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October 15, 2023
8:45 a.m.
The Freedom Aquatic & Fitness
Center
Manassas, VA 20110
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Triathlon:
Run 1.5 miles - Bike 4 miles - Swim 250 yards
Duathlon:
Run 1.5 miles - Bike 4 miles - Run 1.5 miles
Aquabike:
Bike 4 miles - Swim 250 yards
Aquathlon:
Run 1.5 miles - Swim 250 yards
Tri or Du Relay:
2 or 3 person teams with each person completing 1 or 2 legs of the
triathlon or duathlon
all distances are approximate
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Run:
route map
1.5 miles primarily on road and sidewalk, with a short
distance on grass
The race will begin with the run with
wave starts.
A short portion of this run is off-road
on grass and mulch.
Start: Edwin King Lane
to a left turn onto Freedom Center Blvd., toward the driveway entrance
to the back of the Freedom Center
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Turn left into the driveway entrance
into the Freedom Center parking lot
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Continue straight onto the service road that
runs behind the building
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at the end of the paved roadway, follow the
course markings along the grass around the side of the building
(this marked pathway will curve to the left)
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pathway will lead you to a sidewalk beside
George Mason Circle, continue all the way to the turnaround sign
at the end (beside the Hylton Performing Arts Center Bldg)
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once you've gone around the
turnaround marker, continue ON SIDEWALK all the way back toward
the Freedom Center
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Enter the
transition area in front of The Freedom Center building.
Bike:
route map
4 miles on low traffic roads, basically flat
Start: Freedom Center parking lot
AQUABIKERS:
Note that you will start the race with the bike leg.
You will be started in the final wave, enter the transition
area to get your bike and gear, and continue on with the
rest of the course.
DUATHLETES:
For your second run, leave
the transition area at the same exit point used by
triathletes to enter the pool. Turn RIGHT on the
sidewalk and run along the front of the building, turning
left and the end of the sidewalk (near the flagpole),
continuing to the end of that sidewalk, turn to the left
(going around the dumpster) onto the driveway that goes behind
the building, and continuing as you did in Run 1. At
the end of the run, you must enter the pool deck to cross
the "finish line" (where swimmers exit the water at the far
end of the pool). Please walk (fast is ok, but walk) on
the deck. Please be sure that the timers
record your finish time.
MAP of DUATHLETES' RUN 2
Swim:
snake style swim in a 25 yard pool
The race finishes in the
indoor pool.
Swimmers will begin the swim whenever they reach the
pool after completing the bike portion of the tri . There
will be 10 lanes set
up in the 25 yard pool, a total of 250 yards. You will sit and slide
into the pool and use the ladder to exit the pool. Each will swim
down the first lane, go under the lane line, swim back in the next
lane, go under the next lane line, swim down the next lane, etc.
This is called a snake swim...and you should practice going under
the lane lines at your own pool before the triathlon.
Our format for the swim includes:
- swimming in each lane goes only
one direction
- passing is allowed
- you MUST swim to the wall, touch
it, go under the laneline, and push off from wall in next lane
- flip turns will not be
permitted. Use of flip turns will be cause for disqualification
from the race.
- NO diving or jumping into the
pool (you'll be seated and then slide in from the side)
- note the new USAT rule
against the use of snorkels
transition area:
4 bikes to a rack, unassigned (first come first serve)
instructions on use of Tri It Now bike racks
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