Course Description
Swim:
White Lake is one of the finest lakes you will ever have the pleasure to swim in - a perfect oval, two miles long and one mile across. The lake, which is fed by subterranean springs, is crystal clear with a sand bottom - about nine feet deep out in the very middle. Most mornings, White Lake is so perfectly flat; you would swear you were looking at a sheet of ice. This is an in-water start with participants lining up with the end of the two piers/docks at the NCFFA Center. The swim course is a triangular shaped course. Participants exit the water at the end of the easternmost pier/dock and run about 300 yards to the transition area. Swim caps will be provided.
Water temperature is expected to be in the upper 60s/lower 70s making this a wetsuit legal race.
A water temperature will be posted on Thursday of race week.
Bike:
The 45K bike course is a one loop design. It is a very fast, flat course.
Absolutely the fastest International bike course in North Carolina.
There will be one water bottle hand-off at about mile 17.
Run:
The 10K run is an out & back course. The course is flat and fast.
Aid stations located about every mile to mile and a half
IMPORTANT: The run course along both Hwy 53 and Hwy 701 will be coned - with cones separating vehicular traffic from runners. Runners MUST stay inside the traffic cones. Any runner caught running outside the traffic cones will be DQ'd on the spot. This is a very important safety consideration, so violations to this rule will be dealt with severely - NO WARNING.
