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PIGMAN TRIATHLON

Race Site location:

Pleasant Creek State Park is located 12 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids in eastern Iowa. To reach the park: From I-380 take exit #24 (Blairs Ferry Road) and head west to Palo (approximately six miles), turn north on County road W36 and follow signs. Closest airport to the park is the Eastern Iowa Airport. It is located about 30 minutes from the race site.

Swim:

Wave starts begin at 7:30 a.m. sharp. The 1.2 mile course is will be a triangular shaped swim from Pleasant Creek State Park swimming beach. Boats and safety personnel will be on the lake at all times. Wet suits will be allowed as per USA Triathlon rules.

Time-Trial swim start format. Elite athletes and teams will start in waves beginning at 7:30 a.m. All other athletes will start in a Time-Trial format. For the Time-Trial start, athletes will line up according to their respective age group wave (USA Triathlon age is based on your age as of 12/31/10). One person will start every 3 seconds by crossing over the chip timing mat on the beach before entering the water.

Bike:

Our challenging 56 mile bike course will take you through Iowa's scenic countryside. All bikers must have an ANSI approved helmet to participate. Bikers without helmets will not be allowed on the course. No drafting allowed; marshals will patrol the entire course. Four bottle exchange stations will be located along the course. Bottled water will be available at the first exchange. All other stops will have water and HEED in bottles.

The 13.1 mile run is an out and back course on a country road with small rolling hills. Little protection from the sun is provided on this course. Aid stations will be located each mile along the course. Water, HEED, ice, fruit, pretzels and cookies will be available.

Individual: Anyone who is at least 15 years of age as of race day can enter the Pigman Triathlon. The field will be limited to 600 participants.

Relay Teams are welcome at the Pigman Triathlon. Competition is relay style with three separate individuals. Sorry, you cannot do both individual and team competition.

Club Racing: A clubs will consist of a minimum of 5 individual finishers. Each club must also include at two female finishers. Club members race as individuals and are also scored via cross-country style for their their club. The fastest club will win $250

If you are not familiar with cross-country team scoring, here is how it works. If scored by hand you would go through all the results and throw out any finisher not on a team. Then you see how many there are who finished for each team. If any team has less than five finishers and or less than two female finishers, they are thrown out and movement occurs again. Finally, the places of the top three male and top two female finishers on each team are added up. Low score wins.

Elite Division

This category allows all that have a legitimate shot at winning the Pigman, a fair chance to do so. These individuals will be in the first wave start of the race. To enter the elite category you must indicate your preference on the Pigman Entry Form.

NOTE: Participants of the elite category are not eligible for age group awards and race management has the final say as to who will be allowed to enter this category.

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