PRE-RACE INFORMATION - PLEASE REVIEW
please download your race book here
Links To Color Race Maps Below
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, Day Before Race
5:00 pm-7:00 pm -
Registration & packet pick-up at host hotel Holiday Inn Express Hendersonville.
6:00 pm - Race Overview in Transition Area;
Followed by Beginner Q & A session
Saturday, Race Day
6:00 am-6:45am
- Registration & packet pick-up & body marking
7:00 am
- Bikes must be in the transition area. Race overview in bike transition area.
7:15 am
- Racers need to be on their way to the swim start / transition area one.
7:30 am
- Interval swim starts begin by participant race number.
~11:00 am or earlier -
Awards ceremony following designated last finisher.
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT GETTING YOUR AWARD:
You can only claim your award at the award ceremony or have someone pick it up for you if you have to leave. Awards will not be mailed. Please be sure to check the draft race results when posted at the race site to see if you will be getting an award or, if you must leave right away, pick a friend to listen at the ceremony for your name. We hope you will choose to stay for the ceremony and celebrate everyone's accomplishments that day - there are also random prize drawings! Hope to see you there.
 IMPORTANT RULES REGARDING RACE PACKET PICK UP
Please review the basics below and open the links to the USAT Registration Rules and Most Commonly Violated Race Rules
This race is sanctioned by USA Triathlon and Team Magic race directors Therese Bynum and Faye Yates are Certified Race Directors.
1. ALL athletes are required to show photo ID.
2. NO ID, NO RACE, NO EXCEPTIONS.
3. Every single participant must have a photo ID, this includes all relay participants.
4. Youth athletes without an ID must be accompanied by a parent/guardian with a photo ID.
5. Annual members are required to bring their membership card every time they compete in a USAT sanctioned event.
6. If your card has been lost, you can download and print out a temporary one at https://www.usatmembership.com/default.aspx.
7. Athletes may only pick up their own packets. Under no circumstances may an athlete pick up a packet for another person. Regarding relays, all relay members must be present to receive the packet, or split up the relay packet for each participant.
8. If an athlete does not bring a photo ID to packet pickup they must go home to get it
9. If an athlete does not bring their USAT membership card to packet pickup they have three options:
a. Go home to get it
b. Find internet access where a temporary card can be printed
c. Purchase a one-day membership for $10 which can later be applied to a membership renewal by submitting a receipt of purchase
10. Annual members do not have to sign a waiver at packet pickup because they already signed it when they applied to become an annual member.
Please click here to view the complete USAT REGISTRATION RULES
Please click here to view USAT MOST COMMONLY VIOLATED RULES
KEY LINKS TO RACE INFORMATION
RELAY TEAM INFORMATION
RACE INFORMATION BOOKLET (Maps, Rules, Timing, ...)
Transition #1 and Swim Area Map
Transition #2 and Finish Area Map
Course overview showing both runs, transition, and bike course
Map My Ride Map Links With Elevation
Run Course #1
Bike Course
Run Course #2
Main Staging Area
Your main staging area (Transition Area #2 and the Finish Line) is just behind the Holiday Inn Express. You will have a brief pre-race meeting at 7 am in the Transition Area #2. You will then head down to the swim start, about a 0.7 mile walk. You should wear running shoes and warm clothing down to swim start. You will receive a bag at registration labeled with you name and race number. Please take this bag to the swim start if you plan to leave any clothing. Your bag will be brought back to the main staging area for you to claim after you finish the race.
Swim Course (400 yards)
Your swim course is in a smooth, quiet inlet of Old Hickory Lake. Buoys will mark your 400 yard course. The course is basically a rectangle. There will be Sumner County Emergency Management Officials in boats and several volunteers in kayaks and canoes for your safety. Should you need to stop during the swim, you can hang onto one of the boats, then continue to swim, as long as you do not advance forward with assistance from the boat. If you are having trouble during the swim, pump your arm in the air and you will receive help immediately. You will be entering the water individually, a "time trial" start. Your individual race time begins when you enter the water. Racers enter the water every 3 - 5 seconds. This type start will be much more relaxing than a mass swim start. You enter the swim based on your race number, from lowest to highest number. Race Numbers are assigned based on your estimated swim time that you turned in on your entry form. Your racki
ng position in transition is also organized by your race number.
Transition #1: From Swim to 1st Run
There will be an area marked for you to place your running gear in the parking lot adjacent to the swim exit. You will exit the swim, go to your designated spot in the parking lot to put on your running shoes and any other race attire. You may leave your swim cap and goggles and any other items in your labeled bag when you leave for your run. These items will be taken to the finish area where you can claim your belongings. You are also welcome to not bring a bag if you plan on just putting on running shoes to run to Transition #2. You can carry your swim cap and goggles with you on the run. Spectator Note: If your family and friends want to watch you swim, please caution them to stay to the side of the road when they leave the swim area. This road is YOUR bike course and a small segment of your run course. Thanks!
1st Run Course (1.5 miles)
The run course starts off up-hill, but then has some nice, flat areas through a beautiful residential area along Old Hickory Lake. You will have another steady climb as you head to transition #2.
Transition #2: 1st Run to Bike and From Bike to Final Run
There will be bike racks marked by race category. Please put your bike and your belongings on your designated bike rack.
You will enter transition #2 from your 1st 1.5 mile run, find your bike, bike out-and-back for a total of 12.5 miles, rack your back IN THE SAME PLACE on the designated bike rack, leave for your final run.
Bike Course (12.57 miles)
The bike course is a ONE LOOP course.
The bike course exits from Bluegrass Commons Blvd right onto Hwy 31E/Gallatin Road. Proceed on Gallatin Road to a right on Douglas Bend Road. Stay on Douglas Bend Road until you reach Cages Bend Road. Go right on Cages Bend Road to a left hand turn on Shute Lane. At Shute Lane and Shoreside Drive, continue straight on Shoreside Drive staying on Shoreside until it dead ends back onto Shute Lane. Go left on Shute Lane, continuing on Shute Lane until a left turn on Devonshire. Devonshire becomes Riverchase which becomes Caudill Drive. From Caudill Drive, go left onto Music Village Boulevard from Caudill Drive through Trinity Broadcast Network back to the transition area. There are two speed bumps on this finishing section - a volunteer will warn you, but please be alert and slow down in this area - you will be almost finished with the bike, so don't crash here please!
2nd Run Course (1.5 miles)
The 2nd run course is out-and-back, on some of the same roads as your 1st Run.
You start by heading down hill out of transition #2, stay flat for most of the run, then climb the same steady hill you climbed for the 1st Run.
The finish line will be adjacent to the transition #2 area.
DIRECTIONS TO THE RACE SITE
Race registration and packet pick up will be held at the host hotel Holiday Inn Express on Friday night and Saturday morning. The address for the host hotel is 615 East Main Street, which is the same as Hwy 31E or Gallatin Road. The bike transition area and finish area are located just behind the Holiday Inn Express. Transition #1 is at the bottom of Caudill Drive at the swim entrance and exit.
YAHOO! map
Directions from I-65 North of Nashville
Take the TN-386/VIETNAM VETERANS BLVD exit- exit number 95- towards HENDERSONVILLE and GALLATIN. Take the SAUNDERSVILLE RD exit- exit number 8 from Vietnam Veterans Boulevard. Turn RIGHT onto SAUNDERSVILLE RD. Turn RIGHT onto East Main Street. The Host Hotel Holiday Inn Express is on your left, just before Bluegrass Commons Boulevard. Race registration is inside the hotel, and all other race staging is behind the Holiday Inn Express, adjacent to the Holiday Inn Express Parking Lot.
Event Parking:
There is AMPLE parking in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church. This parking lot is directly adjacent the race finish line, which is on Music Village Boulevard. Please review the staging map in this booklet for directions.
WHERE TO STAY
A Note To Our Athletes: Please understand we work very hard to secure these hotel partners, rates and rooms just for you. In return, we hope you will utilize these contacts so they will continue to welcome back Team Magic and our athletes each year.
Holiday Inn Express Hendersonville is the host hotel at (615) 824-0022. THERE ARE A FEW ROOMS AVAILABLE!
CLICK HERE to make an online reservation.
They are located on the main Highway 31E in Hendersonville. The street address is 615 East Main Street, Hendersonville, TN 37075.
Please tell them you are with the Old Hickory Lake Triathlon and Team Magic for event pricing.
This is definitely where you want to stay. The hotel parking lot connects to your race transition area and finish line!
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