Event Information

THE SPRINT COURSE

.8K swim / 25.3K bike / 5K run
.5 mile swim / 15.7 mile bike / 3.1 mile run

The Sprint course will take place almost entirely on the Martin Luther King Drive section of Fairmount Park. It will include many pieces of the popular Olympic course. Like the Olympic Triathlon, its start/finish area and the transition area will be located just off Martin Luther King Drive, near the base of Black Road.  The Sprint Aquabike will follow the same swim and bike course as the Sprint Triathlon.

SWIM

The .8K swim will be a loop that will start and finish at the transition area. The current in the River is negligible this time of the year. The finish will be an exit right into the belly of the transition area.

BIKE

After exiting the transition area, athletes will start the two loop bike course all in Fairmount Park. Each loop will contain some fast, flat sections on Martin Luther King Drive as well as some modest technical and hilly portions on both sides of the river.

RUN

The 5K run will be an out and back on Martin Luther King Drive with a photo finish just a short distance from the transition area.

SPRINT TRANSITION AREA

For information about the transition area, click below for a PDF.