Event Description

• Race details
  • Race Distances – 300 yard swim; 4 mile bike; 1.5 mile run
    • Draft Legal NCAA and Age Group bike courses
    • 3 race opportunities of different formats in one day(see details below)
  • Course Description
    • Swim
      • Dock and deep water starts, dock exit
      • Very likely wetsuit legal
      • Large, clean, deep lake
    • Bike
      • 1 loop course
      • A few curves and hills to practice technical skills, but not overwhelmingly difficult
      • Minimal traffic, half the ride is in a closed to traffic park and traffic restricted/heavily controlled on Feather Valley Road. We may be able to completely close that section of Feather Valley Road to traffic.
    • Transitions
      • Run through – ‘ITU’ style transitions
    • Run
      • Rolling hills run course
    • Spectator Friendly course
  • Race Formats
    • Race 1 – Mass deep water start
      • All racers line up in the water together
    • Race 2 – TT dock start slowest to fastest by race 1 finish time
      • 2-3” between racers regardless of previous race finish time
    • Race 3 – Wave dock starts grouped in waves fastest to slowest
      • 10-20 racers per wave, 3-4 waves @ 60” apart
  • All races get professional chip timed results
• Timeline
  • Date - Saturday September 14^th
    • 5:00am – Park open for racers
    • 7:40am – Transition area closes
    • 7:45am – Mandatory pre-race meeting
    • 8:00am – Age Group race #1 start
    • 8:45am – NCAA race #1 start
    • 9:30am – Age Group race #2 start
    • 10:15am –NCAA race #2 start
    • 11:00am- Age Group race #3 start
    • 11:45am – NCAA race #3 start
    • 1:00pm – Lunch/Awards

Event details and schedule

• Race Location
  • Trine State Recreation Area - Angola, Indiana
    • Easy access from I-69 and 80/90 Toll Road
    • Large Gentian Lake - should be wetsuit legal
    • Rolling smoothly paved roads and trails
    • Multiple outdoor and one indoor shelter near the race start
• Timeline
  • Date - Saturday September 14^th
    • 5:00am – Park open for racers
    • 7:40am – Transition area closes
    • 7:45am – Mandatory pre-race meeting
    • 8:00am – Age Group race #1 start
    • 8:45am – NCAA race #1 start
    • 9:30am – Age Group race #2 start
    • 10:15am –NCAA race #2 start
    • 11:00am- Age Group race #3 start
    • 11:45am – NCAA race #3 start
    • 1:00pm – Lunch/Awards
• Race details
  • Race Distances – 300 yard swim; 4 mile bike; 1.5 mile run
    • Draft Legal NCAA and Age Group bike courses
    • 3 race opportunities of different formats in one day(see details below)
  • Course Description
    • Swim
      • Dock and deep water starts, dock exit
      • Very likely wetsuit legal
      • Large, clean, deep lake
    • Bike
      • 1 loop course
      • A few curves and hills to practice technical skills, but not overwhelmingly difficult
      • Minimal traffic, half the ride is in a closed to traffic park and traffic restricted/heavily controlled on Feather Valley Road. We may be able to completely close that section of Feather Valley Road to traffic.
    • Transitions
      • Run through – ‘ITU’ style transitions
    • Run
      • Rolling hills run course
    • Spectator Friendly course
  • Race Formats
    • Race 1 – Mass deep water start
      • All racers line up in the water together
    • Race 2 – TT dock start slowest to fastest by race 1 finish time
      • 2-3” between racers regardless of previous race finish time
    • Race 3 – Wave dock starts grouped in waves fastest to slowest
      • 10-20 racers per wave, 3-4 waves @ 60” apart
  • All races get professional chip timed results