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Packet Pickup will be Saturday, September 12th, 2009 from 12 PM until 6 PM in Sand Key Park. The event will begin and end in Sand Key Park.

The ⅓ mile swim will take place parallel to the shoreline in the Gulf of Mexico making for a safe competitive swim from point to point. Exiting the swim you will run across the sand to the transition area in the parking lot where you will mount your bicycles and leave the park.

The 11 mile Bike course will be on the open road with vehicular traffic controlled. Clearwater Police Department will be patrolling and stopping traffic at all intersections. The bike course will be coned off from vehicular traffic with cones every 25 feet.

Left out of transition
Right on Sand Key Park Road
Left onto Gulf Blvd.
Left on Bayway (dead end)
Right on Gulfview
Right on Hamden (stay on Hamden)
Left on 1st (where Hamden dead ends)
Right on Coronado
Right through roundabout, stay on Memorial Causeway
Right on Prospect
Left on Turner
Left on Martin Luther King
Left on Court to Memorial Causeway
Right on East
Left on Baymont
Right onto Gulfview
Left on 5th St.
Right on Coronado
Left on Gulview
Left on Bayway
Right on Gulf Blvd
Right into Park
Left at first turn in Park, follow around road in park to parking lot
Left to transition

The 3.1 mile run will start at the south end of the transition area exiting the transition area veering to the left and running around the small pond on the trail/grass.

Exit this area onto the sand road to the beach and turning to the right and staying on the beach road to the north end of the beach (This is all hard packed sand). Turn right heading east off the beach and then turn into the parking lot running down to the roundabout near the transition area at the SW end of the parking lot, turning back up the parking lot to the sand road near the jetty turn right on the sand road remaining on the sand road/trail along the jetty/pass. Following the signs to the end of the trail where the runners will enter onto the main road of the park. Follow the road to the entrance of the park. At the entrance make a U-turn and follow the signs to the finish line. The remainder of the run will be on hard surface road.

The run course is completely inside the park. The park will be closed to vehicular traffic during this event. There will be a water table at every mile.

USAT RULES & REGULATIONS

All participants must be a USAT member or pay a one day membership fee. Do not include with registration.

Where:	Sand Key Park, Clearwater, FL
When:	Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 7:15 am
Distance:	⅓ mile swim, 11 mile bike, 3.1 mile run
Divisions:	Elite Standard 5 year age group starting with 14 and under to 80+ Masters Clydesdale, Athena Military Relays
Awards:	Elite M/F 1^st – 5^th Standard M/F 5 year age groups 1^st – 5^th Clydes/Athena 39 & under 1^st – 5^th Clydes/Athena 40 & over 1^st – 5^th Military male/female 1^st – 5^th First Timers male/female 1^st – 5^th Relay Divisions 1 ^st (M/F/Mixed/Military)