Sunday, June 24, 2018

Course Details

Swim – 750m

Water temperature is historically 74 degrees on race weekend with excellent water quality.

The course is Rectangular and you will be swimming with the buoys on your LEFT.

Swimmers will start in wave format. The corners of the course will be marked by large (5.5ft) Lime Green Tetrahedrons (3-Dimensional Triangles) and there will be smaller orange markers between the turns.

The corners of the course will be marked by large (5.5ft) Lime Green Tetrahedrons (3-Dimensional Triangles) and there will be smaller orange markers between the turns.

The swim start is just south of the grandstands and will be an in-water start. The course is a counter-clockwise lap where swimmers will exit and run up the grandstands to the cheering crowd!

Bike – 20km

A fast and flat course that heads South towards Dain City, crosses the Welland Canal via the old Forks rd bridge, then heads out towards the scenic rural roads of the Wainfleet area riding along the old canal until reaching the turn around and returning towards the WIFC.

The Canal Bank Rd Closure

At the 17km mark you will be heading back towards the WIFC along Canal Bank rd. Once reaching the closure, continue going straight towards the 2nd and final turn-around.

*an interactive map can be seen here to help clarify the details of the final section. Look at kms 17-20.

Run – 5km 

2 laps of a spectator friendly and traffic free run along the scenic fitness paths beside the Welland Canal, looping past the dog park and back towards the WIFC. An aid station can be found near the turn-around point.

There will be Aid Stations approximately every 1.25km serving Water and F2C HYDRA-DURANCE™ – click HERE for more information on F2C HYDRA-DURANCE™.