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Hello from Team Magic and the Chattanooga Track Club -
We welcome you to the 2009 Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon! You will receive one to two more emails next week with final race reminders and instructions.
A few quick items before we send you your complete race info:
1. There will be an ELITE START for the race this year - you do not have to be racing as a professional to start with the ELITE racers at the beginning of the race.
To join the ELITE start: Send a one-page summary with your race results/resume from 2007 & 2008 to george@team-magic.com by Tuesday, July 7th at midnight. Team Magic will notify you if you will be accepted into the ELITE start by next Thursday, July 9th.
IMPORTANT ABOUT CHOOSING ELITE START:
If you start as an ELITE at the front of the race - you will start every 3-5 seconds based on your assigned race number, beginning with racer number 1.
A. You are eligible for the prize purse for overall winners:
A $4990 cash purse will be divided as follows:
Top 5 Overall Men & Women = $750, $600, $450, $210, $110
B. You will not get ranked with USAT nor can you qualify for USAT Nationals at this race.
C. You will not "drop back" into your age group - so no age group ranking or awards - you are only racing for overall prize money
Note about Masters Cash Awards:
We will have a prize purse for Masters as listed below, but you will not start in the ELITE wave. Masters racers will start as assigned by age group and swim time within their age group.
Top 3 Masters Men & Women (40+) = $200, $100, $75
2. SWIM START ORDER ANNOUNCED
We do change the swim order a bit each year - just remember - we must start you in your age group range since this race is a qualifier for the USAT National Championship AND someone will always have to start at the end, sorry. Also, remember due to weight limitations at our swim start, we must do this race as an interval start. For those of you to the rear of the start, thanks for your patience and understanding.
SWIM START ORDER: Assigned based on submitted estimated swim time within your age group. All categories start within their age group except ELITE & RELAY TEAMS.
ELITE RACERS
AGE 60+
AGE 29&UNDER
AGE 40-49
AGE 30-39
AGE 50-59
RELAY TEAMS
3. IF YOU NEED TO EDIT YOUR RACE INFORMATION
If you review your race information and see that you need to make changes to your swim time, category, etc... you can do so yourself by following the instructions under the following link. You must make these changes by Wednesday, July 8th at midnight cst.
LINK TO INSTRUCTIONS TO EDIT RACE INFO
4. JOIN US AT THE MUSIC CITY TRIATHLON - JULY 26TH
Music City Triathlon
intermediate & short distances
NOW IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE
31 Years of Tradition - New Location
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Intermediate Distance 1.5k swim / 40k bike / 10k run
New short course 400yd swim / 20k bike / 5k run
Registration Information HERE - the price of entry goes up on July 8th, so be sure to register soon to save $$.
The Music City Triathlon is making a big move to downtown Nashville and moving to mid-summer for its' 31st year. Team Magic took over the event in 2006 at a new location "down the street" from the previous.
As for the basics - we are staging the event on the east side of the Cumberland River in the area around LP Field, home of the NFL Tennessee Titans. The swim will be in the Cumberland River, starting and finishing from the east side - not a point to point swim, but a rectangular type course. Thanks to TDOT - the bike course will be a two-loop 20k course totaling 40k on Ellington Parkway for the intermediate distance and one-loop for the short distance. Ellington Parkway will be completely closed to traffic during the event. The run course will be a two-loop 5k course totaling 10k of running for the intermediate distance and one-loop for the short distance on a nice mix of the east side and the west side of the river in the downtown business district.
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