TRIATHLON
For anyone who is LATE !! but still wants to register before Saturday by 12:00 please use this link
The data is now in Chrono Track and the reg link that should be used at this point is: https://register.chronotrack.com/r/62105. Any questions on registering email Anderson Race Management at 'Mary Anderson' <mary@andersonraces.com>. thank you !
The event is located just 30 miles west of downtown Minneapolis at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve. Rebecca Park, part of the Three Rivers Park District, provides a beautiful backdrop for a great day of racing and spectating. WE WELCOME ALL ABILITIES, ALL SIZES, ALL EVERYBODY TO JOIN US (although please note cut-off times for your safety and our volunteers). Team participation is a great way to introduce yourself to a triathlon if you are new to the sport or desire to get back in shape!
Join us because you can and to have fun! Below are a few additional highlights:
- Hoka run shoes to the fastest woman/man in BOTH the long and short distances
- Icebug winter spike shoes to be drawn at the awards
- NEW! 2 $100 Gift Certificates for a weekend stay at MAPLELOG resort! For mtn biking or skiing or just eating and relaxing!
Start Time: Long: 7:30am / Olympic: 8:00am. / Rise and shine race day at 5:45am
Long Triathlon: 1.2mi Swim - 58 mi Bike - 13.1 mi Run
(*we changed the bike length back to 56 miles- THREE loops everyone! This year's bike course had a route change due to never-ending construction.)
Olympic Triathlon: .75mi Swim - 25mi Bike - 6.2mi Run
TEAMS for Olympic & Long Triathlons: Three-member teams are encouraged!
NEW! Aqua Bike: .75mi Swim - 25mi Bike and then you are DONE!
Max Participants: 250 in Long + Team and 250 in Short + Team
The field will start in waves of 25, both in Elite and the rest of us waves. Waves times will be assigned in order of race entries received (Elite wave will close after 25 entrants).
Packet Pick-up: Gear West 1786 Wayzata Blvd. Long Lake, MN 55356
Friday, July 30th -2-6:00
Saturday, July 31st - 12:00-3:00pm
Sunday, Aug 1st Packet Pick-Up from 6:00-6:45 am for out-of-town participants only
Cancellations:
Race fees are nonrefundable in cash, BUT, upon sickness or breaking a leg, participants may receive either: 1) 1/2 cost of entry to next year's race or 2) 100% refund in the form of a GW gift certificate (Yes!)
Switch Distances:
You may change your event distance up to one week before race day by contacting jan@gearwest.com There is a $5 switching fee along with any event price differences. There will be no event switches on race day.
Nutrition: water (plastic bottles) + Gu packets available at the food stop where the loops begin for the 58m bike. Run will have both water and GU replacement drink + GU packets.
After Party barbecue and five-year age Awards
Stay for the awards! Music selection by Jerry McNeil, our announcer of many talents! Replenish carbs and enjoy our sponsors’ giveaways. Gear West Tri is more than just your workout, it’s a place to share stories, relax after your accomplishments and build friendships.
A little bit more information: The event location and transition area are on an open grassy knoll next to the parking lots of Lake Rebecca Regional Park.
The swim event starts down the hill from the transition area. The swim is a TWO LOOP retangle course. Wetsuits will be allowed (and encouraged). Participants will swim in a clockwise direction keeping all buoys to their right. Buoys will mark the course and there will be a lead kayak as well as boat and lifeguard support along the way. All participants will receive an official Gear West Triathlon swim cap which must be worn during the swim portion of the event. Participants will exit the water after the second loop and navigate a set of stairs and 150 yards of soft grass to the transition area. Our colorful announcer, Jerry McNeil will cheer the racers into the bike transition area.
The bike course is the best part of the race even if the course had to be changed this year due to construction. You leave the park, bike through Delano, and south on 17. All racers take a RIGHT (west) turn on CR6 (CR20), enter into the Watertown roundabouts. Racers will then head back towards Delano on Cty Rd 16 which parallels the Crow River. The bike course takes a right on Cty Rd 30, rides the shoulder of HWy12, and takes a right again into an industrial park (a small loop) that takes the biker back onto 1) Cty Rd 17 for loop TWO and THREE in the long race OR/AND 2) north and back to Rebecca Park. ** The 56 course is THREE loops + a tail / the 25 course is ONE loop + a tail.
The run is a one or two loop course for the Long and Olympic events around Lake Rebecca, on a beautiful, rather shady rolling run course. Water stops will be roughly every twp miles offering water, nutrition drinks and some GU. The Olympic will do one loop of the lake, while the long course does two!
History:
Liberty Triathlon started its tenure at Lake Independence at Baker Park, in 2004. Due to many construction constraints, the race moved to Lake Rebecca in 2013. After 2018, Final Stretch chose not to pursue running this event, so Gear West is taking it over. We thank Final Stretch for all the races they have organized, we hope to offer the same Liberty Bike course next year.
Race Awards & Finisher Medals:
Liberty Triathlon finishers in both the Long and Olympic course will receive cotton finisher t-shirts! Awards are offered for the top three male and female runners in each FIVE year age category, excluding the overall winner. The top overall male and female athletes, and the top 2 relay teams of each distance will also receive awards. All the Aqua Bike finishers will receive something (I have not figured the award for that category yet :) The Olympic award ceremony will begin at 12:00 Pm and the Half Iron award ceremony will begin at 2:00 pm. Elite wave athletes are only eligible for the overall award.
Sunday Schedule:
5:45 am - Transition area and body marking opens
6:45 am - Body marking closes
7:10 am - Mandatory pre-race meeting /Transition Area closes
7:20 am - National Anthem + a short guest speaker
7:30 am - Long course starts: Waves go off every 3 minutes
8:00 am - Olympic course starts: Waves go off every 3 minutes (We may wait a few minutes to ensure all long course swimmers have passed the Olympic swim turn.)
11:45 pm - Long course bike cut off (any athlete who has not entered transition by this time will not be permitted to continue onto the run course).
11:30 -12:00ish pm - Olympic course award ceremony/music/ Joeynovas PIZZA
2:00ish pm - Long course award ceremony/music/joeynovas PIZZA
Pictures! Thank you to Scott Ransom and Mary Deeg (after she gets off swim duty) Race Pictures will be uploaded to to MinnCam.com and be copied at no cost! Remember to smile ! Both are volunteers so if you don’t look fast, its your problem, not theirs!
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Registration fees
Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees
Individual Olympic Closed
Online registration closed-
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$98.28May 12 – Jun 4
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$108.98Jun 5 – Jul 14
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$119.68Jul 15 – Jul 28
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Individual Long Closed
Online registration closed-
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$108.98May 12 – Jun 4
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$119.68Jun 5 – Jul 14
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$130.38Jul 15 – Jul 28
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Team Olympic Closed
Online registration closed-
Please register all persons in the team. Your first registered name will be charged (and is the name listed on packet pick-up) and the next 2nd and/or 3rd team member will NOT be charged.
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$135.73May 12 – Jun 4
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$146.43Jun 5 – Jul 14
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$157.13Jul 15 – Jul 28
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Team Long Closed
Online registration closed-
Please register all persons in the team. Your first registered name will be charged (and is the name listed on packet pick-up) and the next 2nd and/or 3rd team member will NOT be charged.
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$157.13May 12 – Jun 4
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$167.82Jun 5 – Jul 14
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$178.52Jul 15 – Jul 28
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Aqua Bike Closed
SWIM (.75m) + BIKE (25m) and NO RUN!
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$98.28May 12 - Jul 28
Contact information
- Event contact
- Jan Guenther
- gearwest@gearwest.com
- Phone
- 763-458-5834 cell
- Website
- Visit website
