Culpeper Triathlon
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Culpeper Triathlon Festival
The Culpeper Triathlon Festival is staged at Mountain Run Lake Park in Culpeper, VA at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The weekend features Olympic and Sprint triathlons plus relay and aquabike options, and a non timed gran fondo with multiple distance choices.
Distances:
- Olympic Triathlon: 1.5K swim, 24 mi bike, 10K run
- Sprint Triathlon: 750 m swim, 14.3 mi bike, 5K run
- Gran fondo non timed: 32 mi, 62 mi, 100 mi
Swim courses use a time trial start with rectangular loops, yellow turn buoys and orange sighting buoys about every 75 meters. Water temperature at this time of year is expected near 80 to 82 F so wetsuits are unlikely; an official temperature reading is posted the Friday before the event.
Bike courses run on well paved, low traffic roads through farmland with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Courses include short steep climbs and technical descents and are not described as time trial flat courses. Run courses are looped and out and back with rolling terrain and aid stations about every mile providing ice water and Gatorade.
The event is USA Triathlon sanctioned. Packet pickup requires each participant to collect their own materials and show photo identification. Race categories include overall, age group, masters, aquabike, military, Clydesdale, Athena and relay teams. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
