the 'HALF-VITRUVIAN' at the same venue on 20th June by entering The DAMBUSTER. Click here for more information about this event but don't delay, as with The Vitruvian... entries are filling fast!
The Vitruvian is fast becoming a legendary race within the triathlon community. In 2008, we received over 1400 entries for a race limit of 1000 and closed entries in the middle of June. If you are thinking of taking part in 2009, don’t wait, get your entry in!
OK, why is this event so popular? Simply, you need to race to understand. There is a great emotion of companionship at The Vitruvian. Everyone together has one goal, to become Vitruvians. We don’t do clichés but, the old saying big enough to cope yet small enough to care fits the bill perfect. With 1000 competitors matched with over a thousand of spectators, this is a big event, but we continue to care and ensure that we concentrate on the small details, that we think makes all the difference to you the athletes.
The Vitruvian is still a race that will be even tougher to finish than it is to pronounce or even get into. Starting with an initial 1900 metre swim which sets the standard for the rest of the race. The following 84km bike which includes two climbs over the notorious Rutland Ripple and incorporates nearly 1000m of climbing is just the second stage of suffering before the 21km run gets under way just to finish things off. The good news is at least the run is flat.
lung buster of a race..."
Whilst closely related in distance to what are commonly referred to as half Ironman or a middle distance triathlon, the Vitruvian is devoutly none of the above for the simple reason that it is neither common and nor is there anything half or middleing about this event. This is a full on tough quad crunching, lung buster of a race that will push even the toughest of the longer distance triathletes to the limit.
Don't worry if you don't get in though, do the same as hundreds of others and support the wannabe Vitruvians. We estimate there were over a thousand supports around the course and that's what makes this event so special!!
As for the name, that's simple. The term Vitruvian stems from Leonardo Da Vinci's attempt to demonstrate through the study of art and mathematics that it is possible to establish perfect human proportions.
In direct contrast to Da Vinci, and having devised one of the toughest courses in the UK, we believe that you do not need to possess perfect dimensions to be a Vitruvian, but you will need to be in good shape to finish it.
