A few tips:
- Get your bike and all of the rest of your stuff, including your bib numbers from sign-in, and head into the race area.
- Remember, NO spectators are allowed in the transition area. You can be disqualified!
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All of the spots on the bike racks are numbered. The bikeracks are provided by the organizers, so there’s no need to bring your own.Match your bib number with the number on the bike rack and set up your transition area there.
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Pick up the front of your bike and lean the hand-brakes over the rack.
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Take that brightly colored item you brought with you and tie it loosely to your bucket so you can find it when you get out of the water. Some people use helium balloons. You can lose a lot of time looking for your bike in the chaos and it’s worth having something.
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Lay your towel next to your bike but be sure it doesn’t overlap your neighbor’s space.
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Fill up your bucket of water and place it on or next to the towel (for sandy feet after the swim)
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Neatly place the following things on your towel: bike shoes, sneakers, hat, sunglasses and anything else you might need for the bike and run.
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Walk over to the officials WITH your number so that he/she can write it on your arms and legs.
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Go back to your spot and affix the bib number to your helmet and/or the front of your bike.
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Pin the number to your bike, if required.
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Pin the number to the shirt you will be wearing for both the bike and run. OR if you don’t want to wear a shirt, you can pin it to the front of your shorts.
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Place your bike helmet on your towel or on top of your handle bars. Do not buckle it or you will have problems unbuckling it when you get out of the water. After-swim fingers don’t respond so well to anything complicated.
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Make sure that everything you need is on your towel and organized so that you don’t have to fish through your bag during the race.
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Put the things that you don’t need in your bag to cut down on the confusion.
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Put on your wetsuit and sun screen. Be sure to do it in the parking lot or on the grass. Wet suits are challenging to put on and very uncomfortable gto wear if you get sand in them. You might also want to use some Bodyglide Anti-Chafe Balm or Pam (the cooking spray) to help. See our Triathlon Swim page for more details on “How to get Slippery”.
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If you decided to use some type of footware for the jog between the swim and the transition area, place them in a spot near the water. Catuion: Do not, we repeat, DO NOT, put them in the path of racers. They should be out of the way but near enough to find.
- Triathlon Transitions: How to set up a spot that works!Your event is right around the corner and it’s time to set up your transition spot in the parking lot. If it’s your first mini-triathlon, this is a quick reference to setting up a spot that works!
- Getting your Wetsuit Off during Transition 1 (T1) Video
- How to Document Your Triathlon
- Clip-in Shoes or Running Shoes for the Bike
- Triathlon Transitions For most novices, the focus of triathlon training is on strengthening your swimming, biking and running skills. But there is a fourth and vital element to the competition that can help you achieve your goals – the transition.
- Benefits of a Tri SuitFoot Wear for Tranisitions
- Supporting “The Two Girls” – A GREAT Bra for Well-Endowed Triathletes
- Race Day Check-list – Print off a list of what you’ll need to bring on the morning of your triathlon event.
- Triathlete Profile: Nancy Wilson When you train with others who have the same goal…
- Triathlete Profile: Laureen Jenson Start swimming in open water as early and often as possible….
- Triathlete Profile: Tripp Norton Great triathlon advice from a family man, triathlete and coach
- Meet Lousie Kelaher,-our contest winner who talks about her triathlon experience and offers good advice to newbies..
- Race Day Intro
- Night Before the Triathlon
- The Morning of the Triathlon
- Triathlon Event Arrival
- Setting Up Your Triathlon Transition Spot
- Triathlon Start
- Triathlon Swim
- Triathlon Transition 1 (T1), Swim to Bike
- Triathlon Bike
- Triathlon Transition 2 (T2), Bike to Run
- Triathlon Run
- Triathlon Finish
- Post Race
- Post, Post Race

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Mini-Triathlon FAQ-Quick Triathlon FAQs

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Age Groups – Can you tell me why the age groups are 25 to 34 … while most races use 20 to 29, 30 to 39, and 40 to 49?
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