Form is likely to go out of the window in the Bank of Bermuda Foundation Triathlon after Tropical Storm Kyle washed out the team event last weekend.

With the individual race already scheduled for tomorrow, and no spare date on the calendar, organisers were faced with the rare step of having to combine the two events.

That means those athletes who had planned on doing both events will now have to swim for their team, and then continue with the bike and run as individuals. As a result, many have spent the past week desperately trying to re-organise their teams to enable them to do just that.

Organiser Neil de Ste. Croix appreciates that the situation has created some difficulties for the teams with members who had prior commitments, or who are also competing as individuals, but believes most will have found a way around the problem by the time the event starts tomorrow morning.

And he knows first hand the effect it might have on teams and individuals, having had to reorganise his own position in a team so that he can compete on his own.

"I'll do the swim for the team and then carry on and do the individual triathlon," he said.

"It's going to be hard on the team because they have me as their swimmer, and that's the weakest part of my triathlon disciplines."

While some teams are likely to have changed, the strongest trio in the competition has managed to stay together. National time trial champion Garth Thompson and May 24 Half Marathon champion Chris Estwanik will be joined by one of the Island's top young swimmers, Eleanor Gardner.

Two of last year's winning team return, with Nick Strong (swim) and Wayne Scott (bike) teaming up with Lamont Marshall who finished second in the May 24 race.

The women's race should prove to be a non-event with Olympian Flora Duffy, her Commonwealth Games team-mate Karen Smith and Karen Bordage forming a formidable team that would take some beating on, or off, the Island.

Last weekend's race was called off at 6 a.m. as the storm closed in on the Island, but the weather forecast is much better this time around, and race director Louise Wakefield is confident the triathlon will go ahead as planned.

"Everyone is excited about the race," she said. "Everyone is looking forward to it and the weather forecast is looking reasonable."

The combination of events means that there will be more than 100 teams and individuals in the adult event, and more than 30 in the juniors. The triathlon begins at 8.30 a.m. at Albouy's Point with a 750-metre swim in the Harbour, followed by a five-loop, 12-mile circuit of Hamilton on the bike, and three laps of Front Street for the 5K run.