 Welcome to the GJCC Memorial Day Triathlon
Please read below for important race information, the event schedule, directions & check out the link to your race booklet - lots of great info!
 Coach Stephen Taylor is Offering Race Weekend Race Tips
Race Weekend Tips at the Race Site
Sun 4:30pm "Push the Easy Button: Getting Through Your First Triathlon Comfortably."
Prior to awards ceremony: "Your First Triathlon And Beyond: Next Steps to Improving at Triathlon"
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sunday, Day Before Race
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Packet pick-up at the GJCC - Go to the AKIVA School which sits on the lower parking lot of the pool area - adjacent to your race transition area.
3:30 pm -
Race Overview followed by Beginner Question & Answer Session
Monday, Race Day
6:00 am - 7:00 am - Packet pick-up & body marking
7:00 am -
Bikes must be in the transition area. Race overview in transition area.
7:30 am -
Interval swim start begins by participant race number.
~10:30 am -
Awards ceremony following designated last finisher.
 IMPORTANT RULES REGARDING RACE PACKET PICK UP
Please review the basics below and open the links to the USAT Registration Rules and Most Commonly Violated Race Rules
This race is sanctioned by USA Triathlon and Team Magic race directors Therese Bynum and Faye Yates are Certified Race Directors.
1. ALL athletes are required to show photo ID.
2. NO ID, NO RACE, NO EXCEPTIONS.
3. Every single participant must have a photo ID, this includes all relay participants.
4. Youth athletes without an ID must be accompanied by a parent/guardian with a photo ID.
5. Annual members are required to bring their membership card every time they compete in a USAT sanctioned event.
6. If your card has been lost, you can download and print out a temporary one at https://www.usatmembership.com/default.aspx.
7. Athletes may only pick up their own packets. Under no circumstances may an athlete pick up a packet for another person. Regarding relays, all relay members must be present to receive the packet, or split up the relay packet for each participant.
8. If an athlete does not bring a photo ID to packet pickup they must go home to get it
9. If an athlete does not bring their USAT membership card to packet pickup they have three options:
a. Go home to get it
b. Find internet access where a temporary card can be printed
c. Purchase a one-day membership for $10 which can later be applied to a membership renewal by submitting a receipt of purchase
10. Annual members do not have to sign a waiver at packet pickup because they already signed it when they applied to become an annual member.
Please click here to view the complete USAT REGISTRATION RULES
Please click here to view USAT MOST COMMONLY VIOLATED RULES
WHERE TO STAY
If you are traveling from out of town and have not booked a place to stay, please consider our host hotel - Extended Stay America.
 Extended Stay America Nashville- Vanderbilt
Reservations 615-383-7490
Online Reservations
DIRECTIONS
Gordon Jewish Community Center
801 Percy Warner Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37205
(615) 356-7170
The GJCC is reached from Hwy. 70, just west of Nashville / Belle Meade. From Nashville: From the Hwy. 70 / Hwy. 100 split, take Hwy. 70 to the right. About 1 mile, look for the GJCC billboard and make a left turn on Percy Warner Boulevard. The GJCC entrance will be on your left.
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