The Chisago Lakes Triathlon is a USAT Sanctioned event featuring the friendly Swedish communities of the Chisago Lakes Area with Paradise Park offering an eagle eye’s view of the swim course.
DISTANCES
Sprint: .25 mile swim, 15 mile bike, 3.1 mile run
Olympic: .75 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 6.2 mile run
Half: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run
Swim cut off 88 minutes
Half Bike cut off 3 hours 48 minutes
Half Run cut off 3 hours 10 minutes
Cut off times begin at the start of your wave
SCHEDULE
Sunday
5:30 a.m. - 6:30 a.m. - Registration & packet and chip pickup open.
6:45 a.m. - Transition closes for all distances.
7 a.m. - Start for all distances. Waves will be organized by distance and started in this order
Half
Olympic
Sprint
10 a.m. - Sprint Awards
10:30 a.m. - Olympic Awards
10:30 a.m. - Transition bike gear check out begins
12:30 p.m. - Half-Iron Awards
EVENT DETAILS
HALF IRON PARTICIPANTS ONLY can park across the street from Paradise Park at the Chuckie Lundquist Park. You must have your permit on your dash. Permits will be emailed to you race week.
The swim is at beautiful Paradise Park at Chisago Lake in Chisago City. Waves will be assigned based on self seeding during registration Buoys mark the course. Keep the buoys to your right.
The bike course is rolling hills with a few larger climbs. Please stay to your LEFT when entering the tunnel from either direction. The bike course has two aid stations at mile 25 and 47 with bottle exchange, water, Gatorade, simple carbs and medical supplies.
The run course goes through charming residential streets with lots of community support. There will be aid stations along the course with water, Gatorade and simple carbs every 2 miles. Sprint run leg turnaround is at the school, Olympic run leg turn around is just after mile 3 on 275th Street. Half run leg turnaround is on Chisago Blvd at Maxwell Road.
Participants will receive a t-shirt, finisher medal, swim cap, age group awards, and food after the event.
AWARDS
Awards will go to the top three Female and Male in the Elite Division.
Awards will go to the overall top three Females and Males in Half, Olympic, Sprint and Half & Olympic Aquabike Divisions.
Age group awards will also be given to the top three Females and Males in five year increments starting with 15 and under, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, etc up to 80-84 for the Half, Olympic, Sprint and Half & Olympic Aquabike divisions.
Top three overall male, female and co-ed relay teams in Half, Olympic, and Sprint divisions will also receive awards.
