305 Triathlon Final Instructions

March 3, 2024

Mack Cycle 305 Triathlon Final Instructions

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Top 8 Things You Need to Know

Hi Athletes,

Thank you for registering for the Mack Cycle 305 Triathlon at Crandon Park. You will find Crandon Park to be an absolutely beautiful venue for our event! There are a few things I’d like to share with you in advance of the event:

FREE Race Belt - If you pick up your packet in person at Mack Cycle on Friday (12-6) or Saturday (10-4) you will get a FREE race belt! Note that you must come in person. You can send a friend to get your packet for you (with a copy of your photo id), but they cannot get you a free race belt. You have to be there yourself for that.
Photo ID & QR Code - We have added some scanning features to expedite packet pickup. First, your photo ID is ALWAYS required to pick up you packet. We also now have QR codes to look up your registration. you can find your QR code by clicking the QR code button next to your name on the participant list at https://triregistration.com/List.php?eventid=3540. Please have that code pulled up on your phone ready to scan when you get to the front of the line.* Note that Friday pickup may not have this feature, but it will be in effect on Saturday and on race morning especially!
Bike Course Lanes & Safety - Below is an image of the bike course lanes. It is important to know how the course works so you aren't confused when you get on the course. When you leave the park you will use the bike lane on your way out to the turnaround. If you need to pass, do so on the left, then return to the bike lane on the right. Always ride on the right side of the road or you will get a blocking or position penalty by the referee. On your way back you will also stay on the right, but you will be next to a line of cones that cone off a half lane for recreational cyclists that are not participating in the race. Stay to the right at all times, except when passing, then return to the right. There are no cars on the course, though a few may cross the course at intersections manned by police. Always be vigilant as many things can happen (a car can cross the course, there could be a bad patch of pavement, another rider may pass you unexpectedly or drift towards you when you are trying to pass, or a recreational rider may not use their dedicated lane - don't follow them - know the course!). We have a mix of riders from first timers to very fast riders, so please be respectful of the other riders on the course. Let's STAY SAFE out there!
You MUST pay for parking or you will get a ticket. Go to paybyphone.com and enter location 46252 upon arrival to pay for parking.
Cutoff Times - In order to complete the Olympic distance you need to be able to start your final bike lap by 8:47 a.m. and your final run lap by 10:05 a.m. You'll need to be able to swim 1500 meters in 40 minutes or less and average 15mph+ on the bike, including the bridge. If you aren’t sure if you can do this, please switch to the sprint distance as we have hard cutoffs to open the roadway back up.
Parking Entrance - The traffic counter flow to remove cars from our side of the Causeway will start at the Crandon north entrance, THUS you will need to enter the park at the 2nd Crandon entrance (blue line). Here’s a link to the directions: https://goo.gl/maps/Ya8ms263kr7vTKnaA You will turn left as soon as you enter the park to go to lot #2 on the north side of the park (see map).

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We will have an “EVENT PARKING” sign where you turn in and inside the park directing you left to the correct parking lot.
THANK YOU Mack Cycle! Please give a thank you to Mary Jane, Chris, and their team at Mack Cycle for their support of this event. Without their support, this event would not be possible.
No Dogs - Sorry, Crandon Park does not allow dogs, so please leave Fido at home.

Packet Pickup & Race Clinic

The Mack Cycle 305 Triathlon is THIS SUNDAY! Thanks for registering! This is to remind you of important information that you need to know before the event.

PACKET PICKUP (race week)*
Fri - 12pm - 6pm
Sat - 10am - 4pm
*FREE race belt if you pick up at Mack in person!

Mack Cycle – Miami
5995 Sunset Dr.
Miami, FL 33143
(305) 661-8363

Limited packet pickup will also be available race morning at the event site from 5:30-6:30am.

Bike check-in is race morning from 5:30am-6:30am.

PRE-RACE CLINIC

Saturday at 1:00pm with Coach Marcelo Holcberg at Mack Cycle - Miami.

Start Times

Racers in each group will begin starting one person at a time at the specified start time. Do not line up until your group is called. Starting will be done approximately every 2-3 seconds. You will announce your race number to the starter (also doing manual backup timing) then run across the start timing mat once the starter tells you to ‘GO’.

Wave #	Start Time	Cap Color	Race	Description
1	6:45:00	WHITE	Olympic	Male Elite, Open & Para, Male 13-39, Clydesdale 13-39
2	6:47:00	YELLOW	Olympic	Male 40-49, Clydesdale 40+
3	6:49:00	RED	Olympic	Male 50+
4	6:51:00	ORANGE	Olympic	Female Elite, Open & Para, Female 13-39, Athena 13-39, All Relay Teams
5	6:53:00	PINK	Olympic	Female 40+, Athena 40+
6	7:00:00	WHITE	International	Male Elite, Open & Para, Male 13-39, Clydesdale 13-39
7	7:02:00	YELLOW	International	Male 40-49, Clydesdale 40+
8	7:04:00	RED	International	Male 50+
9	7:06:00	ORANGE	International	Female Elite, Open & Para, Female 13-39, Athena 13-39, All Relay Teams
10	7:08:00	PINK	International	Female 40+, Athena 40+
11	7:15:00	WHITE	Sprint	Male Elite, Open & Para, Male 13-39, Clydesdale 13-39
12	7:18:00	YELLOW	Sprint	Male 40-49, Clydesdale 40+
13	7:20:00	no cap	Duathlon	All Duathlon
14	7:21:00	RED	Sprint	Male 50+
15	7:24:00	ORANGE	Sprint	Female Elite, Open & Para, Female 13-39, Athena 13-39, All Relay Teams
16	7:27:00	PINK	Sprint	Female 40+, Athena 40+

Other Important Items to Remember

VENUE LAYOUT
The Olympic and Sprint start where it shows on the map. The Intermediate distance starts at the swim finish. See full maps at https://305triathlon.com/index.php/race-course/.

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BIKE COURSE

Bikes will turn left to enter the park at the north entrance (red line) and exit the park at the northernmost exit (green line) (see map). Here’s the link to the course: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34754584 The Olympic distance will do this 3 times, Intermediate distance twice and the sprint distance once.

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SWIM COURSE

The swim is the safest ocean swim you could possibly do. The reason for this is that most of the areas at Crandon are very shallow. We will swim in a relatively narrow channel that is deeper than the surrounding water (see Google Earth image below - the dark narrow area is deeper than the surrounding area).

If you swim either away from or towards the shoreline you will encounter shallower waters if you’d like to take a break. This is why we don’t have a different shaped course as this is the ONLY area deep enough for swimming.

Olympic distance participants (1500 meters) will swim down, back, then down again keeping the buoys on their right at all times. International distance participants (1000 meters) will start at the swim exit, turn left at the first buoy, then keep all remaining buoys on their right (swim in a clockwise manner). They swim down and back. Sprint distance participants (500 meters) will swim from the first buoy to the last buoy, keeping all buoys on your right.

SWIM PRACTICE

Please exit the water no later than 6:35 a.m.

RUN COURSE

The run course is a very scenic loop through Crandon Park. It is 2.1 miles long and Olympic racers will do 3 loops (6.2 miles), International Distance racers will do 2 loops (4.2mi), while Sprint racers will do 1 loop (2.1).

LAPS

You will encounter the following very large sign on both the bike and run courses. If you are in the SPRINT distance, follow the FINISH ARROW!

If you are in the OLYMPIC or INTERNATIONAL distance, follow the LAP ARROW and do a 2nd lap (& 3rd for Olympic), then follow the FINISH ARROW to complete the bike or run. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THIS! Volunteers have no way to know which lap you are on, so YOU AND ONLY YOU must be responsible to know if you need to complete another lap or not. If you mess up and come in early, just go back out and do another lap. We'll sort out the times and delete the extra chip times in the timing system.

DUATHLON

Duathlon (run #1) - All duathletes will start at 7:20 am on the road on the way to the swim. The first run will be ¾ of a mile and go down to the track, around the track, and back to transition.

See the map at https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34754477.

RESTROOMS

There is a permanent restroom facility right between the transition/finish area and the beach as indicated on the map above. It has about a dozen stalls for each gender. There is also an additional restroom facility on the way to the swim start (as indicated on the swim map) and several restrooms along the run course (one right next to the water station at the circle).

AWARDS SCHEDULE

9:10 - Aquabike awards
9:20 - Sprint Duathlon Awards
9:40 - Sprint Triathlon Awards
10:00 - Intermediate Triathlon Awards
10:15 - Olympic Triathlon Awards

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