The Course for 2012
Swim - 1.5 km Olympic & 750 meters 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. 1hr Cut off time
Map to come
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.
Map to come
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.
3hr cut off for bike and run course.
Map to come
Maps provided by ENVIRON GEOMATICS, www.environ.ca.
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