Ultra Triathlon Bad Radkersburg: Course, Elevation & Route Profile

Course & Elevation

The Triple category starts on Friday, a day ahead of the Single and Double fields, and runs into Sunday or Monday. The swim covers 228 lengths in the FINA-measured 50-metre outdoor pool of the Parktherme, counted digitally, with feeding at the poolside and one coach beside the water.

The bike is 51 laps of 10.6 kilometres around the Sportzentrum, 540 kilometres in total for just under 990 metres of climbing. The elevation band stays within about twelve metres for the entire distance, the profile classifies as flat and lists no continuous climb. The roads are not closed, lights are compulsory after dark, and support comes from the paddock.

The closing ultra marathon is sixty laps of the 2.1-kilometre run loop, passing the event centre and the stadium every time, lit at night and shaded for much of its length. With two nights inside the race, the Triple is less a competition over a distance than a fully organised multi-day project run with a crew.

Pacing Strategy

Across two nights, the result is decided by limiting losses rather than by pace. Swim the 228 lengths calmly enough that you can move into a very long stint in the aero position without shoulder trouble; measured against the total duration, every minute gained in the pool is meaningless.

The second night on the bike, roughly from lap thirty, decides the race. That is where most attempts fall apart without anything changing in the terrain: concentration fades, core temperature drops and eating becomes difficult. Whoever holds a conservative, unchanged power range there and keeps a disciplined rhythm for clothing and nutrition moves past competitors who were far quicker in daylight.

The biggest trap is the run. Sixty laps mean walking is a tool rather than a failure. Build fixed walking sections in from the start instead of allowing them only when running stops working: a planned strategy holds up far longer over 126 kilometres.

Training plan for Ultra Triathlon Bad Radkersburg: 12-week build

Expect roughly 35 to 55 hours on the Triple depending on your level, spread over two nights with no meaningful sleep. The load stays very low-aerobic throughout but never stops: on a course without climbs, descents or surface changes, no muscle group ever gets a break.

That gives this race a different demand profile from any long distance. What matters is sleep deprivation, thermoregulation, the ability to take in enough energy across days, and a riding and running posture that still holds after twenty-four hours.

The second night on the bike and the final twenty run laps decide it. Neither can be prepared through intensity, only through experience of very long efforts.

In training that means multi-day blocks rather than intervals: consecutive long riding days, long runs after long rides, and at least one session with deliberate sleep deprivation and a night ride in full race kit. Swim continuous pool sets of eight to ten kilometres regularly. And walk through the whole plan with your crew: at this distance a well-drilled support team is not a comfort but part of the performance.