LOCAL athletes are being urged to test themselves on the shores of Loch Lomond in the latest instalment of the Beastie Triathlons.

Lomond Swimming and Triathlon Club are marking their 16th year of running events on the Loch and this year they will host two triathlons – a novice for first timers and sprint for more experienced triathletes.

Registration is now open for the event on July 31 starting for Balloch.

The Beastie Triathlons are novice and sprint triathlons that feature open water swims and off-road routes for the cycling and running and will welcome serious athletes and first-timers alike with two different events:

The Beastie Sprint Triathlon features a 750m open water swim, a 15k mountain biking route for the cycle and 5k off-road run.

The Wee Beastie Novice Triathlon features a 400m open water swim, a 10k mountain biking route for the cycle and 2.5k off-road run.

Club president Robert McCulloch said: β€œThe Beastie Triathlons offers something for people of different skill levels, so that this can be a family event, a club event, an event that groups of friends come to and have a good time.”

Detailed descriptions of each event are available at beastieweekend.com.

For further info contact lomondclub@gmail.com.

Lomond Swimming and Triathlon Club is a club catering for swimmers and triathletes (age 16+ no upper age limit) within West Dunbartonshire and Argyll.

The club welcomes anyone from entry level swimmers through to extreme distance triathletes to join their 80 members.

The club have a strong turn-out at a number of established triathlons across the country with our members also taking part in a number of swimming, running and cycling events in both the local and wider areas.

Their swimming programme is put together by Jimmy Orr, Head Coach of West Dunbartonshire Swimming Club, who is the coach behind the development of Commonwealth Games hero Ross Murdoch and Rory Lamont.

For details of the full training schedule visit the club website at lomondtri.com.

New member enquiries can be made at lomondmembership@gmail.com.