Friday, July 12th

4:30pm – 7pm - Expo and Packet Pick up at Bloedel Donovan Park

Saturday (RACE DAY), July 13th

5:00 am - 6:30 am: Transition Area Open
5:00 am - 6:30 am: Packet Pickup
6:35 am: Olympic Pre-Race meeting
7:00 am: Olympic Distance 1st Wave - Race Start
7:30 am: Sprint Pre-Race meeting
8:00 am: Sprint Distance 1st Wave - Race Start
10:45 am: Splash and Dash (Ages 11 - 15) - Race Start
11:15 am: Splash and Dash (Ages 7 - 10) - Race Start

Saturday (AFTER PARTY), July 13th

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Come celebrate your accomplishment and win awesome raffle prizes

Olympic Waves 1-3

Sprint Wave 4

USAT

• Everyone must read the USAT rules and sign the USAT waiver, the USAT rules are posted here: 
• If you are a current annual member you do not have to sign a waiver at packet pickup. You signed when you applied to become an annual member. Make sure you have your current annual license with you, or you will need to sign a waiver. For athletes that need a one-day license, it is included with race registration if you sign the USAT waiver online prior to packet pickup. If you need to sign a paper waiver at the race site, the cost will be $15.
• Login to your Lake Whatcom Triathlon Account to submit your USAT waiver.
• One day membership was included with race registration so no additional payment is necessary. But you do still need to fill out the waiver for one day membership.

Swim

• Swim caps are required
• If you need help get the attention of a safety boat or paddle board, they can come to you.
• It is ok to take a break with one of the safety boats.
• Lake temperature is in the mid 60’s

Bike

• No headphones! (It is a safety thing for you to hear cars, other athletes, the flaggers, police and our volunteers - just do it).
• No drafting
• No littering
• No riding your bike in the transition area, you cannot mount the bike until past the mount line just outside transition. The same line is the dismount line when you return to the park.
• Your helmet must be buckled before you mount your bike.
• Bike course signs are blue arrows and flour on the ground.
• Stay to the right, unless passing on the left, once you make the pass, get back to the right.
• You will (make a left turn towards North Lake Whatcom Park) and literally go to the very end of North Shore road to the turn around, please make sure your number is visible for the volunteer to see and write down your number.
• Flaggers will be posted at each intersection and course marshals at a few key locations on course.
• One aid station at the Fork restaurant. Heed and Water available.
• Olympic Racers will make a right turn at Y Road. There will be an aid station and course marshal directing you up the hill.
• Sprint Racers will NOT make that right hand turn and instead continue on Northshore drive heading back the same way you came out.
• (Olympic Only) SLOW DOWN as you come down Agate Bay Lane back to the lake, it is a tight 130 degree turn.
• Be sure to say thank you to the aid station and course marshal volunteers - I know they love that you appreciate their work.

Run

• No headphones! (It is a safety thing for you to hear other runners and volunteers).
• No littering
• Run course signs are red arrows and flour on the ground.
• You will cross Electric Avenue to get into Whatcom Falls park, then it is all trail with a short sidewalk section along Woburn, but you will not cross any other streets than Electric Ave.
• (Olympic Only) You will have an out and back leg that goes over the Alabama street bridge.
• We will have course marshals at some key locations to help keep you on course, (they each have a course map too). If you think you’re off course, find one of the marshals and get back on course.
• (Olympic Only) There is a volunteer at the turn around on the Railroad trail, make sure you have your number visible for them to see.
• There will be 3 aid stations on the run.
• For Olympic racers, you pass by your 1st and 2nd aid stations twice, giving you 5 aid opportunities total. The aid station at the top of the stairs (4th aid) will only have water and gels. Heed, Hammer Gel and Water will be available at all other aid stations.
• For Sprint racers, you pass by your 2nd aid station (intersection) twice, giving you 4 aid opportunities total. The aid station at the top of the stairs (3rd aid) will only have water and gels. Heed, Hammer Gel and Water will be available at all other aid stations.
• Course update 1: The run starts and finishes a little differently than last year. You will run out along the gravel trail and return across the grass allowing safer passage through the parking lot.
• Course update 2: There is a new trail that switch backs down to Woburn street that all racers will follow. We will have arrows directing racers with a right hand turn onto the new trail (Approximately Mile 3.9 for Olympic. Approximately Mile 1.6 for Sprint). At the bottom of the new trail, make another right hand turn onto the paved sidewalk (Woburn Street).
• Be sure to say thank you to the aid station and course marshal volunteers - I know they love that you appreciate their work.

• Transition racks will be separated for sprint and olympic distance athletes. 
• Aqua Bike will rack anywhere in the olympic transition zone.
• Splash and Dash will have a separate transition zone staged down by the finish line closer to the swim exit. Splash and Dash athletes will run into transition, put on their shoes, and proceed onto the run course by running under the finish arch.

• Athletes only in transition area. You will need to show your race number to enter and exit. Your race number must match any gear you are removing.
• No nudity (if you need to fully change, use the restroom).