Diamond in the Rough Triathlon
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Diamond in the Rough Triathlon : Perryville Community Park
The event is a triathlon festival held from Perryville Community Park in Perryville, Maryland, with Olympic and Sprint distances staged along the Chesapeake Bay shore. The swim takes place in the Chesapeake Bay with a single-file, in-water start off the park dock (jumping only, no diving) around a rectangular course marked by four yellow turn buoys and sighting buoys approximately every 75 meters. The Olympic swim is two loops of 1.5K, the Sprint swim is 750 m.
- Olympic: 1.5K swim, 26.8 mile bike, 10K run
- Sprint: 750 m swim, 8 mile bike, 5K run
The Olympic bike course is technical, moving through Perryville, suburban and rolling farm country, and includes a roughly 5 mile freshly paved River Road section described as a fast, slightly downhill drag strip. The course total elevation for the Olympic route is 1,250 ft. The Sprint bike is a rolling out-and-back on low-traffic country roads with about 330 ft elevation.
Run courses follow park and adjacent Perry Point VA grounds, mostly flat, with limited shade and water views. Aid stations with ice water and Gatorade are placed approximately every mile and mobile support is available.
Operational notes: athletes must remain in the park until the bike route is clear or park outside at the fire department lot about 1.35 miles away. Packet pickup is available Friday evening and Saturday morning at the race site; photo ID is required to collect a packet. The race is USA Triathlon sanctioned; participants must hold a USAT membership or purchase a one-day license. All registrations are non-refundable; race deferrals and registration insurance options are noted by the organizer. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
