The Boat Race public tests are in November at the British Indoor Rowing Championships, where each university sends around 20 rowers to compete. Everyone races 2 km on an indoor rower with the club presidents using adjacent machines. Both universities also send crews to the Head of the River Fours race in London, which is raced over the reverse Boat Race course, that is to say the Championship course from Mortlake to Putney. In December, the coaches put out "Trial Eights" where two crews from the same university race each other over the full Boat Race course. These crews are given names such
Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race children's race that takes place concurrent with the full distance. The event takes place annually on the second weekend in August and is based out of Wiarton, in Ontario, Canada. The race is a qualifying stop on Adventure Racing Ontario's points series, which is a schedule of team-based adventure sport events taking place in the province of Ontario. The race was also featured on the final episode of season 3 of the TV show Boundless. Past Long Course Winners (full distance) Suntrail Course Winners (sprint distance paddle-bike-run) <nowiki>*</nowiki>abandoned due to extreme weather Past Subaru Duathlon Winners (sprint distance paddle-bike-paddle) Past