LAPONIA TRIATHLON
Date: 6 July
Location: Gällivare, Sweden
Distance(s): Full, sprint
Race fee: £228.50, £30
Scandinavia might not be the first place that springs to mind when planning a cheap tri, but this one’s surprisingly easy on the pocket. It’s a real bucket list race, too, offering you the chance to start the swim leg beneath the midnight sun – a phenomenon experienced in the Arctic Circle at the height of summer when the sun never sets. The undulating bike course (1,100m elevation) only has one climb of note, before a mixed terrain marathon concludes proceedings – and depending on your speed, you could be wrapped up before midday. Gällivare can be reached via Stockholm for £350 return, although you’re going to have to juggle two separate airlines, with Swedish company PopulAir running the internal leg. laponiatriathlon.com
OUTLAW
Date: 28 July
Location: National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham
Distance(s): Full, aquabike
Race fee: £350, £300
For a big day event experience without the associated price tag, Outlaw’s award-winning longdistance race is one of the best in the UK. Based at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottinghamshire, participants get to sample the thrill of a 600-strong mass start – no
