Course Support

Our courses are monitored by the famous Team Ultramax Crew. They will be out there to keep you safe and help you stay on course. They set up the race, and clean up after you leave. Please, please thank them when you get a chance, and help them out by taking your trash with you or placing it in a trash bin. We would like to encourage all our racers to consider volunteering at an event. We must continue to give back to the sport we love.

Aid Stations:

There will be no aid stations on the Octomax or Quartermax bike course. Please make sure to have a water and/or sports drink bottle on your bike, so that you can stay hydrated. There will be three aid stations (~every mile) on the run, stocked with water, ice, Hammer Gel and HEED sports drink.

2010 Course Maps

Try our Interactive Course Mapping Program. CLICK HERE!

Sit back and watch the cursor fly through a complete course animation. Use the dynamic course profile option and you can see each valley and peak along the entire run and bike route. Yes, the swim is flat!

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Download the 2010 Fresh Ideas Complete Map Packet - Swim - Bike - Run - Transition Area

Download the 2010 Fresh Ideas Octomax Bike Course Map

Download the 2010 Fresh Ideas Quartermax Bike Course Map

Download the 2010 Fresh Ideas Transistion Area Map

Course Descriptions

Swim Course - The swim is held in clean, calm Lake Aspen (Innsbrook's no-boats rule allows us to offer one of the most pristine swims in the sport). You will swim counterclockwise, on a one-loop course. The course is clearly marked with bouys, with larger bouys at each turning point. One reason that this event has become so popular over the years is the lake itself. Aspen Lake is one of the finest lakes you will ever have the pleasure to swim in. Most mornings, the Lake is so perfectly flat, you’d swear you were looking at a sheet of ice. The swim course is a retangular shaped course. Participants exit the water on a sand beach and then must run/walk approximately 250 yards, generally uphill, to the transition area. The water temperature in June should be very close to the USAT threshold temperature of 78 degrees. USA Triathlon wetsuit rules will apply. Most June races at Innsbrook have been Wetsuit legal, but no guarantees.

Last Swim Wave - Last Wave Option - Regardless of your age group or race distance, you can choose to swim in a special last wave (reserved for first-time lake swimmers, or athletes who are not yet comfortable with the swim). No need to decide early, you can decide on race day at the beach. Anyone wanting to go in the last wave simply waits until it is annonced, we will record your racer number and make the appropriate timing adjustments. It is that simple! We will have a Last Swim Wave option as the last wave of each event. (Quartermax and Octomax)

Bike Course - The bike course is a loop that begins inside the resort (about 5 miles/hilly), then heads onto primarily rolling open roads. The bike course is open to traffic. Having said that, the course runs through a very rural part of the area, so vehicular traffic on race day will be minimal. Road surfaces are very good. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help guide you. Note: The Octomax course will make a turn, as indicated on the maps, to make the shorter course. There will be no bike aid stations on the course. Be prepared to carry all your fluid and food requirements. Please remember it is your responsibility to know the bike course.

Run Course - The run course is a simple loop design on paved and packed gravel roads, staged entirely within Innsbrook Resort... local traffic only! Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you. This is a hilly course, so please train accordingly. Approximately 70% of the course will be on packed gravel roads. Plan accordingly if you plan to wear racing flats, lots of partcipants do. You should bring both pairs and judge for yourself once you arrive. Aid stations will be located every mile. Aid Station Supplies: Heed * Water * Ice * Hammer Gel * Endurolytes * Oranges and sponges (if the weather is warm). Vaseline and light first aid supplies will also be available at each station.

Transition Area (TA) - The entire transition area will be located up top by the Finish Line complex. You will exit, on your bike, through the BIKE OUT DOOR. When exiting for the run, you will run for a short period on grass, then onto the road. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you.

Please remember it is your responsibility to know the course.

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