Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon with a NEW Sprint Course too ….. Get your Entry in!

Jean Ashley

The BQA are pleased to see that Bude Quad will be also adding a sprint course quad to your usual Awesome Foursome course.

The BQA have decided to include this as a separate race in the BQA trophy series and it will also get Trophy Points. As we did with the Brigg Bomber in June, who also ran two length courses. We will award slightly fewer points for the Sprint,  starting at 100 rather than 120, for the short course. This will help people only wanting to do sprint distance races to get 3 races in and be eligible for our National Trophy Prizes.
 

BUDE AWESOME FOURSOME 11th OCTOBER 2025 – Every year since 2002 we’ve run the Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon, an extreme multi-sport race for individuals, pairs and relay teams to enter. This is an established event in the British and European Quadrathlon calendar regularly being a World Cup ranking event or the European Short Course Championships.

The race makes the very most of Bude’s geography and features. The open water swim takes place within the shelter of Bude’s breakwater. The cycle ride includes some amazing coastal hills (including the 1 in 3 climb at Millook). The kayak leg takes place on the tranquil Bude canal. And the final run follows the canal towpath onto the coastal path and back to Bude. The fastest athletes will take around 3 hours to complete the course with most finished within 4 hours.

Route Description on YouTube

NEW for 2025: The Sprint

“A little smaller but just as Awesome”

This shorter-course quadrathlon will be run at the same time as the full Awesome Foursome but will be roughly half the distance. It will start with the main event and be based at the Canal Wharf but will follow similar routes for the swim, cycle, and run as the Shoreline Triathlon, therefore eliminating the severe cycling hills around Millook. The swim will be one lap of the Bay, the cycle ride will only go as far as the Widemouth Manor before returning to Bude on the A39, the Kayaking will be one lap of the canal and the Run will only go as far as Rodds Bridge before returning to Bude via Lynstone Road.

Entries for either event must be received in advance and you can register using this link RACE ENTRY Quadrathlon