This was my first taste of doing an Triathlon and what an outstanding recommendation it was by Ilyas to start at Pendle. I was very nervous about the pool having only started to learn how to swim in Dec 25 but the staff and volunteers were absolutely cracking and made me feel at ease right from the onset. The whole course was absolutely spot on and designed for all abilities as it has a bit of everything to test your level of fitness. With this being the first time taking part in such an event the welcome and support from the support staff and volunteers during this whole event has left a mark on me. I have never witnessed such a welcoming and friendly bunch of volunteers at any event that are passionate to ensure each participant felt at ease and home. This experience has now given me the confidence to try another Triathlon and embrace the challenge. I have shared my positive experiences of this event with fellow Blackburn Sunbirds and we look forwards to having more participants entering this event next year. Keep up the excellent and outstanding work!!!! Kind Regards Masi (Blackburn Sunbirds)

This was a lovely event, everyone was extremely welcoming and helpful. However, I was placed in the wrong swim lane and ended up treading water, waiting to overtake for about 3 out of 4 laps. My swim time was at least 1:45 slower than expected. The mount line for the cycle was not great, entering traffic, but there probably isn't much that could be done about that. I also got a bit lost on the bike. Partly my fault as I should have reccied the course, but better signage would have helped. I enjoyed the event overall, but was a bit disappointed and frustrated at some points.

In the main, event was fine, simple bike & run course, signage on the routes worked well but there was a lack of maps for the Transition area to understand the flows for the in's and outs as well as the access to the finish didn't help and briefing material particularly in respect of the finish was non existent. Combine this with a lack of marshalls directing athletes to the finish meant confusion over finding the finish funnel.

Great low key event. Very supportive volunteers. I saw one volunteer walking a very nervous first time competitor through exactly what she had to do and where she had to go, which was nice to see. Can't really fault the organisation, my first race back after retiring from triathlon 13 years ago, and it was an enjoyable experience. Thanks to all involved

A must do event, Very good for beginners , roads were quiet for cycling. Run was nice. Views were nice. What i say is only to help improve the event that is already very good and appreciate all the hard work that went into it , takes nothing away from the event itself. Most Staff were friendly, although some more information for 1st timers at site could be given upon arrival. For example location of pool and breifing area. Improvements- staff in car park area to confirm whats allowed and whats not so to avoid making mutiple trips from transiton area and back to the car. The running around putting our bags into car made me 2 mins late to the breifing to which i got told about by the guy. Yet he didnt say anything to the the ppl that came to the breifing 14 mins late! Bit shouty! Not what i expected knowing most ppl are first timers. Swim caps- since we get to keep these , give the pink ones to the girls! Had to beg for a blue one when girl agreed to swap volunteer said i cant change it now because she's wrote it down on a paper, to which i had to say you can change it on the paper, so she agreed to change this. By this time we got told we would be disqualified if we didnt get in the water immediatley. Swim counter made me swim 2 extra laps, person behind me came out before me and he also agreed as i was ahead of him in the swim and my watch counted 400m. Bike was nice, enjoyed it. Pot hole on bottom of hill could've easily damaged wheels, should be marked/Sprayed. Lot of people in the way during run had to dodge along canal and felt lost after getting off canal, no signs or volunteers. Just had to guess and take a left. Sign was on canal bridge so if looking down and running easily missed. No water station during run. Medal has to be better - my 7 year old son received a better one attending a friends birthday party given the amount paid for event. The final finish line between the vans was very unclear even though volunteers were telling us..needs better more obvious marking. Hope this helps improve things! See you next year!!!

loved the pool swim clear and precise instructions counting the laps was done by the staff so that helped bike and run transitions where clean and clear the run exit and entrance was a bit odd ran extra 300 mtrs and the finish was not at all well designated and many finishers ran past it very enjoyable hilly event

I was disappointed with my swim placement, I put a 7 minute swim down on the form then got placed with people who had put 12 min. This caused me to lose quite a bit of time. The finish line wasn’t obvious either, I ended up running past then getting sent back by people in the crowd. Overall though I enjoyed the day.