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AlbanyTri 2023 Heat Assignments & Info
Heat assignments are available for the Albany Community Triathlon taking place on Sunday 17 September 2023. Please check the relevant listing to determine your heat number and start time before race day:
- Heat assignments for the Main course sorted by participant NAME
- Heat assignments for the Main course sorted by HEAT, then name
- Heat assignments for SHORT course sorted by participant NAME
- Heat assignments for SHORT course sorted by HEAT, then name
Heat start times: The Short course heats (“SC1, SC2, SC3…”) start at 8:00am with subsequent heats every 10 minutes. The Main course heats (“MC1, MC2, MC3…”) start at 9:15am with subsequent heats every 15 minutes. On Sunday, aim to arrive at the Albany Aquatic Center at least 1 hour before your start time, possibly earlier if you are new to the triathlon business. The registration area will open at ~6:45am and will be located in front of the Aquatic Center along Portland Ave. First time triathletes should arrive a little earlier to allow for more prep time and an easier time finding a spot in the correct zone of the transition area.
Chip number corresponds to the timing chip that you will receive in your race packet at packet pickup Sat 9/16 between 1–4pm at Road Runners Sports in Berkeley. Include the packet with your race gear so you won’t forget to bring this packet with you on race day!
Packets can also be picked up on Sunday morning at the registration/check-in table by the Aquatic Center. Try to pick up on Saturday, where you’ll be able to chat with the organizers, review the course map, and will avoid waiting in line at check-in on race day morning. Saturday pickup also provides us more income from Road Runners, where you can get a discount on any in-store purchases!
In your packet, you will receive two security bracelets labeled with your heat assignment and chip number. Put one on your right wrist and the other on the top tube of your bike. These bracelets are your ticket into and out of the transition area on Sunday morning. So put them on before you arrive and keep them on till you leave the venue. Your timing chip (velcro strap) goes around your left ankle before you start the swim. This chip must be taken off after you cross the finish line and handed to a volunteer, who can help you remove it.
Relay teams: The team name and only the captain’s name are listed in the heat assignments, since just one timing chip is used by all members of the team. The packet will include four (4) wrist bands, one for each team member’s right wrist and one for the bike’s top tube. The captain should pick up the packet and distribute the chip and wrist bands on race day morning. Check out the relay team section of our FAQ for how transitioning between relay team members is supposed to work.
Swim heat start times will be posted around the Aquatic Center. Arrive at the outdoor pool 5-10 min before your heat starts, and pick any open lane as swimmers from the previous heat exit the pool (first come, first served). Feel free to warm up in the indoor pool or the outdoor pool. Indoor pool is ~85ºF while the outdoor pool is ~80ºF.
Pre-race announcements will take place around 30 minutes before the Short course start and Main course start.
Review our FAQ and course map before race day to get familiar with this race. First-timers should especially review our tips for bike lap counting, one of the more challenging aspects of this course. You complete 12 laps on the bike, which will be slightly over 10K if you’re using a GPS tracker.
Racers: have a safe, fun, and invigorating time on race day! Reward our sponsors with your patronage, and thank our volunteers & organizers for making this event run smoothly!
About the image: The image above shows the “heat map” charts for the 2023 AlbanyTri that we use for assigning participants into swim heats (≤20 per heat) satisfying friends & family request & early/middle/late preferences. We do our best to satisfy these requests, but it’s not a perfect system. There is limited ability to switch heats, but send us an email if you have a strong need for a different assigned heat.
AlbanyTri 2023 on September 17 — Sign up & Get Ready!
The 2023 Albany Community Triathlon takes place on Sunday September 17 at 8am at Albany Memorial Park. Our “Super Sprint” distance multi-loop course is beginner-friendly, family-friendly, and spectator friendly with a pool swim in your own split lane. The event takes place at the same great venue & course as last year, though minus the portable classrooms that had been alongside our transition area for the past 3 years — recently removed now that Marin school is reopening.
New for this year, our short course mini triathlon that previously was just for 7-10 year olds is now open to all ages 6 & up. So parents can race it alongside their kids and other grown-ups looking for an ultra-short triathlon can also join in. Also, the short course will take place at 8am BEFORE the main course which will start at 9am. See our course information page for details about both our main course and short course and our extensive FAQ for general questions.
Registration is now available. Event shirts will be included in with your registration if you sign up by Aug 28. After that date, a limited supply of shirts will be available for purchase separately. Use the “Register Today” link on the right side of any page at AlbanyTri.com to visit our registration provider (RunSignUp). See pricing details on our registration info page.
To help you kickstart your training so you can rock the course in September, our sponsor IBX Fitness is offering discounts to AlbanyTri registrants through the end of September. To claim the deal, include a PDF of your AlbanyTri registration confirmation email when you fill out their form at https://bit.ly/IBXTRI30.
As the AlbanyTri celebrates its 13th year, we thank our many great participants and sponsors over the years who have collectively helped us raise over $60K since 2008 for our beneficiary, Albany Athletic Boosters which supports both Albany Middle School & Albany High School sports programs. Training and competing in a triathlon and helping our great public schools and participating in a multi-generational community celebration of fitness — triple WIN! 🏊🏻♀️🚴🏼♂️🏃🏼♀️🤩
Rosh Hashanah holiday: This year’s AlbanyTri falls during the Jewish new year High Holiday of Rosh Hashanah. We realize this may create a conflict for some of our participants. Our schedule was especially constrained this year, forcing us to hold the event earlier than we ever have. We invite our Jewish triathletes to include the AlbanyTri in their new year’s celebrations, joining a community gathering of fitness in the outdoor temple that is Memorial Park. Our race director, who is Jewish, will kick off the event with a long blast of the Shofar (ram’s horn) — a traditional part of this holiday — as he has been known to do for other events.
AlbanyTri 2022 Heat Assignments & Info
Heat assignments are now available for the Albany Community Triathlon taking place on Sunday 10/16/22. Please check the relevant listing to determine your heat number and start time before race day:
- Heat assignments for the Main course sorted by participant NAME
- Heat assignments for the Main course sorted by HEAT, then name
- Heat assignments for SUPER YOUTH sorted by participant NAME
- Heat assignments for SUPER YOUTH sorted by HEAT, then name
We did our best to accommodate all family & friends requests and early/middle/late heat preferences. There is very limited ability to make adjustments and only in the event of a pressing need, but if you notice a problem with your listing, let us know ASAP. Also let us know if you can’t make it on race day so we can open your heat assignment.
Do you know any potential volunteers? We still have many open volunteer positions with gaps in key areas — causing much concern among the organizers. Go to our volunteer signup website, and help recruit your family & friends to help make the event run smoothly. Thanks!
Relay team members: note that all team members are listed in the heat assignments, but the start times pertain just to the swimmers. After the swim, the swimmer heads to the transition area to the team’s shared transition location hand off the timing chip to the biker who will be waiting (or the swimmer does the bike leg, depending on the team’s plan). See the relay team section of our FAQ for a description of how the timing chip handoff is supposed to work. Relay team members should coordinate with each other and establish their shared spot in the transition area.
Waiver signing for relay team members: Relay team members who did not fill out the online registration form which included a digital waiver: your parent/guardian will need to sign a physical waiver. You can do this at packet pickup or at the registration table. To expedite things, here’s a PDF of the waiver you can print out, sign, and bring with you to packet pickup or race day. Team captains: notify your teammates about this!
Pick up your race packet in advance at Roadrunner Sports in Berkeley on Sat 10/15 between 1–4pm. Bring a photo ID. You can also pick up a packet for a friend if you have a photo of their ID. Packet pickup will also be available on race day, but picking it up on Sat will ease congestion at the registration table. Late registration will be available as space permits on Saturday at packet pickup but not on race day (cash or check only, made out to “Albany Athletic Boosters”) so stop by Road Runners to signup if you missed online registration.
Race packet goodies: Among other swag items, your race packet will contain your timing chip on a velcro strap and TWO security bracelets marked with your bib number and heat number. Be sure to bring your timing chip with you on race day or you will not be listed in the results! It goes on your LEFT ankle with the plastic chip facing out. Best advice: strap on your timing chip first thing in the morning so you don’t forget. The security bracelets go on your right wrist and on your bike’s top tube. Put those on before arriving at the venue on race day. You’ll need these bracelets to enter and exit the transition area. Your race packet has everything you need for race day, so there’s no need to check in at the registration table when you arrive on race day. After setting up your transition area, head over to get body marked near the registration table.
Registered but are not participating this year? Let us know ASAP so we can open up your slot in the heat assignments.
Aim to arrive at the Albany Aquatic Center at least 1 hour before your start time, possibly earlier if you are new to the triathlon business. The registration area will open at ~6:45am and will be located in front of the Aquatic Center along Portland Ave.
- If you are in heats 1-3: arrive by 7:00am and use the early heat section of the transition area.
- If you are in heats 4-6: arrive by 7:45am and use the middle heat section of the transition area.
- If you are in heats 7-10: arrive by 8:30am and use the late heat section of the transition area.
- Super Youth athletes: arrive by 9:45 am and use the Super Youth section of the transition area (see course map). Super Youth will not be using the blue bike racks as in past years. First Super Youth heat start time will be 10:45 am.
- Heats for the Main course start every 15 minutes starting at 8:00 sharp. Heats for the Super Youth start every 12 minutes starting at 10:45 sharp.
- First time triathletes should arrive a little earlier to allow for more prep time and an easier time finding a spot in the correct zone of the transition area.
Heat start times will be posted around the venue. Arrive at the outdoor pool 5-10 min before your heat starts, and pick any open lane as swimmers from the previous heat exit the pool (first come, first served). Feel free to warm up in the indoor pool or the outdoor pool. Note that the indoor pool is ~85ºF while the outdoor pool is ~80ºF.
Pre-race announcements will take place at 7:35am, repeated at 8:50am.
Review our FAQ and course map before race day to get familiar with this race. First-timers should especially review our tips for bike lap counting, one of the more challenging aspects of this course. You complete 12 laps on the bike, which will be very close to 10K if you’re using a GPS tracker.
Racers: have a safe, fun, and invigorating time on race day! Reward our sponsors with your patronage, and thank our volunteers & organizers for making this event run smoothly!
AlbanyTri this Sunday 10/16! Online reg ends Wed, Packet pickup on Sat, Volunteers wanted
Online registration for the 2022 Albany Community Triathlon ends Wednesday Oct 12th at 11:59pm, so sign up today if you’re game to compete but haven’t yet registered. Walk-in registration at packet pickup on Saturday or race day on Sunday will be available but there will be a limited number of slots.
Want to save time on race day? Come to packet pickup at Road Runner Sports on Saturday October 15 between 1 – 4:00 PM located at 1326 10th Street in Berkeley. You will receive a packet containing all race day materials including your timing chip (don’t forget to bring it on race day), swim heat assignment, bib number bracelets, and a “special” swag item. Bring a photo ID. You can also review and ask questions about the course, and get a discount on great running & fitness gear at the store. Coming to packet pickup on Saturday also helps us earn money from Road Runner Sports! If you can’t make it to packet pick up, consider sending a family member or friend to pick up your packet — just have them bring your photo ID (or a picture of it).
You can also pick up your packet on Sunday, race day morning at the registration table, if you can’t make it on Saturday. Just be sure to arrive a little earlier (~1 hr before your heat start time). Swim heat assignment will be posted in the AlbanyTri news feed Friday afternoon.
Review our extensive FAQ and course map before race day to get familiar with this event, especially for first-timers or AlbanyTri veterans who need a refresher (this is our first event since September 2019 due to the pandemic).
Relay team members who didn’t sign the online waiver must sign a physical waiver at packet pickup (for minors, a parent or guardian must sign). Packets can be picked up and waivers signed on race day, but doing this on Saturday will allow you to avoid congestion at the registration table on race day and is strongly recommended for all registrants.
Volunteers are greatly needed! We were a little slow this year as we emerged from the pandemic, so our volunteer numbers are not yet where they need to be. If you or your family members are not competing and would like to help make the event run smoothly, head over to our volunteer sign-up page and pick a task & time slot. Many thanks! 🙏🏻
Did you register but can’t compete this year? If so, please let us know! This will help us optimize the swim heats. We cannot refund your registration fee, but we can give you full credit to register for next year’s race.
Jeff Shea: Tribute to an AlbanyTri Enabler
Jeff Shea was one of the organizers of the first ever Albany Community Triathlon in 2008. He was a strong advocate for school sports and served as co-chairman of the Albany High School Athletic Boosters in the 2000’s. The Albany community lost Jeff in April of this year due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Jeff and his wife Gail were big supporters of school athletics in Albany and Jeff continued to help out with the AlbanyTri organization and attended every event through 2019 despite his failing health. He posted a nice write up of the 2012 event including two dozen photos. That was the first year the triathlon took place in the renovated pool.
There will be a memorial service to celebrate Jeff’s life on Saturday, May 21st at 1:30 pm at Northbrae Community Church located at 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA 94707. All are welcome.
You can also visit Jeff’s online memorial website or make a donation to the Albany Athletic Boosters in his honor.
AlbanyTri 2022: Post-pandemic revival
As the COVID19 pandemic continues to subside in the Bay Area and California generally—based on current state tracking data, the AlbanyTri organizers are revving up to hold an in-person triathlon-as-usual this year, targeting Sunday October 16, 2022. The date is not finalized, but it’s getting there, so be sure to save that date on your calendar and start your training! Registration will be available as soon as the date is confirmed (late April or early May).
To help with your run training, there is a new running & music event called the Move’n’Groove happening on Sunday April 24 at 10am in Memorial Park, at the same venue where the AlbanyTri takes place. One of the AlbanyTri organizers (Steve Trutane) has been helping organize this event along with Eugenie Hsu who has been organizing the periodic COVIDchella music festivals around Albany during the pandemic.
The Move’n’Groove is a 5K where you can walk, run, roller skate, wheelchair, or push a stroller around Albany High School and Memorial park while enjoying LIVE MUSIC from multiple bands positioned along the course 🎶. There will be chip timing on a fast, mostly-flat, and fairly accurate 5K course (6 loops on the streets around the park & AHS). The music continues post-race on the main stage in the park from 12:30–2pm. Funded by revenues from the City of Albany’s soda tax, this is the first year of this event which could become an annual happening. Learn more at MOVEnGROOVE.org.
Note that online registration for the Move’n’Groove ends after Wed April 20. Prices increase after Wed April 13, so sign up today!
And to help with your swim training, there is a freestyle stroke clinic happening on Saturday May 21 at the Albany Aquatic Center. Visit the following link for details and to sign up: Intensive Freestyle Stroke Clinic for Triathletes.
Stay healthy this season, and be careful as you ramp up training after 2+ years of pandemic restrictions. With luck, we won’t have to do another virtual triathlon!
Albany Pandemic Triathlon 2020
- Update 11/9/20:
- Last day to register: Sunday November 15
- Last day to submit results: Sunday November 29
- Sock & prize distribution: Sat-Sun December 5 & 6 at Memorial Park during these times:
- Noon-2pm on 12/5
- 2pm-4pm on 12/6
- Please wear a mask and observe social distancing!
- Noon-2pm on 12/5
- Last day to register: Sunday November 15
Not to be thwarted by pandemics and wildfires in our annual tradition of raising funds for public school sports programs in Albany CA, the AlbanyTri organizers invite you to participate in our first ever virtual event: the Albany Pandemic Triathlon 2020!
In addition to fundraising for a worthy cause, the goal of this event is to encourage you to stay fit and healthy, while allowing you the flexibility to decide what three activities to include in your own individual, self-monitored triathlon. You are free to improvise around the typical swim-bike-run triathlon format with other activities of your own choosing that might be more accessible given the widespread facility closures due to the pandemic and poor outdoor air quality due to the West Coast wildfires.
Pick activities in any location — indoor or outdoor, road or trail, ocean or tub — that provide the right amount of physical challenge given your current fitness level, and follow all health department protocols (maintain social distance, wear a mask when near others, wash hands). Here are some ideas for alternative activities besides swim, bike, run:
- self-designed circuit with push-ups, bicycle crunches, jump rope, etc.
- indoor stair climbing at home
- cycling on an indoor trainer with Zwift
- online fitness class, such as any home workout on YouTube or a class at the Virtual Y
- uphill walking
- endurance gardening
- open water swimming
- skateboarding, inline skating, rock climbing – be creative!
Keep track of the three activities you perform for your pandemic triathlon effort, noting the time, distance, number of reps (as relevant for your chosen activities). You can do the activities back-to-back as in a triathlon, or on separate days if you want. The total, cumulative amount of time must be at least 20 minutes. Digital trackers such as Strava or Map My Run are useful tools, if you have access to them. This event has no age restrictions, and there will be no team entries. Parents or guardians are responsible for registering and recording results for their kids. Registrants should submit their self-recorded results using our results submission form.
For the low entry fee of $25 (early bird rate), you will be helping Albany public school sports programs (middle school and high school), improving your fitness, AND you will receive a special, limited edition pair of Albany Pandemic Triathlon socks! 🧦 Prizes will also be awarded for a variety of yet-to-be-determined categories.
Head over to our registration page for instructions on how sign up. The final day to register is Sunday November 15. The last day to submit results is Sunday November 29. In-person sock, swag, and prize distribution to take place on the weekend of December 5-6 at Memorial Park between Noon-2pm on Sat 12/5 and 2pm-4pm on Sun 12/6. Please wear a mask and observe social distancing!
Pandemics and wildfires may slow us down, but with some creativity, we can find a way to keep going. We hope for better conditions next year so we can return to our traditional physical event and see everyone’s smiling faces as we circle around Memorial Park.😀
Wishing everyone a safe, fit, and healthy Fall season!
AlbanyTri 2020: COVID Casualty
After much discussion and in consideration of the City of Albany’s cancelling all Summer & Fall events, the organizers of the Albany Triathlon have decided to cancel the 2020 AlbanyTri, originally scheduled for October 4th. We encourage everyone to stay safe, healthy, and fit until this pandemic is under control, and look forward to resuming the AlbanyTri in 2021!
To show your support of Albany school athletics, we encourage all would-be AlbanyTri athletes to donate to the Albany Athletic Boosters, our fundraising beneficiary (the Albany Triathlon is normally the single largest annual fundraising event for the athletics department).
As triathletes, we are accustomed to persevering through challenges. Do your best to apply that attitude towards adapting to the hardships created by this global pandemic. Maintaining your fitness will boost your physical and mental reserves, so keep up your exercise routine and find time to get outdoors to keep your body moving (with mask & social distancing as required).
Keep Moving!
There are many online resources for workouts you can do at home — or invent your own sets of your favorite moves. When in doubt, the scientific 7-minute workout is a great routine you can do almost anywhere with no fancy equipment necessary. USA Triathlon is hosting National Triathlon Week June 22-28, with a variety of ways to promote the sport online as well as a virtual challenge.
If you need any equipment or bike servicing, many past AlbanyTri sponsors have opened their doors, with some restrictions:
- Bikes On Solano – open, wait at front door for service
- Blue Heron Bikes – open, providing service from their rear door
- Road Runners – still closed, online orders only
- Sports Basement – open with restrictions – stay tuned to your email for a discount coupon!
- Transports – open for pick-up only
Albany Pool is closed, but planning to open when Alameda county enters phase 3. Local open water swimming options include the Berkeley Marina with Odyssey swimming, and Keller cove in Richmond. Be safe and swim with a friend or small group when possible.
Whenever you need a boost, relive the excitement from last year by viewing the photos and videos from the 2019 AlbanyTri.
Results for the 2019 AlbanyTri
Final results for the 2019 AlbanyTri have been posted our results page. We appreciate your flexibility in adapting to our modified race format due to the unexpected power outage described below, and thanks for your patience as we worked to resolve timing issues with our great timing company to ensure the most accurate results possible, under trying conditions!
Updated 10/31/19, 6:10pm: finalized results have been posted on the results page.
Updated 10/2/19, 9:10am: recovered missing bike splits for the Adult & Youth overall results for the main bike-run course.
Updated 9/30/19, 5:12pm: added preliminary overall results for Adult/Youth/Relay teams for the main bike-run course.
Well, the “powers that be” threw us a curveball this morning just before the first heat of Super Sprint course was to start, when an equipment failure at PG&E’s El Cerrito substation caused major outage in major swath of the East Bay.
This forced use to cancel the swim portion of the Super Sprint — as the pool’s required filters & pumps could not be run. So we turned it into a bike-run “dry-athlon” (technically not a biathlon nor a duathlon), and proved that triathletes don’t need the power grid to have a good time! Power came back after ~2 hrs, allowing the Super Youth race to be a complete triathlon. Some Super Sprint athletes were able to complete their swim portion later, with manual timing, well after the bike & run. These swim times will be published separately, not incorporated into the bike+run dryathlon data captured by the timing chips.
Congrats to all who participated and tolerated our very last-minute course adjustments due to the unexpected power loss. We hope to do it right in 2020 — FULLY POWERED! Special kudos to our many first time triathletes who did their very first triathlon here today (30% of all participants). Thanks also to our returning AlbanyTri-athletes (64% of registrants) for your continued support — you’ve helped us raise over $60k for Albany public school athletics since 2008. We also acknowledge our many great sponsors for their support this year, a number of which have stuck with us over most (or all) of our events since 2008. And big shout out to our many helpful volunteers for helping make the event run smoothly.
If you’re missing any items from today’s event, check the lost and found at the Albany Aquatic Center where our lost & found box was given.
AlbanyTri 2019 heat assignments & race day tips
Heat assignments are now available for the Albany Community Triathlon taking place on Sunday 9/29/19. Please check either of these listings to determine your heat number and start time before race day:
Updated 9/28/19 9:47pm: Heat assignment listings were updated to add new registrants from packet pickup and modify heat assignments for a few participants.
Updated 9/27/19 10:22am: Heat assignment listings were updated for a few participants.
We did our best to accommodate all family & friends requests and early/middle/late heat preferences. If you see an error or need an adjustment, let us know ASAP. These will be finalized by 8am Friday morning.
Not competing this year? Consider volunteering! We still have many open volunteer positions with gaps in key areas. Go to our new volunteer signup website.
Relay team members: note that all team members are listed, but the start times pertain just to the swimmers. After the swim, the swimmer heads to the transition area to hand off the timing chip to the biker who will be waiting. See the relay team section of our FAQ for a description of how the timing chip handoff is supposed to work. Relay team members should coordinate with each other to establish their shared spot in the transition area.
Waiver signing for relay team members: Relay team members who did not fill out the online registration form which included a digital waiver: your parent/guardian will need to sign a physical waiver. You can do this at packet pickup or at the registration table. To expedite things, here’s a PDF of the waiver you can print out (2-sided if you can), sign, and bring with you to packet pickup or race day. Team captains: notify your teammates about this!
Pick up your race packet in advance at Roadrunner Sports in Berkeley on Sat 9/28 between 2-4:30pm. Bring a photo ID. You can also pick up a packet for a friend if you have a photo of their ID. Packet pickup will also be available on race day, but picking it up on Sat will ease congestion at the registration table. Late registration will be available as space permits on Saturday at packet pickup and on race day (cash or check only, made out to “Albany Athletic Boosters”). Currently available open slots are indicated in the by-heat assignment sheet.
Race packet goodies: Among other swag items, your race packet will contain your timing chip on a velcro strap and TWO security bracelets marked with your participant number and heat number. Be sure to bring your timing chip with you on race day or you will not be listed in the results! It goes on your LEFT ankle with the plastic chip facing out. Best advice: strap on your timing chip first thing in the morning so you don’t forget. The security bracelets go on your right wrist and on your bike’s top tube. Put those on before arriving at the venue on race day. You’ll need these bracelets to enter and exit the transition area. Your race packet has everything you need for race day, so there’s no need to check in at the registration table when you arrive on race day. After setting up your transition area, head over to get body marked near the registration table.
Registered but are not participating this year? You can still pick up your race packet + t-shirt, but be sure to turn in your timing chip to a race organizer, otherwise we’ll need to hunt you down!
Aim to arrive at the Albany Aquatic Center at least 1 hour before your start time, possibly earlier if you are new to the triathlon business. The registration area will open at ~6:45am and will be located in front of the Aquatic Center along Portland Ave.
- If you are in heats 1-3: arrive by 7:00am and use the early heat section of the transition area.
- If you are in heats 4-6: arrive by 7:45am and use the middle heat section of the transition area.
- If you are in heats 7-10: arrive by 8:30am and use the late heat section of the transition area.
- Super Youth athletes: arrive by 9:45 am and use the Super Youth section of the transition area. Super Youth will not be using the blue bike racks as in past years. First Super Youth heat start time is 11:00 am.
- First time triathletes should arrive a little earlier to allow for more prep time and an easier time finding a spot in the correct zone of the transition area.
Pre-race announcements will take place at 7:35am, repeated at 8:50am. We will include a synopsis of these announcements in your race packet — be sure to read it! Heat start times will be posted around the venue. Arrive at the outdoor pool 5-10 min before your heat starts. Feel free to warm up in the indoor pool or the outdoor pool as swimmers from the previous heat exit the pool. Note that the indoor pool is ~85ºF while the outdoor pool is ~80ºF.
Review our FAQ and course map before race day to get familiar with this race. First-timers should especially review our tips for bike lap counting, one of the more challenging aspects of this course. Note that this year, there are 12 laps on the bike, not 11 as in previous years. Twelve is closer to the advertised 10k distance of the bike leg. We will also have a chip sensor on the bike course along Portland Avenue next to the Aquatic Center. It will be designated with cones. Be sure to cross over it so we can validate your bike laps in case you are in contention for a prize!
Racers: have a safe, fun, and invigorating time on race day! Reward our sponsors with your patronage, and thank our volunteers & organizers for making this event run smoothly!
Albany Community Triathlon 