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Harris Lake Reverse Sprint & Olympic Triathlon
This is a multisport event weekend to remember with your choice of reverse sprint or Olympic triathlon or aquabike plus a crazy fun party, brought to you by Humans of Steel Racing, a subsidiary of The Endurance Edge, a women-owned Triangle business. Let's create multisport memories for the entire family. Everyone shares a finish line and gets to celebrate their accomplishment! It will not only challenge you, but be super fun!
We are beginner friendly. In fact, if this is your FIRST race, we have a special, handmade (huge) plaque for you to have your picture taken with.
Held at Harris Lake County Park in New Hill, NC, convenient to Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fuquay Varina, and Holly Springs, you'll run through the single track trails, ride through Hollys Springs, then swim in Harris Lake (yes, in that order...since we like to be different...we're humans of steel, after all!).
*NEW in 2024: Olympic course, high school athlete friendly and USAT sanctioned, so you'll get the additional benefits of earning USAT points for rankings. You can view the rules here.
Detailed course maps, GPX links, parking and transition layout can be found here: https://bit.ly/HOSTriMaps
Race Weekend Timeline
On Sunday, August 4th
- 5:45-7:15am packet pick-up (this will include a trash bag for you to haul out your own trash). No packet pick up prior to race day. **DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER THAN 5:45am--no waiting allowed outside the park!!
- 7:30am (7:35am Aquabike start) Choose from our
- Reverse Sprint Triathlon (5k trail run, 12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim)
- Reverse Olympic Triathlon (10k trail run, ~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
- Reverse Sprint Aquabike (12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim)
- Reverse Olympic Aquabike (~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
- *We may release runners as a mass start or in 2 minute waves, which we'll know closer to race day.
- 8am-12:00pm Stick around to enjoy music, kids fun run, playground, photo area, and great post-race snacks!
- ~9:30am kids dash
- **no exiting the park until the last biker has started the bike course (around 9/9:30am)
- 10:00am (tentative) Sprint awards (overall Male, Female & Non-Binary plus age group 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
- 10:30/11am bike course cut off time (no entering the park until the last biker is done)
- 11:00am (tentative) Olympic awards (overall Male, Female & Non-Binary plus age group 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
- 12:00pm course closes
Place
New Hill, NC US 27562
Course Maps
**Remember the unique "reverse" format of run, bike, swim (or bike/swim for the aquabike). Updated course maps with GPX links can be found here: https://bit.ly/HOSTriMaps
- NEW in 2024! The 5k and 10k trail run LOOP winds through the single track Peninsula hiking trails and double track gravel maintenance roads, providing ample shade and scenery. It's FLAT (less than 150ft elevation). While trail running shoes are not necessary, we wouldn't recommend racing flats.
- The bike is a moderately rolling course that goes through the roads of Holly Springs. There will be BIG signs, volunteers and police at turns, however, the course is not closed to traffic.
- Finally, the swim is in Harris Lake along the shoreline and will have plenty of lifeguards and water support.
Benefiting Girls on the Run of the Triangle
Your donations go to making a difference in the lives of Girls around the Triangle. In 2022, GOTR was able to give out over $70,000 in scholarships for our dynamic girls to participate. Donations also go towards supplying sites with t-shirts, program bins, water bottles, medals, and our amazing culminating 5k experience.
$205 -Can fund a girl's program experience for a season
$85- Can cover a team's program t-shirts
$23- Can cover a team's water bottles
$3253- Can sponsor a team of 15 (this is our GOAL for Humans of Steel!)
Sustainability: BYOB
We're working on creating a top notch race experience while keeping the environment in mind.
In an effort to keep trash to a minimum, we're asking participants to haul out their trash and recycling. We encourage athletes and spectators to bring ample water bottles since it will likely be hot! Water will be provided at the race start/finish, on the run course and at transition, but you'll need to BYOB (bring your own bottle)
Athlete, Volunteer and Spectator Guide 2024
Here's the 2024 Athlete & Spectator Guide. including maps, packing list and more.
Park EXIT: if you need to leave early, you may do so AFTER the last biker leaves the park to start the course. This will likely be around 9/9:30am. NO EXCEPTIONS, since there will be cyclists going in BOTH directions. If you need to leave before 11am, we kindly ask that you are PATIENT at the entrance since there will be a cop directing traffic, leaving priority to the cyclists entering the park again.
Park ENTRY: We have reserved the entire park for the morning, so that no one is competing for the trails, roads, shelters and parking. Once the bike course closes at 11am (it could be a little earlier, but all depends on when the last cyclist returns), then the park will reopen to incoming traffic.
To view more specific information regarding a packing list, course maps, etc, go here: Athlete & Spectator Guide for 2024.
Race Website
Additional race information can be found at https://www.humansofsteelracing.com.
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