Congratulations to Ross Weymark from West Vancouver and Carol Macdonald from Fort Mcmurray …you have won your entry back!! Please contact Jean King
Thank you very much Investors Group for your long time sponsorship of over 25 years. Our 30th annual race welcomes sponsor Lisa Hopper Division Director of Investors Group supported by Marcel Allaire.
Registration for the 2012 Peach Classic is now available!!
Are you a past winner of the Peach Classic? Please contact us for special 30th Anniversary past winner specials! Email us at peachclassic@shaw.ca.
Registration for 2012 Peach Classic will be up for December 5, 2011.
Stay tuned for special 30th Anniversary registration info!
Peach Classic is now on Facebook!
2012 Race Updates
New course info & prize money info to be announced…
Anyone interested in seeing photos from the 2011 race?
The photographer at the finish line is Vlad Zamecnik. Contact him at 250-493-5597 or email Val.
The Course for 2012
Swim - 1.5 km Olympic & 750 meter Sprint
The swim course is a small rectangular course with in the city swim buoys instead of straight out and back. Starting from the Ironman Beach and returning to it. This year we offer a staggered swim start time. The course will be managed by Penticton Search & Rescue. 1 hour cut-off time.
See course map links below.
Bike – 40 km Olympic & 20 km Sprint
From the transition cyclists will head west along lakeshore Drive to the roundabout at the S.S. Sicamous then back along lakeshore drive and up Vancouver Hill. At the top of the hill, cyclists will do an out & back loop using Middle Bench and Tupper intersections. They will travel out to Naramata to Chute Lake Road and turn at Painted Rock then return to Penticton along Naramata road. This year offers one small change from the past, cyclists will turn at Upper Bench Road North and follow around Munson Mountain back down Vancouver Hill to transition. SPRINT DISTANCE: same as above but the turn around is marked at 2okm located at approximately 1725 Naramata Road. See course map links below.
Run – 10 km Olympic & 5 km Sprint
‘BIG CLASSIC CHANGE’…From transition athletes will head east on Lakeshore Drive and follow bike route up Vancouver Hill to Vancouver Place where athletes will join the KVR trail. Athletes will do a 3.7km run on the scenic KVR trail thru vineyards and orchards over trestles away from traffic. 300 m past the trail store (at the scarecrow) there will be a turnaroundand return to transition – 1 loop only. SPRINT DISTANCE: different turnaround at 1.2k on KVR trail.
3 hour cut-off for bike and run course. See course map links below.
Course Maps
Maps provided by ENVIRON GEOMATICS, www.environ.ca.
Please take the time to view the Race Rules & Regulations »
