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AlbanyTri 2025 Summer Update
Hello triathletes. Hope you have been enjoying the summer and surviving our current heat wave đ„. With the 15th annual AlbanyTriathlon officially one month away (21 Sep 2025), here are a few news items to help with your race day preparations:
Freestyle Swim Technique Clinics
- Want to brush-up on your freestyle technique or racing strategy for this yearâs event? Sign up for a swim clinic taking place on the mornings of Sunday 8/31/25 and 9/7/25 at the Albany Aquatic Center. These clinics are for adults-only and will help you swim the 400-meter distance in the AlbanyTri with confidence! Price is $40 per swimmer, with proceeds supporting our fundraising efforts as well as pool rental fees. Sign up for one or both. Space is limited, so act soon if interested!
Registrations close to selling out!
- Signups for the 2025 AlbanyTri could sell out, like last year. Head over to our registration website to sign up soon if you haven’t signed up yet! See our registration info page for details about the T-shirt cutoff date and the swim heat assignment policy.
- Participant Lookup. Not sure if you or your friend or relative have signed up for the AlbanyTri this year? You can search by participant name in our âFind a Participantâ page.
- Signed up but canât make it this year? Transfer your registration to a friend or family member at our registration website. Log into RunSignUp.com using the same email you registered with for the AlbanyTri, then go to:
- Profile > My Registrations > AlbanyTri 2025 > Manage Registration > Transfer to Someone Else
- This is different from the âTransfer Eventâ option which allows you to switch events (e.g. Main course to Short course).
- Canât make it and canât transfer your event? Shoot us an email to let us know you registered but canât participate in the AlbanyTri this year. This will allow us to free up your slot in the swim heats for a new registrant. We can offer you credit towards next yearâs event.
Waterside Workshops Land & Sea Party
- Waterside Workshops â provider of bike mechanic support at this year’s AlbanyTri as they did last yearâ will be having their annual fundraising event this year on 9/13 at the Live Oak community center.
- There will be two entries for the AlbanyTri that you can bid for at their auction: one for the short course entry and one for the main course. So if the AlbanyTri has sold out by then (quite likely), this would be a great way to score an entry and help a great community organization.
AlbanyTri at the Solano Stroll
- The AlbanyTri organizers will be at the Albany Athletics Boosters booth at the 2025 Solano Stroll on Sunday Sep 14th. Stop by between 10amâ5pm to ask questions you may have about the triathlon or talk about training, equipment, fitness, weather, or try out some of Steve’s exercise equipment. đȘđŒ
- The Boosterâs booth is usually located on lower Solano btwn Cornell & Talbot streets.
Call for Volunteers and Sponsors
- The AlbanyTri is 100% volunteer-powered (even the event organizers). Finding and training the many volunteers we need is always a challenge. Help us run this yearâs event by clicking the âSignup to Volunteerâ button on any page at AlbanyTri.com and select from a variety of fun jobs that will provide a great community service!
- We also invite your business or organization to signup as a sponsor and help us achieve our fundraising goal. This year, we will officially surpass $100,000 net funds raised since the start of the AlbanyTri in 2008 đđŒ. Check out our page “How to become a sponsor“, and note that Silver level sponsors must get in touch before the end of August in order to have their logo included on our event T-shirt!
AlbanyTri 2024 on September 22 â Sign up & Psych up!
The 2024 Albany Community Triathlon takes place on Sunday September 22 at 8am at Albany Memorial Park â same great venue we’ve been using since 2008.
Our âSuper Sprintâ distance multi-loop course is beginner-friendly, family-friendly, and spectator friendly with a pool swim in your own split lane. As with last year, our kid-friendly “Short Course” mini triathlon is open to adults and parents who would like to accompany their young ones in the event. The short course will take place at 8am BEFORE the main course which will start at 9:15am. See our course information page for details about both the main course super sprint and short course, as well as our extensive FAQ for general questions.
Registration is now available. Event shirts will be included in with your registration if you sign up by September 1. After that date, a limited supply of shirts will be available for purchase separately at the event. You’re also free to decline the shirt. Our registration info page has the pricing schedule as well as a link to our registration provider (RunSignUp). Go directly to the registration website by clicking on the âSignUp Todayâ link on the right side of any page at AlbanyTri.com.
New for 2024: Seeding of swim heats will be primarily determined by registration order. The first swim heat of the main course starts at 9:15 am and the last heat is around 11:45 am, with heats starting every 15 minutes. This year, we will be seeding the swim heats primarily by registration date, so sign up early if youâd like to start the race sooner than later. On the registration form, you can still specify family & friends preferences for others you would like to start with, as well as indicate your preference for the first (more competitive) heat. Participants with the same club affiliation will also be grouped together to the extent possible. The short course swim heats all take place between 8:00â8:40am, starting every 10 minutes, with a similar seeding scheme.
As the AlbanyTri celebrates its 14th year, we thank our many great participants and sponsors over the years who have collectively helped us raise over $71K 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 â triple WIN! đđ»ââïžđŽđŒââïžđđŒââïžđ€©
Hope your summer has been going well and hope to see you at this year’s AlbanyTri. Stay healthy and best of luck in your training!
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