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What to Bring to Race
Day
Sunscreen! Snack and
water!
For the pool: swimsuit, swim
cap & goggles, heat card
For the Transition area:
towel, clothes, socks/shoes, race bib #
For the bike: your bike,
water, helmet & sunglasses
For the run: shoes & water
and your bib #
Safety Notes:
Wear your sunscreen!
Wear your bike helmet and clip it on before you enter the bike route!
Drink lots of water before, during, and after the race.
Follow all traffic and road rules and laws.
I-Pod’s or listening to music via headset – is not allowed!
Cell phones are always a good idea to have on the bike route – just in case
– but please do not talk and ride at the same time – stop to chat!
If you feel sick, faint, dizzy, or exhausted, do not push yourself!
Please stop and rest at the water station or find some shade. We will
have an ambulance on site for persons seeking medical attention.
You
must wear your bib number somewhere on your body after completing the swim! –
Shorts, shirt, bib belt…You must have your number to finish with! You must also
have your number written on your arm or leg with permanent marker – somewhere
noticeable!
Parking:
We will be closing Lamar street
between Midway and 1st avenue.
This street will be closed beginning at
7:15am until the bike race is over – approximately at
11:45am.
Parking will be available at the City and County parking lots across the
street from the recreation center, as well as the Library and ball fields.
We recommend parking at the City of
Broomfield parking lot and walking your
equipment across the street especially if you need to leave before the race
is over – the only way in & out is 3rd & Main
and Community Park Drive
& Main!
Cars will not
be allowed to leave the Bay Parking Lot or Senior Center Parking Lot until
the bike leg is finished and the roads are re-opened.
(Download a parking
map here)
Mini HaHa Triathlon
Timeline Sunday, June 8th, 2008
6:30-7:25am:
Participants arrive to the Community to set up their bikes in the
transition area, pick up their packets if need be, warm up in pool.
7:15am:
All volunteers/police officers should be in place for the start of
the race. All roads should be
closed off to traffic.
Transition area needs to be cleared.
7:30am:
First heat of swimmers begins in the pool.
Each heat will start every 5-10 minutes apart – depending upon when
the heat in the pool ends – the next heat will begin.
All participants who do not finish within the ten-minute time frame
will be asked to exit the pool to start the bike route.
There are 16 total heats for a total time approximate time of two
hours and forty minutes in the pool.
7:34am:
First heat of swimmers will exit pool and enter the bike route.
10:10am:
Last heat will begin in the pool
10:20am:
Last heat will enter the bike route
12:00-12:30pm:
Last biker to finish the bike route.
After last biker completes course, a city vehicle or police officer
will follow and the roads may reopen after last biker has passed the closed
streets. Cones and signs can
then be collected!
12:30-1:00pm:
Last runner to finish the course!!!
Finish Line Celebration:
10:00am:
Bay Aquatic Park Opens – be sure to bring your two free passes for
your family members!
11:00am:
Shifty Gears Band will begin playing in the Bay!
12:30pm
(or race finish):
Awards ceremony and raffle prizes!
5:45pm:
Bay closes for the day!
Swim
Heat Start Times
All Times are Approximate!
Heat #1:
7:30am
Heat #2:
7:40am
Heat #3:
7:50am
Heat #4:
8:00am
Heat #5:
8:10am
Heat #6:
8:20am
Heat #7:
8:30am
Heat #8:
8:40am
Heat #9:
8:50am
Heat #10:
9:00am
Heat #11:
9:10am
Heat #12:
9:20am
Heat #13:
9:30am
Heat #14:
9:40am
Heat #15:
9:50am
Heat #16:
10:00am
Heat #17:
10:10am
Each heat will run every
5-10 minutes beginning at 7:30am.
If you do not finish your swim in
10:00
minutes, we will ask you to exit the pool and move on to the bike! We will
have two heats in the pool area at a time – one heat swimming in the pool,
the next heat waiting on deck.
All other heats need to remain in the gym until they are called and brought
into the pool area. This is for
everyone’s safety and comfort – please be courteous of the other
participants. Please arrive 30
minutes in the gym prior to your start time!!!
Heats 1 & 2 should report to the pool area!
The Swim
- You may begin warming up in the pool at
6:30am
until 7:25am. The first heat
of the swim will begin promptly at 7:30am.
Heats will begin after the end of the previous heat – not to exceed 10
minutes. If you do not finish the swim within the 10 minutes, you
will be asked to stop and exit the pool to begin the bike ride – there
is no penalty for this!!!
- Each participant will receive a heat number and lane number for the
swim. You will be heated with like swimmers according to your predicted
swim times. The heats will be seeded alternating between fast/slow
heats according to predicted race times. For example, heat #1 and heat
#2 will have swimmers with predicted swim times from 3-5 minutes. Heat
#3 will have swimmers with predicted swim times of
10:00+ minutes. Heat #4 will have swimmers with 4-5 minute
swim times, heat #5 will have swimmers with 9-10 minute swim times, and
so on.
- We will have 2 heats in the pool area at a time – one swimming, and
one on call on the sundeck. All other heats will wait in the gymnasium
until called. The last heat should start around 10:10am.
- Each lane will have five participants swimming in every heat. There
will be an in water start for each heat from the deep end of the pool.
Please decide who will start first, second, third, fourth, fifth in your
lane. You will start approximately 3 or 4 seconds apart to give each
participant starting space. Please wait to start when you hear the
whistle blow!
- Participants will have to circle swim within the lane. Participants
must swim down on the right side of the lane, and swim back on the left
side of the lane. If you need to pass someone, you may pass in the
middle of the lane or at the wall. If you know someone wants to pass
you, please be considerate and move off to the side until they pass.
- Participants will each swim 12 lengths of the pool. You may
stop and rest on the end walls of the pool but please be courteous to
others and stay out of other swimmer’s paths to the side of the lane.
Please try to wait to stop until you reach the end of the lane on the
wall instead of stopping in the middle of the pool.
- Any stroke may be used and you may switch strokes if you so desire
throughout your swim. No floatation devices or other swim aides may be
used during the swim. It is your responsibility to keep track of how
many lengths you have completed to ensure that you completed the entire
12 lengths. You may have someone present in the pool area to help you
count as long as they are off to the side of the pool.
Upon completion of the swim you will exit the deep end of the pool through
the pump room double doors to the outside, east of the building. You will
follow the path to the transition area (parking lot) where you will get your
bike for the ride. There will be a water station as you exit the pool as
well as one in the transition area. Download the 2008
Map here!
Transition Area
- The transition area will open at
6:30am and will be cleared for the race start at
7:20am. Please be aware of the other participants!
Participant bikes will be set up in the recreation center parking lot.
You will place your bike on the bike racks provided according to your
heat number. There will be a maximum of eight to ten bikes per bike
rack – four or five maximum per side.
Optional arrival times - Something new this year!!!
- Heats 1 – Heat 10 must arrive between
6:30-7:15am to set up their bikes and equipment in the
transition area.
- Heats 11 – 17 may arrive between
6:30-7:15am or they may arrive late – between
8:00-8:45am to set up their bikes and equipment in the
transition area.
Please note: If you choose to arrive late – you may only come
between 8:00-8:45am! You will
have to park across the street at the City & County building/Police
department, or at the library. You will have to look for a volunteer
along the course to help you across the street safely so you are not
interfering with other racers. We will let you into the transition
area only on the south side of the parking lot (download a map of the
parking lot here). A volunteer will be posted at the entrance site to
help you locate your bike rack for set up. Please be considerate of
the other racers – watch for them so that you do not interfere with their
race!!!
At the transition area you may dry off, put on your shoes/socks, shorts,
t-shirt, or whatever else you feel you need to do to get ready for the bike
ride. No full changes will be allowed in the transition area. It
is up to you to remember where your bike is located. Please remember
to have your bib number somewhere on your body when you finish the race.
You will not be allowed to ride your bike within the transition area.
You must walk your bike to the end of the parking lot/transition area before
you may begin riding your bike. After returning from the bike ride,
you must slow down and exit off your bike at the entrance to the parking
lot/transition area and walk your bike back to your bike stand before
beginning the run.
We require that all participants wear a bike helmet during the bike
ride for your safety.
*We are asking everyone to be respectful of the other participants.
Only registered participants are allowed in the transition area and only
when you are competing or setting up prior to the event. We ask that
you wait until all bikers have finished the bike leg and are out of the
transition area, before you remove your bikes and equipment to leave.
The Bike Ride
From the transition area, you will ride out of
the Community Center parking lot, down to
first avenue
and up Main
Street to
begin the route. You will ride a
5.5 mile loop
TWICE for a total of
11 miles.
The roads, with the exception of Lamar will
not be closed to traffic.
We will have cones placed on the course on the right side of the road.
We will have volunteers along the route to help cheer you on and point
you in the right direction. We will
also have police officers posted along the route to help with traffic lights and
cars to help slow down traffic.
Please follow all traffic rules for your safety.
Do not assume cars will stop for you.
Please be aware of all traffic flows, stop lights, and turning corners.
We want you to be safe and have fun!
Please stay to the right hand side of the street to allow for other
participants to pass you. There will
be a water station located on 136th after the turn off from Main
Street (after that long hill – you’ll need it)
Please make sure you slow down or stop at the water station if you want
water and that you are out of the way of other bikers.
There will also be a water station at the finish of the bike before the
run.
The
ride will end at the same transition area that you started the ride.
Please be aware that you may be finishing the ride while others are
beginning their ride. Again, please
be aware of other participants and slow down to exit your bike at the
dismount zone.
Download the 2008
Map here!
The Run From
the transition area you will leave your bike and take off on the bike path in
back of the Community Center. The
path will be coned off and volunteers will be there to help you out.
You may run or walk this route or a little of both.
There will be one water station along the route.
The run will end in the Bay parking lot at the finish!
You did it – congratulations!
Download the 2008
Map here!
The Finish Line!
At the finish there will be music and a live
band – “Shifty Gears” in the Bay, food, and water.
We will have a party at the Bay
beginning at
10:00am. Enclosed in your race
packet you will find 2 free guest passes for your family to use that day – you
of course get in free (children 3 and under are free as well)!
We will be giving out awards to finishers as well as raffle prizes right
after the event ends. You must be
present to win a raffle prize! A
special thanks to all of the companies and organizations that donated prizes or
product or volunteers for our event!
Be sure to thank them when you use their services!
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And a Special Thanks to our 2007
Sponsors: |
Colorado Physical Therapy Institute
C&C Broomfield
Flatirons Mall
Omni Interlocken Resort
Flatirons Scuba
Double Tree Hotel
Sill-Terhar Motors, Inc
Splitz
First Community Bank
Golden Bear Bikes |
Raining Faith Massage
High Point Swim
Baracuda's swim team
Starbucks Coffee
Christ Community Church
Shifty Gears
Rocky Mountain Sunscreen
Morgan Awards
One Stop Print Shop
Good News Community Church
Chick-Fil-A |
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