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Helena, Montana, United States
Oct 01, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027 (America/Denver local time)
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About this race

Virtual Multisport Races: Fall/Winter 2026 & Winter/Spring 2027

Keep the multisport momentum going until next summer with two virtual races on your winter schedule. This event is open everyone. Complete each race virtually, post your finish time, and resume training for the next one. The goals are consistency through the winter, to not care (too much) about how your time compares to others but to goal toward the second race feeling better than the first. Give strength training the time it deserves, commit to yoga, learn to ski, take some swim lessons, and keep the virtual race goal in mind through the winter. Cross-training works!

Race Details

Distances - same for both '26 and '27 races:

  • 500 yard swim (converted meters accepted) 
  • 10 mile bike
  • 3 mile run

No pool nearby? Make it a 5K ski instead.  Official winter tri order is run, bike, ski. 

Pick your date and get it done—outside, in the gym, or both. Whatever works. No one cares about transition times, but all three events must be done consecutively on the same day.

How to Participate

Commit today and sign up. This is a FREE event.  If paying increases your chance of completion please donate to the MTWTri scholarship program here: DONATE . Complete your race on the date you pick and submit your swim (or ski), bike, and run splits to the appropriate Deadlines for completion are below to be considered for swag and bragging rights:

  • Fall/Winter 2026: Submit times by December 31, 2026
  • Winter/Spring 2027: Submit times by March 31, 2027

Get Involved.

Get the family involved, grab a friend, encourage a co-worker. Anyone can play. It's FREE, it's fun, and we'll have some prizes along the way for encouragement.

Registration is open now for both Fall/Winter 2026 and Winter/Spring 2027! Two separate registrations are required.  Both times will be posted after the Winter/Spring race is done. 

Pick your distance

Running

Fall/Winter 2026

Oct 01, 2026 Fall/Winter 2026 12:01 AM
Free
Open

Winter/Spring 2027

Oct 01, 2026 Winter/Spring 2027 12:01 AM
Free
Open

Typical race-day weather

Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Helena, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) -4.6° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 6.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) -9.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 4.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
61.2%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 1, 2026 (MDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 1, 2026 (MDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 40m

The sun rises at 7:27 AM and sets at 7:08 PM local time (MDT) in Helena on October 1, 2026 — 11h 40m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 16 Helena events

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