Olympic | santacruztriathlon

OLYMPIC DISTANCE

1500m SWIM / 40K BIKE / 10K RUN

Course Description and Maps

Please review the maps before the race. It is each athlete’s responsibility to know the course and any potential hazards.

Swim Course

**New This Year** The swim will start with a rolling start. Athletes start the race in smaller groups at regular intervals. Instead of everyone diving into the water at once, participants enter the water in a continuous stream, based on their estimated swim finish time. Athletes will not be divided by age or gender, everyone will begin in this rolling start based on estimated finish time only. All Athletes will need to be ready at the beach for the 8:00am start time.

The swim corral will be located on Main Beach in front of the Boardwalk bandstand. Swimmers will start in a rolling start at 8:00am, heading clockwise around the Wharf, making two right shoulder buoy turns at the end of the wharf, then swimming parallel to the wharf toward the Dream Inn (the big white building on shore) and exiting the water at Cowell Beach. From there, swimmers run up the walking ramp along the Dream Inn, run across the street and up a paved path under the trestle to the transition area. Volunteers will guide racers.

In the event of extreme fog delays, an alternate swim course that parallels Main Beach will be utilized.

*Note: there are two buoys at the end of the wharf that you must keep on your right shoulder. Go around the buoys or you may be disqualified.

NEW Bike Course

Note: The Bike In and Out go on the road overpass, above the train tracks.

Start:

Exit transition and head up Washington Street Extension, across train trestle onto West Cliff Drive
Right on Bay Street
Left on Laguna Street
Left on Santa Cruz Street
Right on West Cliff Drive
Right on Woodrow Avenue
Left on Delaware Avenue
Continue on Delaware Avenue
Right on Natural Bridges Drive
Right on Mission Street Extension and a quick Left on Western Drive
Left onto Highway 1 and ride out to Davenport

In Davenport:

Right on Davenport Avenue
Left on Marine View Avenue
Left on Ocean St. at the top of the hill on Marine View Avenue to return to Highway 1 (look for volunteers)
Left on Highway 1 all the way back to Santa Cruz

In return to Santa Cruz:

Right onto the Schaffer Road and a quick left onto Mission Street Extension (caution it is a quick left after a right hand turn)
Right onto Natural Bridges Drive
Left Turn onto Delaware Avenue
Right turn onto Woodrow Avenue
Left onto West Cliff Drive
Stay right of the cones at Bay Street to finish then veer left to go over the train trestle to head back to transition.
Watch for dismount area at the side of the transition area.
Go left into the transition area

Run Course

The Run Out section from transition is on the path that goes under the train trestle. The run is along West Cliff Drive. The turnaround is on Swanton Boulevard about .2 miles before Delaware Ave. Return back on West Cliff Drive. Run down the hill in front of the Dream Inn and go through the Cowell's parking lot and you will be guided onto the beach for an epic finish!

Note: The Swim In and the Run Out both follow the path at the back of the park and go under the train trestle, avoiding the street traffic on Pacific Avenue.

Any course changes and details will be covered in the mandatory pre-race meeting on the main beach at Lifeguard Tower #3 at 7:45 a.m.

TRANSITION AREA

The transition area is on the soccer fields at Depot Park. There is a zero-tolerance policy for eating and drinking while inside the fenced area on the turfed grass. Athletes are allowed to bring in nutrition but cannot eat or drink inside on the fields. If we see you eating or drinking on the fields, you will be disqualified. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Transition opens for the Olympic Triathlon at 6 a.m. and closes at 7:30 a.m. Athletes must be body-marked and have their numbered bracelet to enter and exit the Transition area. Athletes only. Transition closes promptly at 1pm. Maps of the new transition area to be posted soon!