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General
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| Championship
Host Location |
Kirksville, MO; 1000 Hills State
Park. The race site is seven miles from downtown Kirksville,
in a beautiful state park; the lake is a basin without any cabins
or docks except the marina area owned by the state. This pristine
park is an ideal location. The site has been a regional championship
location six prior years of the fifteen years we have held this
race. |
| View Video of Race |
56k |
| Event Venue Details |
coming soon |
| Swim |
Forest Lake located at 1000 Hills
State Park is the swim venue. The lake swim conditions are:
78 degrees, with an air temp. of approx. 80 degrees (typical
conditions). Forest Lake serves as the primary water supply
for Kirksville.
The preliminary water temp. is taken by the race director
the day before the event. The USA Triathlon referee officially
checks the water temp. one hour before the race and declares
it a wetsuit/no wetsuit race. We officially open the swim
beach for warm up at 7:15 am when the lifeguards are on duty. |
| Bike |
Out and back course, one very steep hill and several
other rolling hills, three major turns at intersections and
a turnaround all on two lane state and county highways with
paved shoulders. Since the course is out and back, wind conditions
don't usually effect most of the times. |
| Run |
Out and back, very steep hill between 1/2 mile
and 1.5 mile on the way out, which the athletes come back down
on the way back at 3.5 to 4.5 miles. The run course has 25 volunteers
along the way, it is entirely in the state park; has many great
spots for spectators to observe from with ample parking; six
aid stations providing cups of water at the 1/2 mile, 1 mile,
2 mile, 3 mile, 4 mile, and 4.5 mile. |
| Athlete
Amenities |
Food is provided at the pre-race
meeting, includes pizza, sub sandwiches, Gatorade; Post-race
includes bagels, cookies, bananas, apples, oranges, strawberries;
Race Day includes PowerBars, bottled water, Crystal Lite,
Kool Aid, and beer. |
| Awards |
Trophies were given three deep
in 24 age divisions. Medals were awarded to top three male,
female, masters male, masters female and mixed teams. Plaques
were awarded to overall fastest male/female (plus $100.00
each) and male/female youth and male/female masters. All finishers
received gold medals on red/white/blue neck ribbons.
Race bag included: Long sleeve tees, Power Bar/Gel, swim
caps, bike bottle, Sunglasses, custom race numbers, participant
race band, several flyers. |
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