COURSE DESCRIPTION
(3.1 mile run /12 mile bike /1 mile run)
Plan for a tour of downtown Birmingham, which might just mean flat and fast! Team Magic and the City of Birmingham have designed a spectator friendly two-loop bike course anchored by two flat and fast run courses with a few twists and turns.

 

Course Maps

Event Staging Area and Transition Area

 

Magic City Duathlon First Run - 5k (3.1 miles)

 

1ST RUN PDF OF COURSE & WRITTEN DESCRIPTION

 

Magic City Duathlon Bike Course - 12 miles (Two x 6 mile loops)

 

BIKE PDF OF COURSE & WRITTEN DESCRIPTION

Magic City Duathlon Second Run - 1 mile

 

2ND RUN PDF OF COURSE & WRITTEN DESCRIPTION

 

Food & Fluid Available On Course
There will be Powerade and water on the run course. There is no bottledrop on the bike course for the Magic City Duathlon racers, only Powerman.

 

TRANSITION AREA RULES
ALL BIKES MUST BE IN THE TRANSITION AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING NO LATER THAN 7:30 AM. Please respect other participants that are racing before your wave start begins, or may still be racing when you are finished. Keep on alert for racers as you move in and out of transition before, during and after your race is over.

 

You will rack your bike according to your race number. Pre-registered race numbers are assigned based on age group. Late registrants will receive last numbers and be racked in the same area.

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

 

All event activities take place at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Late registration and packet pick up for all events will take place in "the Commons Room." You will be able to purchase discounted tickets to take a tour.

 

FRIDAY

5 pm - 7 pm Packet Pick Up & Late Registration & Timing Chip Pick up for Saturday races Magic City Duathlon, 16th Street Baptist Church 5k & PowerKids Duathlon; with race expo brought to you by Bike Link of Birmingham

 

Saturday
6:30 am - 7:30 am: Registration & Packet Pick Up & Timing Chip Pick Up for Saturday races only - Magic City Duathlon and 16th Street Baptist Church 5k

6:30 am - 10:30 am: Registration & Packet Pick Up & Timing Chip Pick Up for the PowerKids Duathlon

8:00 am - 16th Street Baptist Church 5k Run Start

8:15 am - Magic City Duathlon Wave 1 Starts - All Men

8:20 am - Magic City Duathlon Wave 2 Starts - All Women & Relay Teams

10:20 am - Expected finish of Magic City Duathlon

10:30 am - Start of PowerKids Duathlon

12 pm - 7 pm - The Birmingham International Center presents the Cyclisimo Criterium - visit www.cahabacycles.com for more info. Download an informational flyer HERE.

 

1 pm - 7 pm - Expo by Bike Link of Birmingham, Packet pick up & registration for Powerman and the Trak Shak Magic City 8k Run Opens - Timing Chip Pick Up is Race Morning.

Sunday
The Powerman Alabama Duathlon and Magic City 8k Run will take place on Sunday.

 

6:00 am - 7:15 am - Late Registration & Packet Pick Up & Timing Chip Pick up

7:30 am - Powerman Alabama 1st Wave Starts - All Professional Racers

7:31 am - Powerman Wave 2 - All Women & All Relay Teams

7:35 am - Powerman Wave 3 - All Men 40+ Years Old

7:40 am - Powerman Wave 4 - All Men 39&Under Years Old

7:45 am - Trak Shak Magic City 8k Run Starts

 

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 12/31/09. Our computer timing program will automatically calculate your age based on your birth date and the age up rule criteria.

 

Awards & Prizes

Participants in the Whistlestop Duathlon will receive a race packet including a performance style shirt, energy products and other sponsor goodies. Award winners will receive a "trophy type" awards and multisport products.

 

Awards
(Individual, Elite, Clydesdale, Athena, Beginners & Relay)
Awards will be three deep in male & female five year categories:

15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 85+.

 

 

Male and Female Categories For All Listed Awards
Top 3 Overall Male and Female

Top 3 Overall Male and Female Masters (40+years)

Top 3 Beginners
Top 3 Clydesdale (39& Under) (Men weighing 200 or more pounds)
Top 3 Clydesdale (40 years and over) (Men weighing 200 or more pounds)
Top 3 Athena (Women weighing 150 or more pounds)
First Place in Relay Teams: Corporate, Male, Female, Mixed, and Family

 

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. Beginning in 2009, our new policy is to not ship these awards or make them available for pick up once the award ceremony is over. While we hope all of you stay and enjoy a chance at our prize drawings, certainly we hope those who place in one of our published award categories will stay to celebrate their race by staying to claim their award. 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.