WELCOME TO THE STERNE AGEE LJCC TRIATHLON!
Team Magic and the Birmingham Area Levite Jewish Community Center are bringing back the LJCC Triathlon for the 3rd year - with a change of date and race distances. This event is truly a great "get your feet wet" triathlon for the early season.

 

Levite Jewish Community Center is a center open to everyone. At its 3960 Montclair Road campus it features state-of-the-art fitness equipment; more than 65 group fitness classes every week (all free to members); expert, friendly personal trainers; an indoor pool and 8,000-square-foot outdoor pool; a scenic wilderness biking and hiking trail; instruction, programs and team sports including swimming, diving, tennis, soccer, racquetball as well as basketball for adults and kids; the NAEYC-accredited Cohn Early Childhood Learning Center; Theatre LJCC and entertainment opportunities for kids, adult and seniors. For more information or to join call 879-0411 and www.bhamjcc.org.

 

GREAT BEGINNER EVENT
To make this event attractive for a first triathlon the distances have been kept fairly short and the swim will be in the LJCC indoor pool due to the new April date. The event is open to all competitors - drawing a great mix of beginners and experienced racers. So, don't put it off. This race is for EVERYONE.

 

 

 

DIRECTIONS

Levite Jewish Community Center
3960 Montclair Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35213
(205) 879-0411

 

The facility is located on the border between Mountain Brook and Birmingham, an easy 10 minute drive from UAB, downtown Birmingham, or the airport.

 

Google Map

 

WHERE TO STAY

 

Coming soon!

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

(150 yard swim / 6 mile rd / 2 mi run)

 

New Course Maps Available Soon!

 

The Swim: The swim is in the LJCC indoor 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.

 

SWIM NOTE: You will be running through the LJCC from the pool area to the transition area - through the building, so be safe as you go from outside to inside and back outside again.

 

The Bike: The bike course is an out-and-back course on Montclair Road - mainly flat with cones separating a lane for bikers only.

 

BIKE NOTE: There are two bike turnarounds, take your time on these turnarounds. On the four-lane areas of the course, bikers will stay inside the cones toward the middle of the road and cars will be in the outside lanes.

 

The Run: The run course will be 2 miles total - one mile out and one mile back on on side walk and some nicely surfaced "off road" trails through a pretty wooded section just adjacent to Montclair Road.

 

RUN NOTE: You will stay right on your run as you exit and please remember you are sharing sidewalk space to and from the wooded section of the run. Stay right as you head back to the race finish line. There will be cars on the road, so as you head out on the run course, please be cautious and try to stay on the sidewalk. Bikers will also be heading back to transition while many runners are headed out on the run, so just remember - STAY ALERT AND SHARE THE ROAD, thanks!

 

 

Map My Ride Courses with Elevation Coming Soon

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, Day Before Race
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Packet pick-up at the LJCC Gymnasium

 

4:00 pm - Race Overview followed by Beginner Q&A - Location TBA

 

sunday, Race Day
6:30 am - 7:30 am - Packet pick-up at the LJCC Gymnasium

7:30 am - Bikes must be in the transition area. Race overview in transition area.

8:00 am - Interval swim start begins by participant race number.

10:30 am - Awards ceremony asap 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 30 minutes before the start of each race in the transition area to provide last minute updates and cover race flow. Be there!

 

CATEGORIES, AWARDS, & PRIZES
USAT AGE UP RULE
All USAT races will use the "AGE UP RULE" for award distribution and ranking. It is important that you begin in the proper wave start with respect to this rule. The age up rule means you are racing based on your age as of 12/31/2012. Our computer timing program will automatically calculate your age based on your birth date and the age up rule criteria.

 

CATEGORY TYPES

• Individual (Age Group) - Open for all age group men and women
• Aquabike - Swim and Bike Only
• Paratriathlete - Physically Challenged Division - MORE INFO
  
• Beginners - Participated in no more than 3 triathlons
• Clydesdale - 200+ pound men
• Athena - 150+ pound women
• Relay - male, female, mixed, family

 

What is a Beginner?
Simple. A beginner is someone who has participated in three or fewer triathlons. It is the participants choice to race as a beginner or as an individual. In addition to the standard top 3 overall male and female awards, Team Magic also offers a top 3 male and female beginner award at all of our races.

 

Click here for TIPS for beginners.

 

 

Awards & Prizes

Please note:

• Order must be placed three weeks (minimum) prior to race date to receive specific category award.
• Awards ordered based on number of participants registered in each award category.
• Awards are given based on categories defined below.

 

 

Overall:

1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall: Male & Female

1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall: Beginner Male & Female

1st , 2nd, 3rd Athena: Women weighing 150+

Top 3 Clydesdale (39& Under) and Top 3 Clydesdale (40 years and over): Men weighing 200+

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: 11-12, 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.

 

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.