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You should plan on arriving at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park at least one and a quarter hours and preferably one and a half hours before the 7:30 AM start of the event. This will allow you plenty of time to do the following:
1. Unload and setup your Bike in the "Transition Area" and place anything you want to alongside your bike (towel, helmet, water, running shoes, bike shoes, bike shorts, t shirt, etc).
2. If you didn't pick up your race "Packet" on Thursday or Saturday, you need to do so on Race Day in the Registration Area. The Packet will include your commemorative shirt, a Running # (Bar Coded), a Bike #, a bathing cap (ours must be worn), and the Timing "Chip", which must be worn on the ankle throughout the entire Race. You must also get your Number marked on your body. No Timing Chips will be distributed Thursday or Saturday; you must pick up your Chip Sunday even if you have picked up your Packet in advance. Please note that the "chip" Must be returned after you cross the finish line!!!!
3. Go back to your Bike to attach your Running # to the shirt you intend to run in, or to your shorts if you intend to run sans shirt (Ladies, please, we have no permit for you to do this!). Your Bike # should also be put on your bike at this time.
4. Acquaint yourself with all parts of each of the courses (if you haven't already done so) so that you have no confusion once the Race starts. (Unfortunately, three leading contestants in 1994 Were disqualified for going off course!)
5. Warm-up by jogging or swimming. If you want to warm up on your bike, please leave the Park area to do so.
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1. The RUNNER'S EDGE-TOBAY Triathlon features a "Wave" Start, so that not everyone enters the water at the same time. The waves are assigned using a variety of criteria with the "Seeded" athletes going first. If you want to be placed in the same wave as a friend, please so indicate on your entry form. Note: The color of your bathing cap will tell you which wave you are assigned to.
2. Once in the water (waist-high) swimmers should "seed" themselves, with the more proficient swimmers in front and the less proficient swimmers in back. Feel free to warm up in the water, but always listen for last minute instructions from the Race Director.
3. When you exit the water after completing the swim, walk or run over the carpet to the Transition Area. Take as little or as much time as you need to properly prepare for the bike leg of the Tri. You must buckle your helmet before mounting your bike!!
Note: There is no private area for getting out of your wet bathing suit. Just slip on your bike shorts and off you go. (You might want to use Vaseline or Body Glide to prevent chafing).
4. When you have finished the bike leg, please wait until after dismounting to unbuckle your bike helmet). Then rack your bike and take as little or as much time as you need to properly prepare for the run leg of the Tri. Then head out and complete the Run, cross the finish line with a big smile for the photographers, and you have successfully completed the RUNNER'S EDGE-TOBAY Triathlon! Congratulations!
(Note again: You must return the timing chip after you
cross the finish line.)
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