Event Description
2XU New York City Triathlon
Race the Greatest City on Earth
July 1, 2018
The 2XU New York City Triathlon is one of the nation’s premier urban triathlons, with a course that wraps through some of the busiest streets in Manhattan. This epic race includes a 1.5k swim with the fast current in the Hudson River, a 40k ride up the traffic-free Hudson Parkway into the Bronx and back, followed by a 10k trek across 72nd St before conquering relentless hills and finishing in the heart of Central Park.
SWIM START
The point to point 1500 meter swim starts on Manhattan’s Westside at 99th Street and the Hudson River. The swim is a time trial start. Athletes swim south and exit just north of the 79th Street Boat Basin before running into transition.
4:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Swim Start Access
6:00 a.m. Transition Yellow athletes must be in their corrals
7:00 a.m. Transition Red athletes must be in their corrals
THE BIKE COURSE
The cycling course exits Riverside Park at 79th Street. Athletes enter the northbound entrance of the Henry Hudson Highway, staying in the right lane. Athletes will continue on a moderately hilly course north out of Manhattan, over the Henry Hudson Bridge, and exit onto the Mosholu Parkway. The course proceeds south on the Mosholu and U-turns at Gunhill Road in the Bronx. Participants will proceed back to the Henry Hudson Parkway and ride south in the Northbound Lane to 57th street where another u-turn will be completed and cyclists will head north and exit the Henry Hudson Parkway at 79th street and proceed back to the transition area. All bicycle traffic will utilize the normally northbound roadway which will be totally closed to vehicular traffic.
10:30 a.m. Bike Course Cut-Off All athletes must be at the northern turnaround point at Gunhill Road
11:15 a.m. All athletes must be off course
RUN COURSE
Runners will exit Riverside Park at 72nd Street and run into Central Park. Runners turn left when entering Central Park and run in a clockwise direction around the northern loop of Central Park. The Finish line is on Dead Road, just west of the band shell off the 72nd Street Transverse in Central Park.
12:00 p.m. Run Course Cut-Off All athletes must be off 72nd Street and in Central Park
