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Welcome to the Gordon Jewish Community Center Triathlon!
Below you will find key race weekend info and reminders.
Thanks so much for racing with us - we hope you enjoy the event.
Your Team Magic and GJCC Staff
QUICK LINKS TO EMAIL CONTENTS:
Directions & Schedule of Events
Course & Site Info
Event Timing and Race Number Info
Categories, Awards & Prizes & Post-Race
USA Triathlon Information for Packet Pick Up
TIPS for Beginners
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.
Yahoo Map
PARKING: Please park in the main parking lot of the GJCC and not on the sides of Percy Warner Boulevard. The entire section of Percy Warner Boulevard is part of your bike course and a segment is part of your run course. We want to keep the shoulders and lanes clear for YOU! Thanks.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, Day Before Race
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Registration & packet pick-up at the GJCC Outdoor Pool
4:30 pm
Race Overview followed by Beginner Question & Answer Session; (Check at registration for meeting location)
Sunday, Race Day
5:45 am - 6:45 am
Packet pick-up; NO race day registration
6:45 am
Bikes must be in the transition area. Race overview in transition area.
7:00 am
Interval swim start begins by participant race number.
~10:00 am
Awards ceremony following designated last finisher.
RACE MEETINGS...GET THE SCOOP!
There is a race overview and a beginner participant question and answer session the evening before each triathlon during registration hours. See the schedule for each race for time and location. All participants are encouraged to attend. There is also a briefing 15 minutes before the start of each race in the transition area to provide last minute updates and cover race flow. Be there!
COURSE DESCRIPTION
GJCC Memorial Day Triathlon
(200 meter swim / 8.65 mile bike / 2 mile run)
Click for a bike course map though Map My Ride
Click for a run course map though Map My Ride
Click for a swim/transition/staging pdf map
Click for a course written description pdf
Click for a complete course overview pdf map
The Swim: The swim is in a 50 meter outdoor pool. You will enter the pool in an "interval start" fashion. Participants line up by race number (beginning with the lowest number to the highest.) Your race number is assigned based on the estimated swim time you provided when you registered.
NEW FOR 2011: Due to a new personalized race number system we are using, THOSE REGISTERED BY MONDAY, MAY 16th are starting in a "1st wave" by swim time. Those that registered after May 16th will also start by swim time, but after all the May 16th and prior pre-registered racers start. We will have a time delay before the "2nd wave" of interval starts begin so the faster swimmers in wave 2 will have open water.
You can choose to line up at the end if you prefer. One person at a time enters the pool and begins swimming when given the start command. Swim down the first lane, touch the wall, go under the lane rope, swim down that lane, and continue the same process until you exit after swimming four lengths for a total of 200 meters. When you exit the pool, volunteers will direct you to the transition area where you will begin your bike segment of the race.
The Bike: The bike course is a loop course on Hwy. 70, Hwy. 100, and Old Hickory Boulevard, with only one real climb about 0.2 mile long.
Race officials and police will monitor intersections and provide direction for bikers.
Please note: there are some orange arrows and white arrows on the course that ARE NOT part of our direction. Please be sure to review your course map and written direction links above and follow on the YELLOW turn arrows that will be in place Saturday. As you leave the main staging area, you make a left turn, after that you have 5 right hand turns and 1 final left turn back into the staging area.
The Run: The run course will be 2 miles out and back on residential roads surrounding the GJCC. (Percy Warner Boulevard)
EVENT TIMING & GETTING RESULTS & PHOTOS
We use electronic timing chips, TriTats Body Tattoos, helmet numbers, bike frame numbers, and bib numbers to insure we keep track of you during the race and provide you accurate results. Click HERE or on the image below to see what you need to expect to receive at race packet pick up and what to do to make sure we know who you are in this event.
CATEGORIES, AWARDS, & PRIZES
USAT AGE UP RULE
All USAT races will use the "AGE UP RULE" for award distribution and ranking. The age up rule means you are racing based on your age as of 12/31/11. Our computer timing program will automatically calculate your age based on your birth date and the age up rule criteria.
Overall:
1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall: Male & Female
1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall: Beginner Male & Female
1st , 2nd, 3rd Athena: Women 150#'s or more
Top 3 Clydesdale (39& Under) and Top 3 Clydesdale (40 years and over): Men weighing 200 #'s or more
1st Masters (40+): Open Male & Female
1st Overall Aquabike Male & Female
1st Overall Paratriathlete Male & Female
Top 3 Overall Relay Team in each category: male, female, mixed, family
(Click here for Relay Team Info)
Age Groups:
1st, 2nd & 3rd in Male & Female in the following age divisions: 12 & Under, 13-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+
Important Note About Our Event Awards
Team Magic hopes you will join us after each race for the awards ceremony - this is the grand finale of each event and is held very soon after the final race finisher.
While you wait for the awards, enjoy food and drink donated by Bruegger's Bagels, Publix, Smoothie King Belle Meade, Pepsi and Gatorade. Bottled water at the finish line is donated by Sweet CeCe's plus check your goody bag for coupons. Please let your friends and family know that the food and drink is only complimentary to racers, thanks!
Our awards are most often product awards and a recognition award of your placement. We do not ship awards or make them available for pick up after the awards ceremony is completed. Please make arrangements for someone to pick up your award at the event or plan on staying for the awards ceremony. Award categories are available on each race web page.
Preliminary results will be posted as soon as possible at the race site - the location will be announced by our race announcer. If you see that you will be receiving an award but cannot stay for the ceremony, please designate a fellow racer, friend, or volunteer to claim your award. All awards not claimed at the race site will be distributed to race sponsors, city officials, race supporters and at future race prize drawings.
Complete race results will be posted on our web site as soon as possible after each event, usually within 24 hours.
 IMPORTANT RULES FOR
RACE PACKET PICK UP
Please review the basics below and open the link to the USAT Most Commonly Violated Rules.
This race is sanctioned by USA Triathlon and directed by Therese Bynum and Faye Yates, co-owners of Team Magic, Inc. and Certified Race Directors.
NEW FOR 2011:
USAT annual members that register online for Team Magic races now have membership numbers and expiration dates approved through imAthlete.com and no longer have to show their USAT member cards at packet pick up.
If there are any questions regarding your membership status you should receive a message from event management directing you to a check in area at packet pick up for "PENDING" issues.
REQUIREMENTS AT USAT SANCTIONED EVENTS:
1. EVERYONE MUST SHOW A PHOTO ID
2. IF YOUR USAT MEMBERSHIP HAS EXPIRED, YOU MUST PAY FOR A NEW ANNUAL OR ONE-DAY MEMBERSHIP AND SIGN A WAIVER
3. EACH MEMBER OF RELAY TEAMS MUST BE AN ANNUAL MEMBER OF USAT OR PAY THE ONE-DAY MEMBERSHIP FEE. ALL RELAY MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT TO PICK UP THEIR PACKET, OR THEY CAN PICK UP INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE LAST MEMBER OF THE RELAY TEAM TO PICK UP RECEIVING THE TIMING CHIP.
4. RACERS MUST PICK UP THEIR OWN PACKETS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN A RACER PICK UP ANOTHER RACER'S PACKET IF THEY ARE RACING. YOU MAY PICK UP A RACER'S PACKET IF THEY ARE NOT RACING, BUT NO TIMING CHIP OR BIB NUMBER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
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