Norfolk Family YMCA Triathlon
The 25th Annual Norfolk Family YMCA Triathlon will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010. We are excited to announce our event will be chip-timed by All Sport Central! Registration will be available soon at www.allsportcentral.com. We hope to see you in 2010 for our 25th race!
Registraton is avaialble at: www.allsportcentral.com
About our event
2010 marks ouir 25th Annual Triathlon. We welcome all ages and fitness levels. The short course begins first followed by the long course participants. All participants will race in the order seeded by swim times, please be as accurate as possible when registering. Bicycle helmets are mandatory and must be buckled before leaving the transition area and cannot be removed until the bike is dismounted. All participants must walk their bike in and out of the transition areas. The swim portion is in our indoor pool and we will be swimming 6 lanes with 2 swimmers per lane.
Distances
The Long Course is available for all individuals and adults teams. It consists of a 300 yard snake swim in our indoor pool, 10 mile bike on a mostly flat course and a 2.5 mile run on a flat course.
The Short Course is available for all individuals and youth teams. It consists of a 150 yard snake swim in our indoor pool, 3 mile bike on a mostly flat course and a 1 mile run on a flat course.
Teams
Team options for the long course are available for youth and adults and short course team is available for youth. Just find two other friends, decide who is going to bike, who is going to run and who is going to swim! Please register in person or mail in your entry forms to the Norfolk Family YMCA.
Fees and Registration
To be determined for the 2010 event, but will include a Triathlon t-shirt, free babysitting from 7:30am-12pm, pizza buffet and awards ceremony at Godfather’s following the race!
There is a mandatory pre-race meeting at 7:45am on race day.
Awards and Results
Trophies are awarded to the 1st Overall Male and Female in the Long Course. There are medals given for the top 3 in each age group for both the long and short courses as well as medals for the 1st-4th place long and short course teams.
Detailed race results will be posted on our website as well as www.teamnebraska.org
Course Map
Below you will find an image of the course map. The run and bike courses are flat or mostly flat. Don’t for get to bring your helmets!
Attentions Tri-athletes! IF you have participated in our triathlon for 5 or more years, please contact us at the YMCA
Did you know?
Year: 2003 Number of Finishers: 78 Total Event Time: 3:41:52
Year: 2004 Number of Finishers: 75 Total Event Time: 3:14:56
Year: 2005 Number of Finishers: 67 Total Event Time: 2:33:01
Year: 2006 Number of Finishers: 109 Total Event Time: 4:21:17
Year: 2007 Number of Finishers: 146 Total Event Time: 4:19:25
Year: 2008 Number of Finishers: 200 Total Event Time: 4:16:09
Year: 2009 Number of Finishers: 210 Total Event Time: 4:03:20