Willow Creek Triathlon

Race Rules and Transporting Your Personal Belongings

Please read the following Race Rules and information on us transporting your personal belongings for you.

For safety purposes: Helmets are Mandatory!  No MP3 players on the bike or run. 

Race Rules/Meeting

Gregg Reynolds is our race director. He will go over the rules prior to the race.

Steve Sherk will provide the Blessing

Bruce Housler is our heat coordinator

All proceeds benefit the Warren County and Mckean County DAV

All Winners will receive medallions

Top Male and top female winners will receive the Thom Maholic memorial knives

Swim Event:

1. Bruce Housler will be our swim coordinator.  There will be no timing mat at the start of the race.  Swimmers are required to line up in neumerical order according to their bib number. Swimmers will enter the water 5 seconds apart.  It is curcial that you line up in order and enter the water when when told, to ensure your timing is correct.

2. Participants must wear swim caps that are provided.  This is for safety purposes. 
3. No aids such as flippers, motorized devices, floatation devices, etc.
4. Team participant:  please cross timing mat prior to handing off your timing chip.
5. Team member participating in the run need to get to the transition area at the Corydon Hotel ASAP.  You do not want to get caught in traffic.

Bike: 

1. No drafting
2. Stay on the right side of the road
3. Slower traffic allow people to pass on the left
4. Mile markers are positioned throughout the ride
5. The will be no hydration stations on the bike.  This is a safety issue.
6. All bikes MUST dismount at posted area and bikes must be walked through timing mat.  Signs will be posted warning of dismount area.
7. There will be several escorts along the bike to ensure your safety or to help if there are any problems.
8. NO MP3 players or headphones.
9. As always, there will be escort vehicles along the bike route to ensure your saftey.

Run:

1. 4 hydration stations will be provided.

Shuttle van services will be provided to give participants a ride back to Quaker Beach to retrieve your vehicles as needed.  We will have more vans transporting, so the wait time will be less.

We will clear with the Park that there will be no admission charge for those retreiving their vehicle by private vehicle.

PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETREIVING THEIR BIKES FROM THE CORYDON HOTEL TRANSITION AREA

Spectators:  All spectators will be required to use the Wolf Run shortcut.  This is for the safety of our bikers to minimize two way traffic.  Please follow the signs!!!

Bag and Tag Your Belongings

Since this is a straight line course, we offer to bag and tag your belongings, if you do not have someone to take it there for you. What this consists of is:

If you wish to have your running gear taken to the Corydon Hotel so it is there waiting for you,  all you have to do is bring your belongings to the registration area and we will place it in a bag with your race number on it.  When you arrive at the Corydon Hotel, your bag will be displayed numerically for your convenience.  Do not leave your running gear at the bike transition area.

In the past many participants have left their swimwear, towels, etc.  at Quaker Lake to retrieve later.  We ask that you also bag these items separately, leave them at the bike transition area and we will pick them up and bring them to the Willows finish line.  If you have someone to pick up your belongings at Quaker Lake, that is fine.  If you do not, then we will take your belongings to the Willows for you.

All itmes left at the swim/bike transition are will be brought to the Willows.  We advise you to bag them in the provided bags, in order to keep your belongings together.

If you have any questions please email:

webmaster@willowcreektriathlon.org