Tempe International Classic Age Group Triathlon May 18, 2008

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The Tempe International Triathlon Sold Out at The Field Limit of 1200 Athletes in 2007.  Don’t Miss Out – Enter Early

DATE: May 18, 2008
AGE GROUP TRI AND  SPRINT TRI START TIME: 6:30am
DISTANCES:
 TRI
   SWIM: 1500 meters 
   BIKE:40 kilometers
   RUN: 10 kilometers 
SPRINT TRI
   SWIM: 400 meters 
   BIKE:20 kilometers (12.4 miles)
   RUN: 5 kilometers  (3.1 miles)
 

FIELD LIMIT:  Event limited to 1200 athletes. (Tempe Internation Triathlon sold out in 2006 and 2007)
WATER TEMP: Approximately 76-80 (wetsuit ruling made on race day)
AIR TEMP: 75 at start, 90 at finish(average high in Phx for May 20 is 98)
PACKET PICK-UP: Click here
PRE RACE MEETING: Click here
ENTRY FEES: Click here
ENTRY FORM: Click here
ONLINE REGISTRATION: Click here

The TEMPE INTERNATIONAL TRIATHLON is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best triathlons in the west.  Once again, The Tempe International Triathlon sets the standard with:

ARIZONA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – Are you a member of a triathlon club?  Join clubs from all over the country at the Arizona Club Championships at the Tempe International Triathlon.

Tucson Racing Inc. invites your club to the Tempe International Classic Triathlon on May 18, 2008 at Tempe Town Lake. 

Last year we hosted over 60 clubs from all over the country.

Genuine Innovations Triple Crown

The Tempe International Triathlon is the first race in the Triple Crown.  Genuine Innovations have put together three of Arizona's classic triathlons.  The winner of the Genuine Innovations Triple Crown will receive a prize package from Genuine Innovations.

Eligibility

• Enter the Olympic distance event at the 2008 Tempe International Triathlon, the 2008 Sahuarita Lake Triathlon and the the Olympic distance at the 2008 Deuces Wild Triathlon.
• All three races must be completed.
• The male and female amateur athlete with the lowest combined time of all three races will receive a prize package from Genuine Innovations.
• In addition to the Triple Crown winners, 1 male athlete and one female athlete who enter and complete each race will  be entered into a random drawing for a prize package from Genuine Innovations.
   

Arizona Club Championships

The Club Championships will be a great way to build camaraderie, compete, meet and greet with other triathlon clubs from all over.

View the club listing entry list- click here

o       The winning club will receive

§         Rotating championship trophy.  A big, awesome trophy for your sponsor to display.   Gage Total Training has had it for 3 years. Can your club take it away?  

§         Up to 40 (one for each participant) fleece vests, sweatshirts, or windbreakers.  The vest, sweatshirt or windbreaker will be custom ordered after the race and will be embroidered with your club's logo.  Each participating member of your team will be able to order the clothing item of choice and size desired.

§         Schwag bag.  Who knows what will be in it?  Last year the Schwag bags contained over $10000 in combined merchandise.

Club Rules:

Entries
1)       Athletes are responsible for their own entries.  No entries will be accepted from a club or club representative.

2)       A roster of all club entries will be sent to all clubs (or posted on the website) 10 days before the event.  If there are changes, club representatives may submit only one change list.  Change lists are due 7 days before the event.  After that no changes will be accepted except from the athlete entered into the event.

3)       The club list will be posted at registration the day before the event.  At close of registration absolutely NO changes will be allowed by either athletes or clubs.  The club list will be final for scoring purposes.  It is the responsibility of the athlete to check his or her entry and to request correction if necessary.

4)       We will do our best to get accurate club results out at the race.  If we feel like the club race is too close to call then we will delay announcing the club results until a few days after the event to make sure the results are accurate.  This announcement will be made at the start of the awards ceremony.

 Eligibility

 1)        Each participant must be a member of the club for at least 30 days and be in good standing and have met all membership requirements of that club.  If a member of a training company or coach based team then the participant must be paying for all training and coaching fees as typically charged by the training company or coach.  For the purposes of racing in the Tempe International Triathlon, “training companies” or coaches cannot give scholarships, honorary memberships, free coaching, etc. for the purposes of competition in the club championships.

 Wave Starts

 1)       All club participants shall be entered in and start in the waves of their respective age groups.  Irregardless of the ruling made for the triathlon in general, if a club athlete does not start in his or her proper wave then any points won shall be forfeited and not count toward his or her club total.

Scoring
OVERALL
1st  – 30
2nd  - 20
3rd  - 10 

AGE GROUP – SPRINT AND INTERNATIONAL
1st  – 8
2nd  - 6
3rd  - 4
4th – 3
5th -  2 

Each entered team member gets 1 point for participation

Relay members and finishes do not count in point standings

Non-team participants did not figure in place points (for ex. if 2 non-team participants were 1 and 2 in a division, the 3rd place person gets 8 pts., etc.)

Trophies to be Awarded*
1)       Large Club Division – 20 or more members entered
2)       Small Club Division – Less than 20 members entered
3)       Team Vitesse “Best Looking Team Award” 

*  The club with the most overall points wins the schwag bag.  Best Looking Team is entirely subjective and based on uniforms, club area, fan support, club spirit, signage and other intangibles.

Retro Division
            Get all that old gear out of the garage and compete for the most retro triathlete.  Our sport is now over 30 years old there have to be a lot of antiques, not including athletes, out there.

Race in your favorite retro gear and win points that can take minutes off your time. For example, a pair of Oakley Factory Pilots might be worth 5 points.  A Slingshot bike 20 points.  Vintage Scott DH bars 5 points.  Etc.  For every 10 points you get a minute deducted from your time.  At the end of the race, the minutes will be deducted from the finishing time for a final “retro” time.  Winner of the retro division gets a really cool retro trophy.

You must designate retro division on your entry.  Entry into the retro division does not disqualify you from overall or age group placing.  Minutes are deducted from your time for retro division placing only.  All retro division entrants must check in their retro gear at registration so that points can be tabulated.

We would like you to leave your retro gear and bike at registration so others may view the "history" of the sport.  Please email  if you would like to do this.

A points list will be posted shortly.

Youth/Junior Development Race Info

USAT Youth/Junior Development Races
Every junior triathlete has dreams of the Olympics and racing at the highest level.  USA Triathlon recognizes that not every junior athlete is ready for or interested in the draft-legal format.  Junior Development Races provide athletes a gateway into the developmental pipeline and provides a showcase for junior athletes to demonstrate their skill and passion for the sport of triathlon.   Athletes will experience triathlon in its traditional, non-drafting format, officiated using USA Triathlon Rules. Junior Development Races are typically sprint-distance and have been selected because of their "junior-friendly" atmosphere and age-appropriateness. Results will be reported to USAT.   Both the Havasu and the Tempe International Triathlon have been selected by the Southwest Region of USAT to be part of the Junior Development Series.

Both the the Havasu Triathlon and the Tempe International Triathlon will be offering a Junior Development Race as one of the events being offered during the race.  Youth, age 12-15, and Juniors, age 16-19, will race in their own wave at the start of the sprint triathlon.   There is no need to do any special entry procedure.  Simply enter the youth sprint triathlon at the special entry fee and you will be automatically entered into the Youth/Junior Development Race.

USAT AGE GROUP RULE

USA Triathlon, the governing body of the sport of triathlon, instituted a new age group rule in 2005.  Your race age is your age on December 31, 2008.  Therefore, if you are age up into a new age group during the calendar year, you race in that new age group for the entire 2008 season.  For example, Harry is 34 years old on the day of the Tempe International Triathlon on May 18, 2008.  His birthday is on July 15, 2008 and on his birthday he will turn 35.  Therefore, Harry races in the 35-39 age group for all of 2008, including the Tempe International Triathlon.

If you have a birthday in 2008 that puts you in another age group, you will race with that age group in the race and leave in that age group’s wave. Using our example above, even though Harry is 34 at the Tempe International Triathlon, he will race with the 35-39 men and leave in the 35-39 men’s wave.

It is the athletes responsibility to enter with their correct age and leave in the correct wave.  Athletes who race in the wrong wave will be disqualified.

Course Details

At this time the Light Rail is being completed from downtown Phoenix through downtown Tempe.   When it becomes operational, light rail trains will go down Washington and cross our bike course at Lakeview every 15 minutes.  Because of light rail, the traditional Tempe Town Lake bike course becomes impossible. This is true for all triathlons at Tempe Town Lake.  The City of Tempe is working diligently with all race directors to come up with a new bike course. As soon as it has been decided we will update the bike maps accordingly.

TRANSITION AREA
Landis Cyclery will be at registration on Saturday, May 17 and again at the transition area on Sunday for last minute tweaks and adjustments.
The transition area will be located in Beach Park, on the south side of the lake. Beach Park is at the intersection of Rio Salado and Mill.
Bikes do not need to be dropped off the evening before and should be brought on race morning.
The sprint race will start first.  The transition area will be set up so that athletes in the sprint race may remove their bikes from the transition after the last athlete in the sprint race finishes the sprint bike course.

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SWIM - International Distance
The swim will be in Tempe Town Lake. 
 
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SWIM - Sprint Distance
The swim will be in Tempe Town Lake.   

BIKE - International and Sprint Distance
The City of Tempe tells us that Light Rail will not impact our course in 2008.  This is, however, subject to change as the construction schedule for light rail changes. We will update the website immediately if the course changes due to light rail construction.

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RUN - International and Sprint Distance

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Relays

Relays are available in the international and sprint distance in the following categories:

Male
Female
Mixed
Relay team members will do the same course as the triathlon. Relays can consist of 2 or 3 members.   All relay members must sign waiver at packet pickup

Local Information

The City of Tempe, Arizona is the state's seventh largest city, is located in the center of the Valley of the Sun with more than 160,000 residents calling it home. The City of Tempe, Arizona is bordered by Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa and Chandler. Access to Tempe is a snap with the Loop 101, 202, US 60, I-10 and Hohokam Expressway serving Tempe, making us the most accessible city in the metropolitan area. And, we are only 10 minutes from Sky Harbor International Airport with taxi service and public transportation available seven days a week. The City of Tempe, Arizona offers more than 300 days a year of sunshine to its residents and visitors, and annual rainfall amounts to approximately 7.36 inches a year.

In 1865, the U.S. Army arrived at the eastern end of the Salt River Valley and established Fort McDowell. After the arrival of the cavalry came Caucasian pioneers including Wickenburg entrepreneur Jack Swilling, who directed the renovation of the Hohokam canals, and town "founder" Charles Trumbull Hayden, who built a flour mill and began a ferry service across the Salt River.

"Hayden's Ferry," as the city was called then, was also the name of the only vehicle across the Rio Salado. The town grew slowly with mercantiles, saloons and other businesses along the dusty main street Mill Avenue, and was renamed the City of "Tempe" Arizona (Tem-PEE) by an English traveler who compared the area to the beautiful Vale of Tempe in Greece.

In 1886, the Arizona Territorial Normal School welcomed its first class of 31 students in the structure known today as Old Main on Arizona State University's campus. The college town and farming community grew steadily and quietly until post-World War II's Baby Boom pushed Tempe's city limits against the neighboring communities in every direction. In most recent years, corporate America has rediscovered and redefined the City of Tempe, Arizona much the same way Hayden "discovered" the home of the Pimas, who had "discovered" the home of the Hohokam.

Downtown Tempe offers all types of entertainment options to fit any desires. No where else in Arizona can one experience a Broadway show at a Frank Lloyd Wright designed theatre, see an NFL football game, choose from more than 75 places to eat, shop at brand name stores, climb a mini-mountain, kayak on a two-mile lake, take in an independent film, view works of art and stroll under shady trees - all within a one mile radius

The downtown area has grown to become a unique, pedestrian-friendly place to live, work and play. Shady brick sidewalks, turn of the century buildings, historic landmarks, and Arizona State University, "A" mountain and Tempe Town Lake all make Downtown Tempe the place to be for dining, shopping and nightlife.

For more information about Tempe and what to do on your weekend here, check out http://www.tempecvb.com.

About Tempe Town Lake

 Statistics

• Opened November 7, 1999; conceptualized in 1966 by ASU
• 220 surface acres - 2 miles long, 800-1200 feet wide
• Average depth: 12.5 feet, ranging from 7 to 19 feet
• Actual lake construction costs: $44,864,878

Water

• Capacity is about 3,000 acre-feet or 977 million gallons
• Water to keep the lake full comes from reclaimed water, recharge and recovery and water exchanges
• Water quality is maintained by keeping the water well mixed, proper aeration and chemical controls
• The lake does not lose water to seepage thanks to a recovery system that pumps water back into the lake
• Evaporation costs Town Lake about the same amount of water used by two golf courses each year or about the same amount consumed by a 1,000-acre alfalfa field.

Local Weather
Last year we had a hot one!  Average day time temperature in Phoenix in late May are 97-98 degrees.  Due to the low humidity, nights are quite cool, dipping into the 60s.  You might even need a sweatshirt at race start!  The temperature at the finish should be no more than the mid-80s.  Regardless of the temperature, you can expect great support on  the race course.

Packet Pickup
Wednesday, May 14, Packet Pick Up 5:30 – 8:00pm, Landis Cyclery, Warner & Rural

Saturday, May 17, Packet Pick Up 12:00 – 6:00pm, Moe's Southwest Grill on Priest and Washington

All athletes who are wait listed after the race closes must come to packet pickup at 5:30pm to enter.

NO packet pick up on race morning!  We have scheduled the Wednesday packet pick up for those that cannot make it on Saturday.  If
you absolutely cannot make it on Wed or Sat, please email racedirector@tucsonracing.com so that special arrangements can be made.
 

THIS IS A USAT SANCTIONED RACE.  IF YOU ARE AN ANNUAL MEMBER YOU MUST BRING YOUR USAT CARD AND ID OR PAY ONE DAY LICENSE FEE. FOR MORE INFORMATION    N PLEASE SEE www.usatriathlon.org.

Prerace Meeting
All pre-race meetings will take place at registration. Pre-race meeting schedule is as follows:  Saturday, May 17 at 1:30pm; Saturday, May 17 at 3:00pm;  Saturday, May 17 at 4:00pm.

T-Shirt Policy
We need to order t-shirts 10 days before the event.  All athletes will be guaranteed a t-shirt in the size recorded on their entry blank or indicated on Active.com, if the entry is received on or before May 8 2008.  Entries received after that date will receive a shirt but we cannot guarantee size of choice.  Entries at packet pick up are not guaranteed a shirt.

Awards Ceremony
11:00am

Clydesdale/Athena 
The Tempe International Classic Triathlon will be offering Clydesdale/Athena divisions.

Entry Fees
Tucson Racing apologizes for the increased in entry fees.  Unfortunately, the City of Tempe has dramatically raised their use and rental fees to all entities using Tempe parks and streets for special events.  The Tempe International Triathlon is no exception.  As much as we do not like to do so, we have no choice but to pass these extra costs on to participants. If you have any questions please email

Online Registration
Online registration is provided by Active.com. 

Tempe International Classic Triathlon

Refund Information
We cannot give refunds, transfer entries or rollover entries to any other race for any reason whatsoever (and please be advised that we have heard them all). This includes weather, injury or the necessity to change distances or the course due to unforeseen and/or unanticipated circumstances.

Because we will sell out and we realize that athletes will need to enter early, we will refund 75% of your entry fee if you notify us prior to 60 days before the event.

Travel Information

Tempe is located a 10 minute drive from Sky Harbor International Airport.  Since the airport is a major hub of both America West and Southwest, airfares are generally quite reasonable.

Tempe is suburb of the Phoenix metropolitan area and is easily accessible by car from all points.

Most hotels in the Tempe area have a free shuttle from the airport so there is no need to rent a car.

Lodging Information

HOST HOTEL:  Our host hotel  is the  Best Western Inn of Tempe,  670 N. Scottsdale Rd. Tempe, AZ 85281. To check out the hotel go to  www.innoftempe.com.  The hotel is within a mile or so of the transition area and downtown Tempe.  Call 800-784-2811 and ask for the special Tempe Triathlon rates.

Maps

For course maps, see the Course Details section.

Course Records

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