Come ride, run and/or swim with us August 13, 2016 in the Tropical
Triathon, road bike, mountain bike, run, swim and kids events in
Springville, UT! You can choose which events you want to do or do a
little of everything! Feel free to dress in tropical attire, as we will give an expensive prize to the best costumes for males and females! It is a non-profit, free event, with cash prizes
for the top male and female winners of each event (except the kids
event)! All finishers of each event get a prize donated by local
bicycle shops and our other sponsors! For each event you participate in
you will get points for your placement in your age division, and there
will be an expensive prize for each age division winner who has the most
points after all the events are completed!
Registration for each event will be for 15-30 minutes immediately before
each one starts, so you don't need to show up at the beginning if you
aren't doing the first events. This will give you enough time to drop
off bikes or vehicles farther up the road for transitions and drive or
ride back in time for a warmup. If you are doing multiple events in
succession, you can register for all of them at once so that you can
quickly transition from one event to the next. If you miss the start
time of the next event because you are still finishing a previous event,
you can write your finish time in the binder (which we will use as your
start time for the next event) that will be there and we will adjust
your finish time in the next event, and you can just continue on to the
next event on your own.
7:00-7:25 am Road Bike registration at Knight Picnic area, 6433 Right
Hobble Creek Rd (Google Maps pin location: https://goo.gl/maps/cS7zEkDaobP2) After registration please drive up to Balsam Campground upper parking lot and leave vehicle there with
mountain bike inside or locked onto it if desired, and ride road bike
back down to the start. If you are only doing the road bike race, then you can stay parked at the Knight Picnic area.
7:30 am Road Bike 6 mile climb (asphalt)
7:45 am
3.5 mile mountain bike /run registration Balsam Campground upper
parking lot (6 miles up from the fork, the last large parking lot 0.5
miles before the dirt road begins). If going to run, we recommend
driving up the finish and locking a mountain bike up to a tree so you
can ride down on the way back, then driving back to the start.
8:00-8:15 am put road bikes into or locked on vehicles and get out mountain bike or put on running shoes
8:15 am 3.5 mile Mountain Bike or Run climb (dirt road) (bikes vs runners should be interesting!)
9:00 am 400 M run registration dirt parking lot 0.25 miles from the junction at the top of Right Fork Road
9:15 am 400 M Uphill Run up to junction (then walk back for a cool down)
9:30 am ride mountain bikes/drive down to Balsam parking lot (running downhill is not advisable due to the joint impact)
9:45 am load mountain bikes into vehicles at Balsam parking lot, drive down to Wayne Bartholomew Family Park
9:45 am 200 M Swim registration Wayne Bartholomew Family Park, 1090 South 2900 East/1900 E
10:00 am put on wetsuits and life vests (required) for swim
10:10 am kids registration
10:15 am 200 M Swim in the pond (adults and advanced children)
10:25 am kids run & or bike around the pond (asphalt path) &
shallow 50 m swim/water run (1-2 feet deep depending on the age of the
kids
10:30 am Awards Ceremony! $10 cash prize to the winner of each event
except kids events ($40 possible if you win 4 events), Age Division and
finisher prizes, pina coladas, tropical fruit, and other tropical
refreshments!
More details can be found in the facebook group "Uphill Cycling Series" and the website www.uphillcyclingseries.blogspot.com.
6:30
am (optional) longer road bike option (not part of our event): ride up
Hobble Creek from the mouth of the canyon or from your home to add some
more miles! (You won't be able to have your mountain bike for the upper
portion but if you have a high traction road bike tire you could
continue on since it is a flat dirt road)
Unlike a typical triathlon, each event will start at a separate time,
allowing some of the slower participants to catch up a little to be able
to start the next event closer together, but still a short enough time
to allow the top competitors just enough time to catch their breath and
switch bikes etc and not lose their warmup (about 15 min between
events). We will also reverse the order of the events to allow you to
swim when it is hotter as a refreshing cool-down after the other
events. Most triathlons have the swim first but this often leads to
hypothermia as it is still cold in the morning, then jump on a bike in
wet clothing which increases the windchill, and many runners have to
warm up before getting on the bike. Then in regular triathlons, the
event that makes you the hottest is at the end, the run, in the hottest
time of day. The reason most triathlons do this in this order is to
prevent drowning from fatigue, so if you do the swim first you won't be
as fatigued, however the swim in our event will be so short and with
flotation devices so we don't have to worry about that.
Participants
will sign a waiver to participate at your own risk. There is no life
guard at the pond. You need to watch for vehicles on the roads, as they
are open to the public. There may be some cows along the road section,
and some cow grates, so proceed with caution on the narrow roads and
stay single file on the right side of the road. Also, carrying bear
spray, making noise, or riding with others is advisable in bear country.
