By now, Ironman champions and the Nepean triathlon were building a special link. Louise Bonham and Ironman winner took her second Nepean title. The men’s champ was a young larrikin from Bangor in Sydney, hot off his 3rd place in…

Another Ironman star to make her mark on the Nepean Triathlon was Louise Bonham who took the 1988 women’s title. Louise would go on to become one of Australia’s most accomplished triathletes, with four Aussie Ironman wins as well as…

Sue Turner, one of the first successful triathletes out of Western Australia took the women’s title. In the men’s Greg Stewart took victory which occurred soon after his 3rd placing in the Hawaiian Ironman a couple of months earlier. This…

The race format began to be locked into place at Tench Reserve with a mostly triangular 1km swim in the Nepean river followed a loop course of a 37km cycle to the country town of Wallacia. The run leg remained…

This era saw the ‘toaster’ bike racks become part of the race’s infrastructure. The infamous  heartbreak hill (a 1km dirt fire trail which went straight up the blue mountains escarpment) was taken out of the run course due safety concerns.…

The first Sunday in December became the race date for a number years from 1984. The race stayed in the Nepean River but moved down the river 3kms to Tench Reserve where it would remain until 1998. 1984 will be…

It wasn’t until December 1983 that the next event was held. The course stayed the same and there were still no bike racks. The race however grew. The now novelty sport ‘Triathalon’ (it took a while to get our current…

February 1982 saw a group of mates (after seeing the Hawaii Ironman’s TV coverage) put on the first Triathlon in Sydney’s west. There had been events held before in Australia (e.g. 1981 Elouera Endurathon), but the Nepean event was to…