Event Description
Registration is live for SOS Cape Cod: https://organizations.hakuapp.com/organizations/c144c010ac1c70ccd14e/events/4520dadcb9865f379a62
In partnership with the acclaimed SOS Triathlon®, held annually for 35 years along New York’s Shawangunk Mountain Range, New England Endurance Events is pleased to present SOS Cape Cod. For the first time ever, an athletic competition has been allowed to enter the fragile and scenic lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. A slightly shorter course than the SOS New York event, triathletes will bike, then run and swim on a 38-mile point-to-point course leading to a finish in the quintessential coastal village of Wellfleet. Ten of the top overall/age group winners will be eligible to compete at the SOS Championships in New Paltz, New York on September 8.
Event details and schedule
Course Description
Bike Route:
27 absolutely beautiful — yet surprisingly hilly — miles.
• Starts at Mayo Beach, Wellfleet, Cape Cod
• Winds through the narrow streets of this old fishing village before following one of the oldest (and most isolated) roads in New England along Cape Cod Bay to Truro
• Follows the bike lane of the Mid Cape Highway to North Truro
• Enters the North Highlands area of Truro, on quiet windswept roads
• From North Truro, follows Shore Road to Provincetown
• At the Harbor Inn, turns to head back to North Truro
• Follows the bike lane of the Mid Cape Highway for a short stretch
• Enters onto quiet, hilly roads by Castle Hill and Corn Hill — the first place in North America visited by English explorers
• In Truro Center, crosses over to the Ocean side of the Cape (the “Backside”)
• Finishes on Collins Road in Lower Truro, where athletes will meet their support designates and exchange bikes for running/swimming gear
Run/Swim Route:
Racers will embark on a combination run/swim effort (9 miles of running, 1.25 of swimming, across seven legs) through the Cape Cod National Seashore lands in Truro and Wellfleet. The runners will be following existing footpaths and both dirt and paved roads, with the last run leg entirely on paved roads
• Run #1: Truro Highlands, 4 miles
• Swim #1: Gull Pond, 0.5 mile
• Run #2: Fire Roads, 2.5 miles
• Swim #2: Great Pond, 0.25 mile
• Run #3: Way 625, 1.5 miles
• Swim #3: Long Pond, 0.5 mile
• Run #4: Long Pond Road, 1 mile
• Finish at Wellfleet Congregational Church
Schedule of Events:
Mandatory Race Meeting: June 21st, 5pm at Mayo Beach
Race Begins at Mayo Beach: June 22, 2019 at 7am
Post Race lnch at the Wagner Inn: June 22nd at 12pm
Awards Ceremony: 3pm
