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Current Race Series Turriff - Short and Sprint Races
Sunday 11th May 2008
Event Organiser – Alisdair Bennett/Henry Trotter
- Registration 10.00am – 11.00am Turriff Leisure Centre
- Briefing 11.05am Transition Area
- First Heat 11.30am Swimming Pool
- Refreshments 2.00pm – 3.00pm Turriff Leisure Centre
- Prize Giving 3.00pm – 4.00pm Turriff Leisure Centre
Race Distances
- Short = Swim 400m, Cycle 20km, Run 3km
- Sprint = Swim 760m, Cycle 20km, Run 5km
Location and Car Parking
Turriff is approx. 1hours drive from Aberdeen on the A947. On entering Turriff you follow the main road through and on your left hand side you will see the Leisure Centre. Just beyond the Leisure Centre on your right is the Swimming Pool.
Car Parking is available at the football club - the entrance is just past the Swimming Pool on the left. The car park is about a 100m walk from the Leisure Centre across the football pitches.
Transition Area
There is a 150m run/jog between the swimming Pool exit and the transition area.
The route takes you from the swimming Pool exit through the car park down towards the boating pond at the Haughs, then through the underpass and around the side of the Leisure Centre to the transition area.
Due to the variable nature of the underfoot conditions on this route we must insist that all competitors wear appropriate footwear when they do this. When running through the underpass please keep left at all times.
Sections
Swim Section - All
Turriff pool is a 20m, 4-lane pool allowing heats of 20 swimmers. Short distance is 20 lengths and the Sprint distance is 38 lengths. The start is at the deep end of the pool as the exit is at that end of the building down a flight of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs there is adequate room for competitors to leave shoes/clothing.
Cycle section - All
On collecting bike exit transition area and go up hill out of car park. Mount bike and then Turn Right onto Huntly road then almost immediately sharp left and follows road towards Inverurie. After approx. 5km turn right at Auchterless crossroads and follow road descent to Fortie junction. Take care on this section as it has some steep and narrow descents. Turn right on to the Huntly road and head back towards Turriff. On coming into Turriff turn left into the Leisure Centre car park and follow road to transition area. (Mount/Dismount line is at the top of the entrance and exit to the car park) Rack bike and exit out to run.
Run Section – All
Please note change to Run For All Competitors
Exit transition at rear and follow the white dimple cones keeping them on your right hand side at all times. Run around the astroturf pitch going through the underpass into the Haughs and continue following the white dimple cones, once you have completed a white lap the short racers will then do 1 YELLOW lap and the sprinters will do 3 YELLOW laps before proceding to the Finish.
