UL – Entry registration opens March 3rd
Novice Triathlon
Swim 50m pool 10 lanes (each lane is 2.5m wide) by 10 people per lane – 10 lengths = 500m
Bike course; exit pool, enter transition (NCTC car park beside building no 23 in “travel to UL word doc attached), exit transition and exit via UL back gate and turn left onto plassey tech. park road, go around roundabout and then pass VISTAKON and go left onto N7 at Annacotty roundabout. Pass Finnegan’s pub (rhs) and onto bypass round about – go around roundabout and onto bypass. Take first exit off bypass for Tipperary/Waterford, turn right onto bridge staying on the right hand side of the bridge in barriered off section and over bridge and back down the far ramp onto bypass in opposite direction and return the exact same way to the university transition. (its actually just under 20km at 19km or so.
Run: exit transition, turn right down main univ ave, passed the stables, and down to first roundabout heading for main gate, go right at roundabout towards concert hall, go through next roundabout and head towards the new bridge at DROMORE student village. Just before the new bridge turn left onto new wide gravel track with mill race on your RHS. At end of track turn left onto “River Bank Path” until you reach the 2.5km turnaround point – turn around and return on the same route –RUN ON THE LEFT AT ALL TIMES.
Joey Hannon
Swim 1500m swim 40km bike and 10km run.
10 lanes (each lane is 2.5m wide) by 10 people per lane – 10 lengths = 500m
Bike course 40km; exit pool, enter transition (NCTC car park beside building no 23 in “travel to UL word doc attached), exit transition and exit via UL back gate and turn left onto plassey tech. park road, go around roundabout and then pass VISTAKON and go left onto N7 at Annacotty roundabout. Pass Finnegan’s pub (rhs) and onto bypass round about – go around roundabout and onto bypass. Continue on bypass till next roundabout, turn left here towards Kerry – Take the 2nd exit off bypass for Patrickswell/Raheen) and go up ramp, over bridge, down and around next round about back towards bridge but take exit ramp back onto bypass and return home, first though the roundabout and continue on the bypass to N7 and return to the university the same way you exited. Take care at all on and off slip ramps along the bypass – do not cycle on “white lined islands at on-off ramps or cross any single or double white/yellow lines. Obey all rules of the road.
Run -10km: exit transition, turn right down main univ ave, passed the stables, and down to first roundabout heading for main gate, go right at roundabout towards concert hall, go through next roundabout and head towards the new bridge at DROMORE student village. Just before the new bridge turn left onto new wide gravel track with mill race on your RHS. At end of track turn left onto “River Bank Path” until you reach the 2.5km turnaround point/bollard/timing mat – turn around and return on the same route –RUN ON THE LEFT AT ALL TIMES. Repeat X2 for full distance race.