I participated in the Bermuda Triangle Half Marathon Challenge--3 races in 3 days (1-miler Friday night; 10k Saturday morning; and half marathon Sunday morning). Even though it was a particularly … MORE
I participated in the Bermuda Triangle Half Marathon Challenge–3 races in 3 days (1-miler Friday night; 10k Saturday morning; and half marathon Sunday morning). Even though it was a particularly windy weekend in Bermuda, it was still Bermuda! I very much enjoyed the weekend and would do the Challenge again.
I booked the trip through Marathon Tours–which took care of airport transfers, the bib, the pasta dinner, and the hotel (the start line for the half marathon was right out the front door of the hotel). I would highly recommend going this route for ease of trip planning.
The expo was bigger than I expected (I thought it would just be a bib pick up). Again, the expo (like the pasta dinner and the half marathon start) was in the hotel where I stayed (the Hamilton Princess).
The swag was great. A technical tee (one for the whole weekend, there wasn’t one per race), a jacket for those doing the Challenge. And the medals?!?! I received 4 medals–one for each event and one for completing the challenge. The medals magnetically connected to form one large triangle medal. Awesome.
The race course included some nasty hills. The worse part to me, though, was that for the 10k and the half marathon, the roads were open to traffic. Bermuda roads are quite narrow for cars normally, adding runners into the equation created some unsafe situations in my opinion.
I would highly recommend.
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I participated in the Bermuda Triangle Half Marathon Challenge--3 races in 3 days (1-miler Friday night; 10k Saturday morning; and half marathon Sunday morning). Even though it was a particularly … MORE
I participated in the Bermuda Triangle Half Marathon Challenge–3 races in 3 days (1-miler Friday night; 10k Saturday morning; and half marathon Sunday morning). Even though it was a particularly windy weekend in Bermuda, it was still Bermuda! I very much enjoyed the weekend and would do the Challenge again.
I booked the trip through Marathon Tours–which took care of airport transfers, the bib, the pasta dinner, and the hotel (the start line for the half marathon was right out the front door of the hotel). I would highly recommend going this route for ease of trip planning.
The expo was bigger than I expected (I thought it would just be a bib pick up). Again, the expo (like the pasta dinner and the half marathon start) was in the hotel where I stayed (the Hamilton Princess).
The swag was great. A technical tee (one for the whole weekend, there wasn’t one per race), a jacket for those doing the Challenge. And the medals?!?! I received 4 medals–one for each event and one for completing the challenge. The medals magnetically connected to form one large triangle medal. Awesome.
The race course included some nasty hills. The worse part to me, though, was that for the 10k and the half marathon, the roads were open to traffic. Bermuda roads are quite narrow for cars normally, adding runners into the equation created some unsafe situations in my opinion.
I would highly recommend.
Great weather in January
This race is very popular with Canadians (and Americans from northern states) looking for somewhere warm and sunny to run in January. Some years it might almost be too warm … MORE
This race is very popular with Canadians (and Americans from northern states) looking for somewhere warm and sunny to run in January. Some years it might almost be too warm (especially for the marathoners) because the temp doesn’t really drop overnight in Bermuda so you’re starting out around 20degC even early in the morning. I strongly recommend you carry water even though there are many water stations. You’ll dehydrate quickly if the sun is out.
Beautiful ocean views through much of the second half. A few rolling hills give a bit of a challenge, but not too much. Very friendly local crowds who come out to cheer you along and will often greet you by name because the bibs have your first name printed quite large!
As a half marathoner I really appreciate races like this where we get to run the whole course rather than some consolation prize version. It’s the marathoners who get the booby prize here because they have to run two laps, and it gets really hot by the second time around.
One request to the Race Director: to make the distance official there’s a last minute 100 metre deke up a side street. I understand the need for it, but it happens just as the finish line comes into view. Talk about soul-destroying. Please put it at the start of the race, not minutes before the end!
Great t-shirts, especially if you do all three races in the Bermuda Triangle weekend challenge (1 mile on Fri, 10km on Sat, Half or Full on Sunday).