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THE COMPETITION | 14
15 | THE COMPETITION
E 09:15 E2650 - 2849 M45-49
F 09:30 F2850 - 3049 M50-54, M55-59, M60+
G 09:45 G3050 - 3249 F19-24, F25-59
H 10:00 H3250 - 3449 F30-34, F35-39
I 10:10 I3450 - 3649 F40-44, F45-49, F50-54, F55-59,
F60+
J 10:15 J3650 -3849 Corporate Challenge
K 10:30 K3950 - 4049 Teams
L 10:45 L4050 - 4249 Schools' Challenge (14-19)
M 11:00 M4250 - 4449 Schools' Challenge (12-13)
Your personal start time has been sent sent to you via email.
You will also find your start time printed on your race number.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Olympic distance & Sprint distance: Individuals, Teams, School and Corporate Challenge.
All age group races have the same race course, but vary in the number of laps they
complete.
SPRINT DISTANCE
OLYMPIC DISTANCE
SWIM 500m - 1 lap of 500m 1500m - 1 lap of 1500m
BIKE 20km - 2 laps of 10km 40km - 4 laps of 10km
RUN 5km - 1 lap of 5km 10km - 2 laps of 5km
SWIM START
• The swim start assembly point is on Quay 6 of the V&A Waterfront in front
of the Table Bay Hotel. Please get there 20 minutes before your wave start.
• You must comply with the announcements of race officials and marshals.
• Race officials will move each wave onto the pontoon in time for your start wave.
• Your timing chip will be registered during the swim check-in onto the swim
start pontoon.
• Please line up over the whole length of the pontoon and lower yourself into the water.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
• For health and safety reasons jumping or diving
into the water is strictly forbidden.
• When you enter the water, please hold onto the edge
of the pontoon. You may only let go and start swimming once
the start signal has been given.
SWIM COURSE
SPRINT 500M / OLYMPIC 1500M
• Athletes will start in the water and follow the instructions
of the race starter.
• The swim course is a 500m single lap for the Sprint distance
and a 1500m single lap for the Olympic distance.
• Lifeguards from our water safety team will guide you and help
you if required.
• If you get into difficulty, lie on your back and raise your arm.
A lifeguard will come to you and if necessary arrange a safety
boat to take you out of the water.
• At the end of the swim, athletes will leave the water using
the swim exit ramp attached to the pontoon.
• At the swim exit, athletes turn right in order to access
Transition.
• Athletes must follow the blue carpet to Transition and merge
with the runners already en route to Transition.
• After your swim, you may only roll down your wetsuit as far
as your hips until you have reached your bicycle. You may only
take it off completely once you have reached your bike rack.
Please store your wetsuit neatly next to your bike rack
in the transition bag provided.
TRANSITION 1
• Change at your rack.
• Put your wetsuit next to your bike, in the transition bag
provided. Do not put the wetsuit on the bike rack!
• All wetsuits look alike, so to avoid mix-ups, write your name
inside your wetsuit. The organisers assume no liability for lost
objects not placed inside the transition bag.