Triathlon North Africa - The Sahara Triathlon

Triathlon North Africa - The Sahara Triathlon Running Imp are thrilled to announce that we are the Official Medal Supplier for the first triathlon race in the desert in the history of triathlons! Triathlon North Africa have created one of the most unique triathlons on the planet and we are proud to have been working on this event, helping them to create one for the bucket list. All triathletes that finish receive a beautiful finishers medal that is a memento of a fantastic experience you will always treasure! 

This is a triathlon where you will find yourself swimming in a sparkling oasis lying between sand dunes and high desert plateaus, and be all alone on your bike under the highest sand dunes in the world. Athletes will be fascinated by a vast landscape only inhabited by a small group of people, and camels. 

There’s likely to be no one to see you, hear you, or cheer you on in this remote landscape. It’ll be just you and mother nature, your bike and your will to make it to the finish line. It can be easily the most extreme triathlon race in the world in the morning the temperatures were between 0-2°C the water temperature was 8°C during the cycling part the temperature was 15 °C and during the running part temperatures hit nearly 30°C on third of the running course led through sand dunes and after the sunset the temperatures dramatically fall to 5°C. So it is an exceptional triathlon! Congratulations to all the participants that will be able to say they are one of the world's only triathletes to race in the Sahara Desert! YOU DID IT!