Tri Indy

Last year a sold-out crowd of 1,200 area triathletes participated in the first second annual TRI INDY Event - what a great success! Utilizing the picturesque canal of Downtown Indianapolis and the streets traversing the city's cultural and historic landmarks, Tri Indy will once again offer participants a challenging and memorable course. Tri Indy will consist of an Olympic Distance (1500 meter swim, 40K bike and 10K run) a Sprint Distance (500 meter swim, 20K bike, 5K run) and a Short distance Duathlon (2 mile run, 20K bike and 5K run) There is also a relay division for the Olympic distance (2 or 3 person).

This will be the first time that the downtown Indianapolis canal will be utilized for a swimming venue and the first time a triathlon has started and finished in downtown Indy! According to USA Triathlon this may be the very first of its kind in the country! This 'newly cleaned canal' venue is sure to please most all swimmers. The canal is about 40 feet wide. Both the Olympic Distance event and the Sprint event will be a point to point swim. Faster swimmer will go first with slower swimmer going in the final waves. Be sure to check your swimming ability when you enter. The depth of the canal is 4 feet deep. Each swim wave will consist of about 30-40 people with 2 minutes between waves.

Come ride thru a scenic and fairly flat 12.5 mile loop (Olympic Distance will do 2 loops) This course will loop you through some downtown street, along White River, along Riverside Parkway and parts of IUPUI. Expect great volunteer and police protection along the way.

The run course will have your running along side the White River from Celebration Plaza up to 10th Street and them back along the other side of the river - the course is flat and fast. Distane of the course is 3.1 miles (Olympic Distance does 2 loops) Expect a water/Gatorade station every mile along the way.

Celebration Plaza in the heart of White River State Park will offer a beautiful setting for the transition area. This large grassy area is only steps from the swim exit and will give you a great location to start/finish each leg of the triathlon. Also this a great place for spectators to watch the event!

Run 2 miles, Bike 12.5 miles, run 5K in that order to complete the DU!

The Olympic Distance will begin at 7:30 AM - Faster swimmers will go first. The SPRINT Distance will go after all Olympic distance swimmers have finished (approximately 8:30 AM)- A full start schedule will be posted at www.tuxbro.com so you can see your start time. The Duathlon will start at about 8 AM.

Join the fun and get a team together. You may enter either a 2 or 3 person team. The team division is a relay format (one person swims, one person bikes, one person runs) Categories are All Female, All Male, Co-ed. Team division is for Olympic Distance Triathlon.

This event is sanction by USA Triathlon. All USAT rules will be enforced. Event is limited to ages 14 and over for the Individual competitions and age 12 and over for teams.

Awards will be presented for both overall and age groups. There will be a special OPEN Division for top triathletes in the Olympic Distance - if you would like to go for the top overall prizes (plaques & gift certificates) you may sign for the open division (you will not be eligible for age-group prizes). Age groups are: 14-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29 up to 70+.

Pre-race instructions will be posted at www.tuxbro.com approximately 5 days before the event. These instruction will give you details on the event to make your Tri Indy experience more enjoyable! If you do not have internet access, you may request that a paper copy be sent to you.

WE WILL STILL ACCEPT ENTRIES DURING PACKET PICK UP ON SATURDAY ONLY.
Packet pick up and late registration will take place on Saturday, July 31 from 2pm to 7pm at the IU Natatorium on the IUPUI Campus (901 W. New York Street). You may park in the Sports Garage direcly adjacent to the Natatorium. Keep in mind that you cannot pick up other peoples packets - you can only pick up for yourself. If you cannot make it to this location you can pick up your packet on event morning at the race site from 6AM to 7:30AM