WELCOME TO YOUR 2016

RACE BRIEFING

Street Wear

bag drop

off/collection

Timing

Container

(spare

chips)

Pedestrian

Bridge 1

FINISH

VIP Tent Orient Theatre

– race briefing

Public

Info

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

Pedestrian

Bridge 2

Towards Athlete Finisher Area

Pram/

Wheelchair

Crossing

Public

entrance

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

Athlete

Final Aid

Station

Beer Tent

Finisher Shirt

Collection

Medical

Gazebo

Toilets

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

SPUR

Massage Tent

Medical

Gazebo

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

• You would have received the following in

your Registration Pack:

– 1 x swim cap

– 1 x street wear bag | 1 x bike bag | 1 x run bag

– 1 x sheet numbers

• 1 x race number

• 1 x helmet number

• 1 x bike number

– 1 x bike check-out card (only to be used if you

can’t collect your bike yourself)

• You will receive and scan a timing chip on

site to check your race details.

REGISTRATION

BIKE CHECK-IN/CHECK OUT FLOW

Bike check-in/

Bike check-out

Glasses,

hearing

aids, false

teeth etc.

• All participating athletes MUST check a bike

into Transition.

• Only athletes allowed into Transition.

• Bike- and helmet-check will be done at

entrance of Transition, if damaged, a new

one must be bought at Bike Maintenance

stand outside Transition.

• Your packed (and numbered) Bike- and Run

Bags only must be checked in now.

BIKE CHECK-IN

• No bike covers allowed overnight.

• No-one allowed into Transition after

17:00.

• Bike Maintenance available at the Bike

Entrance gate (i.e. bike check-in

entrance)

• Athletes can access their bike and bags

in Transition from 05:00 – 06:30 on

Race Morning

BIKE CHECK-IN

• Timing chip required for Saturday’s (only)

Official Swim Training (08:00 – 10:00).

• No chip – no time

• Ensure you fasten chip belt on left leg – use

safety pin to secure.

• Place chip under wetsuit – NOT over.

• New chips at: Swim start or Drop-out Clerk

gazebo on your exit from transition – your

responsibility to request new chip if you lose

yours.

CHIP RULES

• You need your official chip & chip belt to

collect your bike/transition bags at bike

check out.

• If you cannot collect your own bike, give

your “bike check-out card” and chip & chip

belt to a friend or family member.

• Lost/not handed in chips costs you R1000.00

• No substitution.

CHIP RULES

RACE DAY

TRANSPORT

• Park and Ride along Esplanade from Garden Court – 04:45 – 06:15.

• Athletes will be DQed if caught driving on the course or parking in illegal areas on Race Day morning!

• Transition opens at 05:00 on Sunday 24 January, closes at 06:30 – for all athletes.

• Check your bike one last time before race.

• Ensure that you have your official swim cap and have your timing chip attached to your LEFT leg.

• Replacement swim caps will be at swim start on entry into the sea.

RACE DAY CHECK-IN

• Glasses, hearing aids, false teeth etc. can be left on the table as you exit Transition to the Swim Start.

• Hand in Street wear Bag at the Street wear Tent, down the Orient Path.

RACE DAY CHECK-IN

RACE DAY CHECK-IN

Drop off you Street Wear bag here on

your way to Swim Start from Transition.

Extra Timing

Chips & Extra

Swim Caps

General Note:

• Every athlete who withdraws from the race at any time, must report to the Drop Out Clerks:– At the Beach Medical Pods at the Swim

– At the Transition Exit (Bike Out/In)

– Info Tent in the IRONMAN Village

• Pro Men Start 06:45

– entry 06h30

• Pro Women Start 06:50

– entry 06h30

• Age Group Rolling Starts – 07:00 sharp

- Enter relevant holding area timeously

SWIM START

PROCEDURE

• Warm up before entering Swim Start area (land based warm up)

• Toilets for athletes on the way down towards Swim Start

• Enter Swim Start area down the slipway at the showers.

• Seed yourself correctly into anticipated swim time:

– Less than 30 minutes

– 30 minutes

– 40 minutes

– 50 minutes

– 60 minutes up

SWIM START

PROCEDURE

• Be realistic – self-seed in the right group

• Group of 10 athletes (fastest to slowest) will be

released initially every 10 seconds to cross timing

mat for swim start, thereafter 10 athletes every 5

seconds.

• Your race time starts when YOU cross the swim start

mat.

• Swim exit timing mat will be just before the ramp up

to the showers off the beach.

• If you miss the swim cut-off of 1 hour 10 minutes,

you will be a DNF after the event / in the final results.

SWIM START

PROCEDURE

SWIM START PROCEDURE

Swim Exit and

Swim Cut-offMedical Tent

Extra Timing

Chips & Extra

Swim Caps

SWIM COURSE

SWIM COURSE

/Medical Pods

/Medical Pods

• 1 lap of 1.9km.

• Keep buoys to left, except last one to right.

• If you need help, lift hand above head and

pump up and down.

• Remove wetsuit in change tent only – public

nudity is prohibited.

SWIM COURSE

• PRO wetsuit temperatures: under 16°C =

wetsuit compulsory; over 21.9°C wetsuit

banned.

• Age Group wetsuit temperatures: under

16°C = wetsuit compulsory; over 24.5°C

wetsuit banned.

• Water temperature 13 – 13.9°C swim halved

(950m) all athletes

• Water temperature below 13°C swim

cancelled for all

SWIM COURSE

• 4 Yellow buoys as guider buoys between red

buoys.

• No race number to be worn during swim.

• If you lose your chip, collect a new one at

Swim Start, or Drop-Out Clerk at Transition

Exit to Bike.

SWIM COURSE

• Swim course cut-off after 1h10min

• Cut-off time according to when YOU started

the race.

• If you miss the swim cut-off your name will

be on a board at entrance to transition and

your run bag may have been removed.

• If your run bags are removed, you must

collect it from Drop-Out Clerk outside

transition.

SWIM COURSE

TRANSITION AREA LAYOUT

Athlete

Changing

Tent

Medical &

Physio

Sunscreen

Bike bags

Exit/Entrance

BikeBike Bag

Drop

TRANSITION SWIM TO BIKE

Glasses etc.

table

IN

OUT

Drop-Out

Clerk (extra

chips)

• Collect your Bike bag and change in tent.

Place your swim kit in bag, tie and place bag

into demarcated area outside tent.

• Sunscreen tent before Transition Tent,

Physio Tent next to Medical Tent.

• Please mark all your kit with permanent

marker.

• Race number to be worn at the back (add

medical and emergency info).

TRANSITION: SWIM TO BIKE

• Athletes with cycling shoes in transition

bags MUST put their shoes on in the

Transition Tent during T1.

• Only handle your bike once you’ve clipped

your helmet on your head.

• Mount bike after mount/dismount line

outside Transition.

TRANSITION: SWIM TO BIKE

BIKE COURSE

• 1 lap of 90.1km.

• Ride on left side of road – on Highway stay to the right of the yellow line.

• Motorbike “patrols” within yellow line.

• Aid Stations: 18km | 45km | 72km

• The total cut-off time for the bike is 5 hours

15 minutes from the Start of your race.

• If you miss the cut-off you will be listed DNF

in final results.

BIKE COURSE

• Draft rule – Pros – 12m; Age Group 10m.

Measured from the leading edge of the front

wheel and extending towards the back of the

bike

• Pros have 25 sec to overtake; Age Groupers have 20 sec to overtake.

• Blocking Rule - yellow card.

• Littering/outside (non-official) help – DSQ.

• NO Personal Seconding is allowed.

• Cell phones/MP3 devices – DSQ.

• Race number on your back.

BIKE COURSE

• There will be 2 x SAG transport points on the bike

course – SAG & Bike Maint. – Berlin turnaround (45km)

– SAG – R72 NEX & Buffalo Park Drive intersection (2.8km / 88.7km)

• Athletes who wish to withdraw off the course for

whatever reason:– Can stop at one of the above locations.

– Will be collected, with their bicycles, off the course by race

support crew and transported to either of these SAG locations.

• All bikes will be returned to Transition until Bike

Check-out opens. You cannot reclaim or take your

bike before this.

BIKE COURSE - SAG

BIKE AID STATION

BIKE COURSE :

Aid Station 1 : Nahoon

Dam Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table

(N2 : Exit 1034)High5

SourceWater

High5

EnergyGelWater

High5

Source

Aid Station 2 : Berlin Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table

(N2 : Exit 1025)

High5

SourceWater

High5

IsoGel &

Bars

Bananas WaterHigh5

Source

Aid Station 3 : Amalinda Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table 10 m Table

(N2 : Exit 1042)High5

SourceWater

High5

EnergyGel

Plus

WaterHigh5

Source

• 2 x Penalty Tents – Turn-around and outside of

Transition

• If you receive a penalty, report to first penalty tent

you go past.

• Not showing at a penalty tent after receiving a

penalty will result in a DSQ.

• Penalty rules will remain as per WTC IRONMAN Race

Rules – EXCEPT Littering = DSQ.

• Litter zones are within 20m on either side of an Aid

Station.

PENALTIES

• Only drafting gives you a time penalty (5min). Report

to first tent after infringement. You must report Blue

card – number crossed and given stop watch.

• Yellow card, report to first penalty tent and report

yellow card. Number crossed, resume race.

• “3 strikes and you are out” rule – DSQ (Red card)

• If you report to the wrong penalty tent, don’t report

at all or report wrong card, then DSQ (Red card).

• If you miss a cut-off you can still be DNFed after the

race.

• No cameras/earphones etc. – DSQ

PENALTIES CONT.

PENALTIES CONT.

• 3 strikes and you are out rule – Red Card/DQ

• Example:

– Drafting – black card

– Blocking – yellow card

– White Line – yellow card and DQ

• MP3 players – Red Card

• Littering – Red Card (litter flags)

• Outside Help – Red Card

• Reporting wrong card or not reporting – Red Card

• Athletes Note : only the cost of tubes and “bombs”

will be sponsored. All other bike repair for athlete’s

cost, invoiced after race.

1) In Transition pre-race: from 05:00 to 06:30

2) On the course:

– 1 x Static bike maintenance station: Turn-around Berlin

45km.

3) Roving bike maintenance:

– 4 x maintenance motorcycles will loop throughout the bike

course for the duration of the race.

NO bike maintenance may be undertaken whilst you are

serving a time-penalty.

RACE DAY BIKE MAINTENANCE

Athlete

Changing

Tent

Medical &

Physio

Sunscreen

Run bags

Exit/Entrance

Bike

Exit

Run

TRANSITION: BIKE TO RUN

IN

OUT

Run Bag

DropPenalty

Drop Out

Clerk (extra

chip)

• Dismount before mount/dismount line.

• Volunteers will rack your bike for you - located

according to your ‘time of day’ finish time.

• Collect your Run Bag and change in Transition tent.

• Race Number on the front.

• Place all your bike gear into your RUN Bag.

• Tie the bag closed and drop your bag off in the “Bag

Drop Off” zone just outside the tent.

• Medical and Physiotherapy facilities are available in

Transition.

• Sunscreen is available in the Transition area.

TRANSITION – BIKE TO RUN

RUN COURSE

• Aid stations are approximately every 2km.

• NO Personal Seconding is allowed.

• Cell Phone/MP3 device - DSQ.

• Littering outside aid station – DSQ.

• Run cut off based on when you started your race.

• You have only 8.5 hours to complete the entire race.

• NO non-athletes on/over finish line – DSQ.

• No penalty tents on run course– will have number

crossed by referee on course.

RUN COURSE

RUN AID STATION

RUN COURSE :

Aid Station 4 : Pier baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

(onto pier : one side only)

Sponges Water Coke

High5

Sourc

e

High5

EnergyGel

& Bars

Banana

s

High5

Sourc

e

Coke Water Sponges

Aid Station 5 : Virgin

Active baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table1

0 m

Table

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

(sea side, on pavement)

Sponges Water Coke

High5

Sourc

e

High5

EnergyGel

Plus

High5

SourceCoke Water Sponges

Aid Station 6 : Junction baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

(road centre, up Turnberry)

Sponges Water Coke

High5

Sourc

e

High5

EnergyGel

High5

SourceCoke Water Sponges

Aid Station 7 : Turnaround baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

Table1

0 m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

Table

10

m

baths x 2

10

m

baths x 2

Loop

Bands

(set-up down Galway)

Sponges Water Coke

High5

Sourc

e

High5

EnergyGel

Plus

& Bars

Banana

s

High5

Sourc

e

Coke Water Spongesx 2

colours

• IRONMAN® 70.3® Village Area has Medical Tent, Massage

Tent (rub down), Final Aid Station Tent, Street Wear Tent,

Finishers shirt Tent.

• Collect your Finisher shirt and use your athlete’s band for

food and drink.

• Collection of bikes and transition bags in Transition from

14:00 to 17:00 – need chip & chip belt.

• No chip = no bike

• No bags may be passed over the fence – must be checked

out with your bike.

• If you are sick/injured, family member will need your “bike

check-out card” and chip & chip belt to retrieve your bike.

FINISH LINE AREA

• Medical tent is separate to Finisher’s Area.

Paramedics are available in the IRONMAN

Village/Finisher area.

• Showers and toilets in Orient Complex.

• Collect finisher shirt at Finisher area,

certificates download online.

FINISH LINE AREA

Athlete

Final Aid

Station

Beer Tent

Finisher Shirt

Collection

Medical

Gazebo

Toilets

GETTING TO KNOW THE IRONMAN® 70.3® VILLAGE

FINISHER AREA LAYOUT

SPUR

Massage TentMedical

Gazebo

FINISHER AREA LAYOUT

• IN THE EVENT OF A SHORTENED COURSE –

• Race Director will make call at 06:00.

• Announcer will inform the athletes in Transition just after

06:00.

• SCENARIO 1:

• Swim For Pros - Start at 07:00

• Age Group alternative - Rolling Bike Start at 08:00 (no

swim)

• Distances for Pros: SWIM 1.9 km | BIKE 90 km |

RUN 21.1 km

• Distances for Age Groupers: BIKE 90 km | RUN 21.1

km

• Rolling Bike Start (self-seed)

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE

• Process for an Alternative Race Start – Scenario 1:

• 06:00 : Announcement will be made.

– Go to your BIKE bag and prepare for the bike leg.

– Transition will close at 06:30 (for Pro Swim Start) and re-

open at 07:30 to collect bikes.

– Pro Athletes will swim. Transition opens for Age Groupers

to collect bikes once Pros have transitioned.

– Age Groupers self-seed themselves in the chute at the Bike

Exit / Entrance: Start at 08:00.

– Rolling Start will leave at 5 second intervals.

– Start time will be registered at the time your timing chip

crosses the Mount / Dismount line.

– The Bike leg cut-off time of 4 hours 05 minutes will still

apply.

• SCENARIO 2:

• Swim Cancelled For All

• Distances for all: BIKE 90 km | RUN 21.1 km

• Pros Bike Start - 07:30

• Age Groupers Rolling Bike Start (self-seed) - 07:45

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE

• Process for an Alternative Race Start – Scenario 2:

• 06:00: Announcement will be made:

– Go to your BIKE bag and prepare for the bike leg.

– Collect your bike ahead of the Start time.

– The Pro Athletes will line up in the chute behind the

Mount/Dismount line: Start at 07:30

– Age Groupers will self-seed themselves in the chute -

behind the Pros: Start at 07:45

– Rolling Start will leave at 5 second intervals.

– Start time will be registered at the time your timing chip

crosses the Mount/Dismount line.

– The Bike leg cut-off time of 4 hours 05 minutes will still

apply.

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE

• After the Bike, you will transition as normal

to the Run in both scenarios.

• The total race time (now excluding the 1 hour

10 minutes swim time) will remain as 7 hours

20 minutes from the start of your race.

• Once the results have been verified, athletes

who are identified to have missed the cut-off

times will be a DNF after the event/in the final

results.

• Slot allocation (Sunday 24 January 2016) – 17:00 at Orient

Theatre.

• You will NOT be let into slots if you are not in the venue

before the slots ceremony starts – no exceptions!

• You MUST have checked out your bike before coming to

slots – no bikes will be kept for anyone going to slots!

• 30 slots to 2016 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Champs in

Australia.

• Need to pay slot fee on the day to accept slot – payment

by means of credit card: VISA and MasterCard only.

• Slot fee 2016: 465 AUD (Australian Dollar)

SLOT ALLOCATION

• Awards Ceremony (Sunday 24 Jan) – Premier

EL ICC, doors open at 18:45.

• Buffet opens 18:45.

• Ceremony starts at 19:30 sharp.

• Please note: Athletes MUST collect trophy in

person. No trophies will be posted after the

event and no trophies can be collected at

office after event.

POST-RACE

• Timing queries, Finisher shirt size swop and

Lost & Found at Registration Area, Garden

Court on Monday from 09:00 – 11:00.

POST-RACE

SAFE RACING –

SEE YOU AT THE FINISH LINE!