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Wilmington YMCA Sprint

Email: ncts@setupevents.com
Website: http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=2918

Race Information

Date: September 23, 2017
Race Type: Triathlon
Bike Surface: Road
Drafting rules:? Non-drafting
Kids Race? *NOT* a kids' race
Course: 1350 yard swim, 11.5 mile bike, 5 kilometers run
Start: 1:00 AM
Location: Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Address: Wrightsville Beach
Contact: 999-999-9999 | ncts@setupevents.com
Individual Price: 50-85
Team Price:

General Information

Registration fees included or disclosed up front?: Not specified whether registration/convenience fees are added.
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Course Descriptions:

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Swim:
This race starts out with a 1,350 yard swim - which is unusual for a sprint distance triathlon. The reason the swim is longer than the normal sprint distance swim is because the swim is a point-to-point swim that always takes place with an incoming tide. Check out the swim times from previous years - the swim actually seems more like 750 yards- 1,000 yards depending on how fast the current is moving. It is important to note that while this swim takes place in salt water - this is not an ocean swim. The swim takes place in a channel system between Wrightsville Beach and the mainland. Numerous busses are used to transport participants from the transition area (and swim finish location) to the swim start location at the Blockade Runner hotel. This is another race that becomes a race day decision for wetsuits - as the water temperature at this time of the year along the southern North Carolina coast is always around 78 degrees. We will post a water temperature on the website on Thursday night of race week.

Bike:
The course is flat (not a surprise) as the race is at the coast. The one loop course takes participants over the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge and onto the mainland. Participants need to be very careful crossing the metal grading on the drawbridge - don't make any sudden turns or movements (ride carefully!!).

Run:
The 5K run course is a one-loop design and also flat. The run takes place on the very popular ""loop"" at Wrightsville Beach with 90% of the run being on the sidewalk system - the other 10% is on a very quiet side street - used to get the necessary distance

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AWright at March 12, 2017 2:04 PM

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