Registration/Packet Pick-Up Schedule
| Saturday, 8/5/23 Location: |
2:00 PM-6:00 PM Finger Lakes Running Company 700 Cascadilla St., Suite 101 Ithaca, New York, 14850 607-275-3572 |
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| Sunday, 8/6/23, Race Day | 6:00-7:45 AM At Taughannock Park |
NOTE: All athletes, including each relay team member, must pick up their race packet themselves. You will need to show a photo ID and present your USA Triathlon membership card if you are a current member. Minors must have a parent or legal guardian present at registration.
Adult & Youth Race Day Schedule (Sunday, 8/6/23)
at Taughannock Falls State Park
| 5:30 AM | Parking opens for athletes |
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| 6:00 AM | Transition area opens |
| 6:00-7:45 AM | Registration (for those athletes who did not pick up their race materials on 8/5/23) |
| 7:30 AM | Mandatory Pre-Race Meeting for Intermediate and Sprint Athletes |
| 8:00 AM | Intermediate Distance Race starts (swim waves every 10 minutes) |
| 9:00 AM | Sprint Distance Race starts (swim waves every 10 minutes) |
| 9:45 AM | Youth Race – Mandatory Pre-Race Meeting |
| 10:30 AM | Youth Distance Race starts |
| 12:00 PM | Awards (approximate time) |
Course Descriptions & Maps
- Transition Area
- Bike Elevation (all distances)
Maps below are indicative of routes; actual race routes are measured precisely.
- INTERMEDIATE DISTANCE 1500 meter swim, 24.3 mile bike, 10K run
- Swim: 1500 meter swim in Cayuga Lake (out and back course) – South Shore of the Park.
- Bike (map): 24.3 miles heading north on NYS RTE. 89 to Sheldrake and back.
TFSP/NYS Rte. 89 to Co. Rd. 141 (Right turn; about 9 miles)Co. Rd. 141 to Co. Rd. 153 (bear left at bottom of hill next to lake shore)
Co. Rd. 153 to Co. Rd. 139 (left turn at intersection/4 way stop)
Co. Rd. 139 to NYS Rte. 89 (left turn) and return to Taughannock Falls State Park - Run (map): 10K (two loops) in the Park including up the Gorges Trail to the Falls and back. Note: the map shows a huge elevation gain, but this is an artifact of the mapping software. The run route is relatively flat, following only Taughannock’s base trail.
- INTERMEDIATE AQUABIKE: 1500m swim and 24.3mi bike only!
- SPRINT DISTANCE 750 meter swim, 14 mile bike, 5K run
- Swim: 750 meter swim in Cayuga Lake (out and back course) – South Shore of the Park.
- Bike (map): 14 miles heading north on NYS RTE. 89, then back to the Park.From Taughannock Falls State Park the Sprint bike course heads north on NYS Rte. 89 for about 7 miles. The turn around is at the corner of NYS Rte. 89 and Hickok Road. After the turn around cyclists will head south on NYS Rte. 89 back to Taughannock Falls State Park
- Run (map): 5K (one loop) in the Park including up the Gorges Trail to the Falls and back. Note: the map shows a huge elevation gain, but this is an artifact of the mapping software. The run route is relatively flat, following only Taughannock’s base trail.
- YOUTH DISTANCE 200 meter swim,9 mile bike, 1.5 mile run
- Swim: 200 meter swim in Cayuga Lake (out and back course) – South Shore of the Park
- Bike (map): 9 miles heading north on NYS RTE. 89, then back to the Park.From Taughannock Falls State Park the Youth bike course heads north on NYS Rte. 89 for about 4.5 miles. The turn around is at the Scenic Pull-0ff (near Booth Road) and NYS Rte. 89. After the turn around cyclists will head south on NYS Rte. 89 back to Taughannock Falls State Park.
- Run (map): 1.5 miles in the Park up to the NY89 Bridge and back.
Cayuga Lake Triathlon 