Course Support

All Courses are monitored by our Cycle Extreme Volunteer Crew. They will be there to keep you safe and help you stay on course. They will also help set up the race site, and clean up after you leave. Please thank them when you get a chance, and be sure to visit Cycle Extreme at the Race for Sight Expo, at their 19 S 6th St. store or online, and thank Tom for sponsoring this great Volunteer Crew! He's helping you cross this finish line... he has the equipment to get you across the next one!

Aid Stations:

There will be no aid stations on the short bike. Please make sure to have a water and/or sports drink bottle on your bike, so that you can stay hydrated.
There will be two two aid stations on the run, stocked with water and HEED sports drink.

Course Descriptions

Swim Course - The RFS swim is held in the brand new competition pool at MU. The swim is "snake-style" meaning that everyone will line up according to their swim time (please time yourself at 440 yards before the race) and start individually (~10 seconds apart), swimming one behind the other. You will do "laps" to the end of the pool (swim to the end of one lane, duck under the ropes and swim to the end of that lane, duck under the ropes and so on). If you must pass, simply tap the toes of the person in front of you.... if your toes are tapped, move to the side and let the person through.

Bike Course - The bike course is a loop on open roads, with some turns and gently rolling hills (two laps). There are a few hills, so throw a decent hill or two into your training. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you. THIS IS A NEW COURSE. There is potential construction planned during the time of the race, so we have made a few small changes to avoid the construciton area (THE WALL is not longer in the course!!).

Run Course - The run course is a loop on a paved roads through the middle of the MU Campus and Columbia Downtown area. Runners will run approximatley 1.5 miles, then turn around and come back on the same route. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you.

Transition Area (TA) - The entire transition area will be located on the Stankowski Field turf. The area has been designed first and foremost with safety and ease of traffic movement in mind. You will run from the swimming pool into the TA through the RUN IN door. You will exit, on your bike through the BIKE OUT DOOR. After the bike is finished, you will enter the TA through the BIKE IN door, put your bike away and head out of the RUN OUT door, then complete the run course and finish under the finish line arch. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you.

Course Maps

Click Here to Download the 2008 PDF Course Map Packet