Apple Triathlon is back in Kelowna

Popular event making return this weekend

The Daily Courier

Kelowna’s iconic Apple Triathlon is returning this weekend after a one-year hiatus, and the race is going back to its roots.

“We are actually going back to the original venue of the first race in 1983,” said race director Susie Ernsting.

Sunday’s triathlon will start and finish on Bernard Avenue in front of the Sails and will use Kerry and City parks.

In recent years, the event has been based at Waterfront Park.

A new bicycle route will also take racers around Dilworth Mountain instead of up Knox Mountain.

Last year’s Apple Triathlon was canceled, after an announcement that the race would be under new management for the 2018 event.

M1 Sports Management, which runs triathlons in Vancouver, is the new operator.

“We’re really excited to be back,” said Ernsting. “After a year off, you never know what’s going to happen, and to be sold out after a year off shows what a great location Kelowna is to host a triathlon.”

The event is sold out, with more than 1,400 athletes coming to town, including 200 elite and junior elite athletes, 800 amateur adults and several hundred children.

In addition to Sunday’s main event, the Apple Triathlon is also hosting the Triathlon Canada National Championships, including elite, para, sprint and standard distance races this weekend.

For more information and route maps, go to appletriathlon.com.