SWIM COURSE

Course notes:

• Flat, triangular, one lap course

• Expected water temperature - 75 degrees

• Wetsuits optional

• Body marking at the Swim Start

• No parking available at the Swim Start -- see transport options here

• Kayaks on the course for support and course control

• EMTs, police available for emergency safety issues

• Course marked by standard orange swim buoys

• NOTE:  the swim venue is now GOSS LAKE (adjacent to Lone Lake, where the race has been held in the past.  Goss Lake is deep and clean and free of both algae AND motorized boat traffic.  You'll love it.  Here are a few photos of 2006's swim leg in Goss Lake (courtesy Dave Welton), in the event you missed it.

• The transition area (T1 -- see map here) is different from last year, to make it easier for you to get through and out onto the bike course.  T1 will be set up in a dirt parking and beach access area, with carpet mats placed to provide padded paths for you and your bare feet.

  • When you exit the water, you'll immediately enter an area where your transition bag (provided in your registration packet) will be located, arranged by race number.

  • Your first transition task is to locate your bag, which you will have packed with your cycling gear before the race start.

  • Your second transition task is to enter the adjacent changing area and change into your cycling gear.

  • Your third transition task is to put all of your swim gear in the transition bag you just emptied, and hand that bag to a race volunteer as you enter the bike rack area.  Your bag will be transported to the race finish area in Community Park, where you'll be able to pick it up after the race.

  • Your final transition task is to unrack your bike and head out of T1 up the hill and onto the road (<50 meters), where you'll be able to mount your bike and depart on the bike leg of the course.      

• Here's the swim course itself