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CINCINNATI TRIATHLON

QUICK FACTS

SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 22

6pm Triathlon Walk Through at Sawyer Point

(meet at Public Landing)

Saturday, July 24

6:30am Registration, Great Ohio River Swim

7:30am Great Ohio River Swim

11:00 - 4:00pm Triathlon and Duathlon

Registration & Packet Pick Up

Sawyer Point

1:00pm, 3:00pm Pre-Race Meeting, Sawyer Point

CINCINNATI TRIATHLON

Duathlon

Great Ohio River Swim

Triathlon Walk Through Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sawyer Point/Public Landing

Pre Race Meetings Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1pm & 3pm

Sawyer Point

When

Great Ohio River Swim Saturday, July 24, 2010

Triathlon & Duathlon Sunday, July 25, 2010

Start Time

Great Ohio River Swim 7:30am

Triathlon & Duathlon 7:30am

Location Sawyer Point/Yeatman’s Cove

Downtown Cincinnati

Distance

Olympic 1350m Swim/40k Bike/10k run

Sprint 400m Swim/20k Bike/5k run

Sprint Duathlon 2k run/20k bike/5k run

Great Ohio River Swim Across the Ohio to Ky and back

Approximately 900 meters

This is a USA TRIATHLON sanctioned race. All participants must be annual members of USA Triathlon or purchase the one day insurance license (included with entry).

The Cincinnati Triathlon offers one of the most challenging and beautiful courses in all of triathlon. The Cincinnati One World Triathlon starts with a downstream swim from the Montgomery Inn Boathouse to the exit point at Public Landing (adjacent to the transition area at Yeatman's Cove). The bike course, completely closed to traffic, is through downtown and on the hills of Columbia Parkway adjacent to, and with spectacular views of, the Ohio River. The Cincinnati Triathlon's is over the shaded sidewalks of Friendship Park, over the Ohio River on the Purple People Bridge and in the shadows of Cincinnati's downtown and sports stadiums. Go to the Course page for detailed descriptions and maps.

The Olympic triathlon swim start is approximately 1000 meters upriver from the transition area. Participants will need to walk from the transition to the swim start. Please leave enough time to make your wave start. The sprint triathlon start and the duathlon start are on the upstream side of Sawyer Point under the Purple People Bridge.

ENTRY INFO

You can enter online through active.com or you can print off an entry form and mail it in. If we have not sold out, you may enter at Registration and Packet Pickup. There is no entry on race day.

This is a USAT sanctioned event. If you are an annual member then please record you membership number on the entry. If you are not an annual member then USAT assesses a $10 insurance fee that is paid at the time you enter. Please go to USA Triathlon for more information.

Your cancelled check or confirmation email from active.com will function as your confirmation you have entered. All participants will receive an email approximately 10 days before the race with last minute information.

See the Policies page for refund information.

REGISTRATION AND PACKET PICK UP*

Saturday, July 24, 11-4pm, Sawyer Point

Great Ohio River Swim - 6:30am on 7/25, Sawyer Point

There is no Cincinnati Triathlon packet pick up or race entry on race day. You may enter the Great Ohio River Swim on race morning, July 24.

Please respect no race day packet pick up. Since we have announced we will not be doing packet pickup on race day, we will not be staffed to accommodate you and you may not be able to race. If you absolutely, positively cannot make it on the Thursday or Saturday before the race, please email racedirector@tucsonracing.com and special arrangements will be made for you to pick up your race number.

If you are an annual member of USA Triathlon please bring your valid annual membership card with a photo ID to packet pickup. If you do not bring your membership card and photo ID then you will be assessed the $10 one day insurance fee. We cannot make exceptions to this rule per our insurance agreement with USA Triathlon. To do so will jeopardize our insurance coverage.

*Packet pick up is not available at the Triathlon Walk Through on 7/22 but you may register for the event at that time.

WETSUITS

In order to insure a fair playing field for all athletes, the Cincinnati Triathlon will be following USAT Triathlon rules with respect to wetsuit use. Wetsuits will be allowed only if the water temperature is 78.0 and below. The wetsuit ruling will be made on race day. In 2008 and 2009 wetsuits were not allowed.

TIMING

This race will be timed by the state of the art IPICO timing system. Chips will be issued to each athlete on race day. Chips must be worn at all times while participating. The chip will be the "baton" for relay participants. The chip must be surrendered at the end of the race. A $15 charge will be assessed for a lost chip or a chip that is not turned in.

RESULTS

Results will be posted on this website late on race day.

BEST PLACE FOR SPECTATORS

No spectators, family or friends in the transition.

Swim: Anywhere along Sawyer Point is best for a panoramic view of the swim and the Ohio River. The swim start, due to the narrow stairs will not be a good place to view but there are a number of viewing areas between the swim start and the swim finish in Friendship Park.

Bike: Please do not attempt to get in your vehicle to view the bike course. Many of the streets will be closed to traffic and it will be difficult, if not impossible, to get access to the course. The best place to view the bike course is the anywhere along Pete Rose Way or Mehring Way.

Run: Anywhere along the run course is a great place to see the race. Please do not go on the Purple People Bridge as that area will be congested with runners.

Finish: Lots of space for great spectating at Yeatman's Cove.

DOWNTOWN PARKING

The Cincinnati Triathlon does not provide parking for this event.

There is NO PARKING at Public Landing on the morning of the race! You may park at Public Landing for the Triathlon Walk Through, the Great Ohio River Swim and, if space is available, for registration on Saturday, July 25th.

There is ample parking throughout Downtown Cincinnati. In general, most garages and lots charge a nominal fee to park for the morning. PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF YOUR BIKE IF YOU USE A ROOF TOP CARRIER AND PARK IN A GARAGE. There is also City of Cinncinnati parking at the foot of and just east of the Purple People Bridge (please see map, below). There is also ample parking at the Swim Start just east of the Montgomery Inn Boathouse.

Please remember if you park on the lots on Pete Rose Way you will not be allowed to leave until the bike portion of the triathlon is completed as Pete Rose Way is closed to traffic for the duration of the triathlon.

USAT RULES

This is a USA TRIATHLON sanctioned race. All participants must be annual members of USA Triathlon or purchase the one day insurance license (included with entry).

USAT AGE GROUP RULE: USA Triathlon, the governing body of the sport of triathlon, instituted a new age group rule in 2005. Your race age is your age on December 31, 2009. Therefore, if you age up into a new age group during the calendar year of 2009, you race in that new age group for the 2009 season. For example, Sally is 34 years old on the day of the Cincinnati One World Triathlon on July 26, 2009. Her birthday is on August 15, 2009 and on her birthday she will turn 35. Therefore, Sally races in the 35-39 age group for all of 2009, including in Cincinnati. If you have a birthday in 2009 that puts you in another age group, you will race with that age group in the race and leave in that age group's wave. Using our example above, even though Sally is 34 at the Cincinnati One World Triathlon, she will race in the 35-39 age group, start with the 35-39 wave and get awards based on her finish in the 35-39 age group. It is the athlete's responsibility to enter their correct age and leave in the correct wave. Athlete's racing in the wrong wave will be disqualified.

We will have draft marshalls on the course. There is no drafting or blocking. If you are unsure of the drafting or blocking rules please go to USA Triathlon or attend one of the pre-race meetings.

We will be following the USA Triathlon wetsuit rule.