2025 EVENT CANCELED due to floods.*** Are you ready to take on the most scenic triathlon in Texas? Swim, bike, and run through beautiful Kerrville! With distances ranging from short to half-iron, Kerrville Tri offers something for triathletes of all abilities. Participants receive a belt buckle finisher’s medal, awesome tri-blend …
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2025 EVENT CANCELED due to floods.
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Are you ready to take on the most scenic triathlon in Texas? Swim, bike, and run through beautiful Kerrville! With distances ranging from short to half-iron, Kerrville Tri offers something for triathletes of all abilities. Participants receive a belt buckle finisher’s medal, awesome tri-blend shirts, reusable custom water bottles, personalized race bibs, swim caps, and more!
Starting in 2011, Kerrville Tri was founded with the idea of bringing out the beauty and welcoming nature of the Texas Hill Country. Since then, thousands of participants have crossed the finish line to collect their medals. Famed for its 70.3 distance triathlon on Sunday, the weekend also includes 7 other events including a rookie and sprint distance on Saturday and a Quarter distance on Sunday. Don’t forget to bring the family to this race destination, there is a ton to do around town and a FREE kids run on Saturday!
Each distance of the Kerrville Tri will begin with a swim in scenic and calm waters of Nimitz Lake formed by the dammed Guadalupe River that flows through town. Just a short distance from the swim exit is the transition for the bike course, T1. T1 is located in the grassy field behind the Family Sports Center, on Hwy 16 at the intersection of Guadalupe St.
The famous bike course leaves T1 for a ride through the historic downtown district. From here the Half and Quarter Distance will continue out of town for a fast ride through rolling ranch country side and by creek fed water crossings. The Quarter Distance will do one loop and the Half Distance will do two full loops. Bikes will make a loop back into downtown Kerrville for the second transition area (T2) located at Louise Hayes Park.
Starting in 2015, the Kerrville Triathlon Run course is held entirely on the Kerrville River Trail. This scenic trail follows the Guadalupe River from Louise Hayes Park all the way to Kerrville Schriener Park. The Half Distance will complete two 6.55 loops, while the Quarter and Sprint Distances run courses will be a single loop.
Participants enjoy awesome swag, a fun race course with beautiful views, and the ultimate after-party with floating in the Guadalupe and a finisher festival with free food and beer. At Kerrville Tri, we enjoy having a good time while racing hard and putting our training to the test. Rent a house on the river with friends or book the host hotel right next to the race start – whatever you do you are sure to have a great time at this Texas triathlon!
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First Sprint Tri in 22 years
What a well produced event. The only downside - I also volunteered for the Sunday event, signed up months in advance to help only to be given a shirt two … MORE
What a well produced event. The only downside – I also volunteered for the Sunday event, signed up months in advance to help only to be given a shirt two sizes too big because you could not check in as a volunteer until the day of your volunteerism. Minor in the big scheme but it does need to get fixed. The course itself as great for a first timer in the Rookie or Sprint distances. No real cut-off for just the swim. It did take me forever to swim 500 meters but I made it out in an ok time. The swim itself is in a wide spot of the Guadalupe River (Lake Nimitz – really more of a pond) and the water temp was in the 80s. The bike course was relatively flat for Texas Hill Country – this is not a true statement for the Quarter or Half distances. There is a pretty steep hill on that course that the Quarter hits once and the Half hits twice.
The Race Director made allowances for the Texas heat – unusually warm in Kerrville that Sunday even by our standards.
The event shirts were excellent and the medals fantastic. The finisher area had plenty of food and drink. Everyone in Kerrville seemed to be happy we were all there enjoying their town.
All in all – a really good event and there are enough options for all.
Wonderful Sprint Tri for first timers
The "no swim cutoff" intrigued me and I think I may have been one of the slowest swimmers - ever. That said - there really was no swim cut off … MORE
The “no swim cutoff” intrigued me and I think I may have been one of the slowest swimmers – ever. That said – there really was no swim cut off and my bike was one of the last on the racks and I was in a middle corral (age) for the swim. It did get hot. It is Texas so you can expect ice on the roads to molten lava temperatures in late September. Courses were well laid out. It is the Texas Hill country but the course for the bike and run were not that hilly. Relatively flat by Central Texas standards. Medal was nice but the finish line was a great sight. First tri n 22 years and probably my last but it was fun. Volunteered for the swim the next day for the Olympic and Half IM distances.
Great non-IM 70.3 race
I did this race as a part of the long course Texas Tri Series, so it was at the tail end of a LONG race season. Thankfully, it's cheaper than … MORE
I did this race as a part of the long course Texas Tri Series, so it was at the tail end of a LONG race season.
Thankfully, it’s cheaper than Ironman! The race entry fee isn’t that bad compared to bigger production companies.
Moderate course: The swim is a big loop in the river, so slight currents but nothing bad and the water is pretty clear since it’s in the hill country. The bike course is a series of loops on mediocore roads, but only a few hills that grab your attention. Some of the areas to ride were a little sketchy with the traffic, but overall a good bike course, just be SURE you have plenty of fluids.
The run is also three loops. It is along the river, so for the most part flat-ish and pretty. BUT there are long stretches of kind of nothing with no shade, so that decimated my run pace since it was also pretty dang hot out.
The swag is decent- a nice hat, great medal, good after-party food and beer, and the shirt is cute, but High Five has started using a shirt brand that is WAY too short for women’s shirts, so order a size up if you’re a woman.
Overall, I would do it again and just be prepared for the sun on the run.