To participate at the Pentathlon des neiges you must complete these 5 disciplines without stopping; cross country skiing, snow shoe, biking, skating and running. The race unfolds like a triathlon, continuous and the transition time is included in the final time.
3 formulas to participate : solo, tandem-relay or team relay.
« Solo» :
When you register to the solo event, with no assistance, you must complete, without stopping, all 5 events. Before the race, you must deposit, in the transition area, all the equipment necessary for your race. At the end of each event, you will access your designated space, in the transition area, where you will change your equipment and start the next event. Time in the transition area is counting, so be ready!
2 challenges allow you to participate in solo:
1. Short distance challenge – Presented by Merrell – Saturday February 27, 2010
2. Long distance challenge – Presented by La vie sportive - Sunday February 28, 2010
Register early to take advantage of the best rates and also because places are limited.
« Tandem - relay » :
When you register to the Tandem-Relay event, with no assistance, you must complete, in a team of 2 individuals, all 5 events. Before the race, you must deposit, in the transition area, all the equipment necessary for your race. At the end of each event, you will access your designated space, in the transition area, where you will change your equipment and start the next event or you will transfer the electronic chip to your partner, so he can start the next event. Time in the transition area is counting, so be ready! Each member of the team must complete a minimum of 2 events.
2 challenges allow you to participate in tandem-relay:
1. Short distance challenge – Presented by Merrell – Saturday February 27, 2010
2. Long distance challenge – Presented by La vie sportive - Sunday February 28, 2010
Register early to take advantage of the best rates and also because places are limited.
« Team - relay » :
When you register to the Team-Relay event, with no assistance, you must complete, in a team of 3 to 5 individuals, all 5 events. Before the race, you must deposit, in the transition area, all the equipment necessary for your race. At the end of each event, you will access your designated space, in the transition area, where you will change your equipment and start the next event or you will transfer the electronic chip to one of your partners, so he can start the next event. Time in the transition area is counting, so be ready! Each member of the team must complete a minimum of 1 event and a maximum of 2 events. In the mixes category, a minimum of 2 events must be completed by a girl.
Multiple challenges allow you to participate in team-relay formula:
1. ARSEQCA Invitational tournament- Primary and Secondary- February 25th, 2010
2. ARSEQCA Invitational tournament- College - February 26th, 2010
3. Corporate challenge – Presented by Toyota - February 26th, 2010
4. Familly and friends challenge - Presented by Hydro Québec - Februrary 27th, 2010
5. Short distance challenge - Presented by Merrell - February 27th, 2010
6. Long distance challenge - Presented by La vie sportive - February 28th, 2010
Register early to take advantage of the best rates and also as places are limited.
ARSEQCA Invitational Primary and Secondary tournament
Thursday Februrary 25th, 2010 will be the Invitational Primary and Secondary school tournament of ARSEQCA (The Regional Association of Sport Student of Québec Chaudière Appalaches). L’ARSEQCA invites all primary and secondary schools to participate at this relay race in teams of 5 participants, in 8 different categories in order to win one of the banners at stake.
For the teams at the primary level, the total distance to cover is 13.25km and for teams of secondary level and school personnel the total distance to cover is 23.5km.
Categories |
Male and mixed |
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Benjamin (23.5km) |
X |
X |
Cadet (23.5km) |
X |
X |
Youthful (23.5km) |
X |
X |
Primary (13.25km) |
X |
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School personnel (23.5km) |
X |
|
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Places are limited so be quick and register your school to this unique event. For all information and to register to this invitational event, please contact Mathieu Rousseau of the ARSEQCA at 418-657-7678 or mrousseau@sportetudiant.qc.ca.
ARSEQCA Invitational College tournament
Friday Februrary 26th, 2010 will be the College tournament of ARSEQCA (The Regional Association of Sport Student of Québec Chaudière Appalaches). L’ARSEQCA invites all College to participate at this relay race in teams of 5 participants, in 2 different categories in order to win one of the banners at stake.
For the College category the total distance to cover is 29km.
Categories |
Male and mixed |
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College (29km) |
X |
X |
School personnel (29km) |
X |
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For all information and to register to this invitational event, please contact Mathieu Rousseau of the ARSEQCA at 418-657-7678 or mrousseau@sportetudiant.qc.ca.

Corporate challenge presented by Toyota
Participate at this unifier event as well as directly contributing to making physical activity accessible to everyone in schools.
The Pentathlon des neiges Corporate challenge will be presented Friday Februrary 26th, 2010 with the profits going to « A l’école moi j’bouge » (at school i’m active).
To know more about the event and progaram « A l’école moi j’bouge » click here.

Friends and Familly challenge presented by Hydro Québec
Hydro Québec presents the Friend and Familly pentathlon, an event where everyone wins while participating.
In teams of 5, you will complete continuously (by relay) the 5 stages of the Pentathlon Friends and familly challenge Hydro Québec. To participate your team must have a minimum of 1 participant younger than 12 years old and/or a minimum of 2 participants younger than 15 years old. Who completes which discipline is your choice. Every team member must complete one stage.
Accessible to everyone because every stage lasts approximatly 10-20 minutes. In 2009 the age of the participants ranged from 4-81 years old. Will we establish new records in 2010?
A great way to discover physical activity during winter is by participating at the Pentathlon des neiges friends and familly Hydro Québec. Get dressed up, have fun! After the challenge, come enjoy a generous italien buffet offered by the organisation.
Be quick to sign up to this event with a great rate that barely covers the meal.

Short distance challenge presented by Merrell and Long distance challenge presented by La vie sportive
This year we present the 6th edition of the original and unique Pentathlon des neiges. Amateur and international level athletes will battle for the different titles at stake. A great scene in perspective. A total of 29km for the Merrell short distance on Saturday Februrary 27th and 45km for the long distance on Februrary 28th.
Charles « Chuck » Perreault has already confirmed his presence to defend his title at the start line Februrary 28th, 2010. Will he improve his time of 2 :15 :24? Will Pascal Bussière, 5th in 2008 and 2nd in 2009 continu his climb to the summit?
A total of 1000 participants will participate to these two challenges in 30 different categories, repartee this way :
« We strongly recommend that you read the « Rules » about races on the Pentathlon before participating to the event. »
« We strongly recommend that you read the « course instructions » on the Pentathlon before participating to the event. »
In order to get your participant envelop each team member or tandem MUST compulsorily hand in the waiver form signed by each team or tandem member. You can print a copy of the waiver form (on the link just below) and get your team mates to sing it. Note that others who have signed up to the Pentathlon through another way than the Pentathlon website will also have to hand in the signed waiver form.