Course Support
All Courses are monitored by our very talented Team Ultramax 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
be sure to visit Cycle
Extreme at their 19 S 6th St. store
or online, and thank Tom for sponsoring this great event!
He's helping you cross this finish line...and has the equipment to
get you across the next one!
Aid Stations:
There will be no aid stations on the 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 two aid stations on the run, stocked with water
and HEED sports
drink.
Course Descriptions
Swim Course - The swim is held in the new competition pool
at MU. There is simply no better indoor swim venue in the sport. 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 (~10-12 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. IMPORTANT: If you estimate your time too fast or too slow, it will hurt YOUR overall time and the others around you. Your best time will come if you don't pass or get passed. That means an accurately estimated swim time. We reserve the right to remove athletes from the pool and re-start them if needed.
Bike Course - The sprint triathlon bike course is two loops and one loop for the new Zou Du. The course is open to traffic and we will use cones to separate cyclists from motorists when possible. Please stay inside the coned lanes when available. The course does feature some technical type turns and a few hills, so throw a decent hill or two into your training. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you.
Run Course - The run course is a loop on paved roads through the middle of the MU Campus and surrounding areas. The course is a modified loop and out and back section. The Zou Du course will be announced soon. Arrows, signs and volunteers will help you. Aid stations will be located every mile. Aid Station Supplies: Heed, Water , Ice and Hammer Gel.
Transition Area (TA) - There may be some changes in this area in 2010. The University has some new policies and we are working on that at the moment. 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.
2010 Course Maps
Interactive Mapping System with Profiles and Fly Through Animation.
Interactive Bike Course Online Now!
The TriZou and DuZou Run Course Maps will be coming soon!
Click to Download the 2010 PDF Course Map Packet
The course will remain the same as 2009!
