Saturday, June 7, 2025
Elbow Valley
9:00 a.m.
Click here to register
2025 will be the “Grand Finale” of Tri for Evan and spots are selling out so register soon.
Tri for Evan – Grand Finale!
2025 will be the final Tri for Evan race. In conjunction with the Penny family, we are retiring the race in memory of Evan who passed away last fall due to complications resulting from his mitochondrial disease. We have increased the race cap from 100 to 160 (including kids) so everybody who wants to race it one more time. We’re almost sold out so register soon! On June 7, let’s get together for a fun race in honour of Evan and make it a great day! Don’t forget to fundraise for Mito Canada!
We are sprint duathlon provincial championships in 2025! 
This is the perfect warm up race for a seasoned triathlete or the perfect race for newbies. Our venue is small and space is limited. Register early so you don’t miss out. We sold out in 2023 & 2024.
What’s included:
- A safe and professionally managed race
- t-shirts for all participants (one each for teams)
- finishers swag (one each for teams)
- post race meal
- post race beer garden
The triathlon consists of a 650m swim, 22km cycle and 5km run. The duathlon consists of a 2.5km run, 22km cycle and 5km run. Either can be done as an individual or in teams of two or three. Once everybody has completed the triathlon/duathlon, we’ll have a fun, non-competitive race for the kids. The kids race is meant to be fun and we’re keeping the distances short so they’re appropriate for the under 7 crowd (but all ages are welcome). The swim will be approximately 50m and will be close to the shore line. Kids are more than welcome to wear life jackets. The cycle will be an out and back on the pathway only and will be about 1.5 km and the run will be from transition to the finish line for about 350m.
Entry fees include a t-shirt, finishers medal, post race meal and beer!
We are looking forward to welcoming CE Sport Therapy at Tri for Evan. They will be on site providing mini treatments to help you with any nagging aches, pains or injuries you might be experiencing. Head on over to their tent either before or after your race to claim your free mini treatment!
2025 race day info can be found by clicking here.
Parking map can be found here.
To see the provincial triathlon and duathlon rules please click here.
For updates to provincial rules in 2025 please click here.
Open water swim clinic: Our friends at Tri It Multisport will be hosting an open water swim clinic again this year. The clinic will take place on Wednesday, June 4 from 6:00PM – 7:30PM at Fishermans Lake in Elbow Valley (race start site). If you are new to open water swimming, this clinic is for you!
The clinic is $15 if you have your own wetsuit and $25 if you need to borrow a wetsuit. There will also be opportunity to try on and purchase wetsuits. Click here to register for the clinic.
-sighting
-turning around buoys
-what to do if you panic
Triathlon Alberta membership
Tri for Evan is a sanctioned event and you must be a member of Triathlon Alberta to participate for insurance purposes. If you are not an annual member, you can purchase a one day membership fee. Please do so before package pick up. Please click here to purchase a one day membership.
Why we Tri for Evan
Evan Penny is the inspiration for our family-oriented event that brings healthy, active people together. Evan experienced a traumatic brain injury and developed mitochondrial disease at the age of 4. As a result, he became a non-verbal spastic quadriplegic. Sadly, Evan passed away in October of 2024 and we continue to raise funds and awareness in his memory.
Evan’s father, Blaine is the co-founder of MitoCanada, a national charity dedicated to ensuring all lives are powered by healthy mitochondria. These microscopic structures that are present in almost every cell in the body, create the energy we need our hearts to beat, lungs to breathe, brains to think and bodies to move. Mitochondrial disease is associated with dementia, cancers, Parkinson’s disease and more than 300 other devastating illnesses.
Thank you for sharing your collective energy to help MitoCanada reduce the devastating impact of mitochondrial disease by participating in Tri for Evan and donating to MitoCanada.
Please note: race registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable. You will be given the option to purchase cancellation insurance when you register online. You can transfer your own registration between triathlon and duathlon.
