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	Left: Carlyle Lake and beach Right: Breakwall run course Bottom left: Transition area and finish

Olympic Tri, Du, Sprint Tri, Relay - Results - our doc man link is not working above

Distances: Olympic distance - 1.5k swim, 38k bike,10k run,
Sprint distance - 500m swim, 20k bike, 5k run,
Duathlon - 5k run, 20k bike, 5k run

Date/location: Sunday May 22, 2011 - 8:00am Carlyle, Illinois city park. Click here for area information
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Venue/Area Information: Carlyle, Illinois is located 50 miles east of downtown St. Louis Missouri. Carlyle Lake, Illinois largest in-land lake. Carlyle offers lodging, dining, and shopping opportunities for visitors, and the city welcomes 1863 events and all event participants.
This is one of those awesome venues just waiting to host a triathlon. The clean, clear Carlyle lake and surrounding farm roads make this a perfect venue with the beautiful confines of Carlyle Illinois as the host city. Just 45 minutes from St. Louis, Missouri, 3 hours from Louisville Kentucky, and Indianapolis Indiana and 4 hours from Chicago put this venue in the heart of triathlon in the midwest.

Course: Carlyle lake awaits you for a swim along the enormous breakwall in a rectangle swim course enabling friends, family and spectators to view the entire swim from above. The bike course is a super fast, flat mostly rural road course with a few small rollers but nothing to get pounding out of your saddle for. This will take you through the farm lands on mostly black topped roads which are very lightly traveled. The run is awesome with an out and back flat runthat will take you out and back across the breakwall along the lake to each turnaround point. You will be able to see the finish line from a mile away, hearing the music echo across the lake means its time to put the hammer down to the finish.

Packet Pickup/Registration: Saturday 2pm - 5pm ONLY at the city park. Sunday Packet Pickup/Registration will open at 7am and close promptly at 8:30am! You must plan accordingly with travel to ensure you are on location on time. Do not arrive late. Registration will close, we will not delay others that arrived on time

January 31, 2010	$65 Relay $105
April 30, 2010	$75 Relay $120
After May 1, 2010	$85 Relay $135
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On site registration Saturday and Sunday - add $10
Non USAT members must pay $10 onsite at registration. $10 goes directly to USAT!
***You must be pre registered 14 days in advance to guarantee a shirt.
Online registration closes Thursday 12:00am

 

Multi-Sport 101: 4:00pm in the transition area on Saturday. Geared towards the newbie, beginner. The race director will walk you through the entire event start to finish giving great race tips along the way. We want to make sure you leave feeling ready to rock and roll in the morning.

Accomodations: Please support the Host Hotel, Mariners Village Resort, literally 200m from the transition area. 1 Resort Dr. Carlyle, Il. 618.594.7666 using Gateway Triathlon code for

For information on other lodging available in the area around Carlyle, visit the Tourism Bureau of Southwestern Illinois at www.thetourismbureau.org or calling them at 618-397-1488.

Camping -Excellent camping opportunities are available at the state park about 10k from the transition area. Several campgrounds are located around Carlyle Lake near the City. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the Dam West, McNair, and Dam East campgrounds near Carlyle. For more information, contact the Corps at 618-594-2484 or make reservations at www.recreation.gov. Eldon Hazlet State Park is located about five miles north of Carlyle. Walk-ins are welcome, and reservations are accepted through the mail. Contact Elson Hazlet at 618-594-3015 for more information.

Transition Area: Open at 7:00am closes at 8:40am. No Friends or Family members allowed in the transition area for any reason. You must rack according to your race number.
***You must rack according to your race number based on sequence placed at end of row. Please remember racks will hold 7 bikes racking with seat tip on support bar.Please be courteous to fellow athletes to ensure there is space for 7.Any athletes removing gear from transition areas before the announcer or race director has officially opened the transition area will be DISQUALIFIED from the race! No questions asked, your race number will be taken down and you will be disqualified. The transitionarea is closed until all athletes are off the bike course. Sprint athletes this goes for you as well, you must wait until all the athletes are off the course and race officials open the transition area. All athletes deserve a clear transition. There will be an aid station at the run in/out chute with water and electrolyte replacement. Athletes wearing their own chips, PLEASE remove your chips before re-entering the transition area and exiting again. This can cause a timing error. Run in/out and Bike in/out chutes are clearly marked on the large structures at either end, it is your responsibility to go the right direction.

Swim: 1.5k, 500m - Carlyle Lake with water temperatures historically between 65 and 72 degrees this time of year.Wetsuits are allowed. We will plan to have the swim course set for you on Friday, weather permitting.Olympic distance athletes will start us off at 8:00am, followed by Sprint distance athletes at 9:30am. Life guards, Sheriff marine division and search and rescue will be on the water for your safety.If you do get into trouble out there raise your hand and a lifeguard will get to you. Wave starts will be posted at Packet Pickup.
water temp as of: 5.18 - 69 Wetsuits will be allowed.

 don't have a wetsuit? Rent one onsite, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to reserve yours now.

Bike: 20k. 38k set on rural country side smooth roads. This course is predominantly flat, 38k athletes have one nice climb just about 10 mile mark, so you will hit it twice.That will keep you all honest out there. It is an out and back course with a few turns and very lightly traveled. As you exit the transition area and return there is about 200m basically from the hotel in where you will need to be a little extra cautious in the event pedestrians are trying to get to the beach, picnic areas or boat heading to the launch area. This will be patrolled but you should not be in the aero position when going through these sections. Each intersection will be covered with support crew as well as marked with a series of arrows on the pavement at 75m, 50m and 25m leading upto a corner. There will also be signs posted in the ground with arrows on them and each 5k on the bike course will be marked with signs. There will be a sag truck in the event you have mechanical difficulties or need to be picked up.
***Remember this is an open course!You will be sharing the road with vehicular traffic.Use caution at all times. It will be your responsibility to print maps, and know the courses. It is the athlete's responsibility to know and understand the courses. Helmets are a must. No helmet - no race. MP3 players on the bike course are an automatic disqualification. Due to a few athletes actionsin the pastduring an event we are making you aware not only in this event but ALL events whether hosted by us or any other event management company YOU MUST OBEY ALL OFFICIALS and EMERGENCY VEHICLES on the course AT ALL TIMES!! The bottom line here is your race is not more important than an EMERGENCY or OFFICIAL on the course. In the event of an emergency you MUST obey officials requests, and you MUST STOP and pull off the road for any and all EMERGENCY VEHICLES to get by. This is not only to ensure the emergency vehicles can proceed, it is for your safety as well. Any athlete that does not adhere to this rule will be disqualified and will not race in a 3 d event for the rest of the year. This to us is common sense and should not have ever came to this point.Run: 5k. or 10k Heading out of the transition area you will make a left turn onto the breakwall which will be divided with a line of cones down the middle as this is an out and back. Following the breakwall the duathlon and sprint turnaround point will be just past the end of the breakwall. Olympic distance athletes will continue following chalk and cones to the turnaround point. Aid stations will be exiting the transition area, the 2500m turnaround, 2mile, and 5000m turnaround point. Water and electrolyte replacement will be available.

DUATHLON RUN 1: You will start with the first Sprint wave, heading to your turnaround point at the 2500m mark and return.

COURSE MAPS: Swim        Bike      Run/Transition Area        Bike

Relays: At registration you will receive ONE bib number and ONE chip/strap. The bib number goes on the runner as that is who will be crossing the finish line. All relay members must be body marked with that number. The Chip/Strap will be securely fastened around the person competing in the first discipline. There will be a designated spot for All Relays at one of the entry/exit points in the transition area marked RELAYS. All staging and chip/strap exchanging is to be done at this point. Not on the course. The Chip/Strap must be securely fastened to each athletes ankle, do not grab it and go, do not put it on the wrist. Upon finishing it is the last athletes responsibility to return that chip/strap at the finish line. (one athlete may do more than one discipline)

Finish/Awards: Upon finishing you will receive a finishers momento, after you have returned your chip and strap you will proceed to the post race snack tent for refreshments. Raffle and Awards will follow the last finisher of the event not before. If you chose to leave event management will not be responsible in any way for mailing your award or raffle prize. ****You may click here to print awards form and mail in a check for $10 within 2 weeks after the event to get your award mailed to you. If your envelope is postmarked after 2 weeks or does not contain a check for $10 we will not send the award

Amenities: shirts guaranteed to all athletes pre registered by 14 days ONLY, Finishers momento, great raffle with merchandise from our partners, ChampionChip timing with all splits provided.

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