Please see below our virtual map which shows the elements of the race and the routes. You can expand this (top left corner of map) to the whole page for easier viewing and review the full course and all aspects.
RACE COURSE MAP
COURSE DISTANCES AND LAPS:
Blue Seventy Swim Course - 750M
Olympic - 2 Laps
Sprint - 1 Lap
Super Sprint - Half Lap
Kids - 200m
Dolan Bike Course - 5.6KM (Loop)
Olympic - 7 Laps
Sprint - 4 Laps
Super Sprint - 2 Laps
Kids - 1 Lap
Run Course - 2.5KM (Out and Back)
Olympic - 4 Laps
Sprint - 2 Laps
Super Sprint - 1 Lap
Kids - 1.25KM (Half a Lap)
Overview layout:
Swim:
Notes:
Olympic - 2 Laps
Stay inside the buoy line at all times.
Course will be explained again on the beach before each gun start.
Bike:
Notes:
The bike route is slightly different to the previous years. You will still cycle anti clockwise and complete loops, coming off your final loop and heading back into transition.
The bottom left section (on the map above) you will be cycling on the opposite side of the road with two cross points to get you onto and off the opposite side. These will be coned and marked on the course with marshals. We are no longer cycling past the marina, which is now open, and you will remain on the main roads. This bottom left section will be closed to traffic.
All other sections use the main roads which are now fully operational and under 'normal' RTA rules and regulations. Please be vigilant and aware of your personal biking space and the cars around you. Where the majority of the bike course is coned it is important for you to pay particular attention to your personal safety.
The islands are now under heavy construction and there are large vehicles entering and exiting the islands heading to various locations. Please be aware.
Run:
Notes:
You run out of transition, around the roundabout and down to Water Station 'A'. This is the start of the laps.
Super Sprint:
From Water Station 'A' you run on the left to Water station 'B'. Here you turn and head to the 'More Laps Junction'. At this point you will run straight over the junction and head to the finish.
Water Station 'A' passes: 1
Water Station 'B' passes: 1
Sprint:
From Water Station 'A' you run on the left to Water station 'B'. Here you turn and head back to Water Station 'A'. This is one lap completed. You will then turn and run on the left back to Water Station 'B', turn for the final time and head to the 'More Laps Junction'. At this point you will run straight over the junction and head to the finish.
Water Station 'A' passes: 2
Water Station 'B' passes: 2
Olympic:
From Water Station 'A' you run on the left to Water station 'B'. Here you turn and head back to Water Station 'A'. This is one lap completed. You will then turn and run on the left back to Water Station 'B', turn again and then back to Water Station 'A'. You keep doing this until you have completed 4 of these with the final lap missing the last Water Startion 'A'.
For the final lap at the 'More Laps Junction' you will run straight over the junction and head to the finish.
Water Station 'A' passes: 4
Water Station 'B' passes: 4
Kids:
From Water Station 'A' you run on the left to your turn point. Here you turn and head back to the 'More Laps Junction'. At this point you will run straight over the junction and head to the finish.
Water Station 'A' passes: 1
Water Station 'B' passes: 0
Parking:
Parking is now located in a hard pack sand area marked on the map above. Please use this link for directions:
This is the ONLY available parking in the area.
Please use the link above and follow signs for 'Dubai Islands Beach' when entering the islands.
