Dear Triathlete,
please read carefully through below prep mailer:
Cycle Rental
Participants are to bring their own cycle to the venue. Those looking to rent a cycle can contact following stores in Chennai: Probikers, Balaji Cycles, Just Rent Cycles, Just Buy Cycles (Contact details available on Google). Book your cycle well in advance to avoid last minute lack of availability. Sprint participants can consider sharing a cycle with Olympic / Half Iron participants as these categories happening in the morning / afternoon respectively.
BIB Distribution
You will be allocated a unique participation BIB number in the next mailer. You can collect your physical BIB at the venue after handing a signed copy of the disclaimer form: download here. You can collect your BIB at Agni College on Friday evening 7-10pm (All categories) or Saturday morning 5am (Sprint) or 11am-2pm (Half Iron, Olympic) onward at the swimming venue.
Category Change
Category change requests will not be accepted beyond June 1st. We assume you would have progressed sufficiently well with your practice to understand your preparedness for your registered category.
Overnight Stay
Participants are welcome to stay free overnight at Agni College on both Friday night (class rooms - bring sleeping mat/blanket/torch). Those looking for paid accommodation nearby can search for hotels near Navalur.
Timings
Please report to the venue as per your category + assigned BIB:
| Category | BIB | Reporting | Start time |
| Sprint Batch 1 | S101-S150 | 5:30 AM | 6:00 AM |
| Sprint Batch 2 | S151-above | 6:00 AM | 6:30 AM |
| Half Iron Batch 1 | H101-H150 | 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
| Half Iron Batch 2 | H151-above | 12:30 PM | 1:00 PM |
| Olympic Batch 1 | O101-O150 | 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM |
| Olympic Batch 2 | O151-above | 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM |
Venue map
- You can reach the venue through the OMR IT Highway (Old Mahabalipuram Road) as per below map
- You can either report on Friday evening at Agni college (free overnight stay) or Saturday morning at the swimming venue directly
- The swim venue is located approx 1km from Agni College
- Cars and cycles can be parked at either Agni/Swim venue (bring a lock)
- Cycling will be done along OMR (proceeding South wards)
- Running will be done along a 5km loop nearby Agni college (1km from Swim venue)
Swim venue
- Report at the open water swimming venue at the above indicated timings
- Park your vehicles at the open space on the left side of the quarry. Drop any valuables in your car.
- Report at our info desk, hand over the signed disclaimer and pick up your BIB (if not done yet on Friday evening at Agni)
- Pick up your event t-shirt if you have ordered one while registering
- Park your cycle near the info desk where you can pick it up directly after the swim
- Hand over your cycle/run luggage to our baggage counter (IN COUNTER)
- After the swim you can access your luggage to change and hand it back at the OUT COUNTER after which it ll be transferred to the run venue
- There is one Swim Aid Station with hydration
- A tent is provided for ladies to change / Toilets are available at nearby homes
Swim section
- Participants will swim up and down a 150m long open water quarry
- Ropes / Tubes are provide for safety and to provide separate lanes for onward/return traffic
- Always swim on the left side of the rope to avoid opposite traffic
- Timings/Loops are tracked manually by our volunteers (mention your BIB# out loud while taking U-turn)
- Participants in each category will complete a different number of loops:
- Half Iron: 6.3 loops - 1900m
- Olympic: 5 loops - 1500m
- Sprint: 2.5 loops - 750m
Cycle section
- After completing the swim, proceed with your cycle back towards OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Road)
- Take a right on OMR/Navallur and proceed all the way straight
- Sprint / Olympic / Half Iron categories will take U-turns at different locations en route as per below table
- One key diversion: at the end of OMR (joining ECR), take a sharp right to Thirukalukundram after crossing tollgate (do not proceed straight on ECR!)
| Check point / Aid Station | Sprint | Olympic | Half Iron |
| Swim venue | Start | Start | Start |
| A2 - Padur (10K) | U-turn | ||
| A3 - Tiruporur (20K) | U-turn | ||
| A4 - Thirukalukundram (45K) | U-turn | ||
| A3 - Tiruporur (70K) | |||
| A2 - Padur (80K) | |||
| Run venue | Finish (20K) | Finish (40K) | Finish (90K) |
Running loop
- The running venue is located left at the T-junction after Agni College
- Participants will be running along a 5K loop
- Aid Stations are provided every 2.5K
- Sprint: 1 loop (5K)
- Olympic: 2 loop (10K)
- Half Iron: 4 loops (21K)
Cut-off Timings
Participants who do not finish within below cut-off timings will not receive a finisher medal
| Category | Cut off (Men) | Cut off (Women) |
| Sprint | 3 hours | 3.5 hours |
| Half Iron | 9 hours | 10 hours |
| Olympic | 6 hours | 7 hours |
Aid Stations
Aid Stations are equipped with refreshments:
- Water
- ORS energy drinks
- Bananas, Mosambi's
- Lemons, Salt
- Peanut bars, snickers
- Sandwiches (finish + 45K cycle U-turn)
Partners
Agni College - Venue partner
Bay of Life - Swim partner
Probikers - Bike partner
Alert - First Aid Partner
Chennai is suffering from an every growing garbage footprint. More than 6000 tonnes of mixed garbage leave the city each day causing significant environmental and health impact. Chennai Trekking Club is actively working on creating a zero waste model community at Srinivasapuram on the estuary of the Adyar river as an example for the rest of the city to follow. In a first phase we are engaged in cleaning up this beautiful hamlet near the sea while at the same time creating awareness on the need to segregate waste. We are setting up a self sustainable waste management model to make the community waste free through door collection, recycling and setting up a compost yard. Trees will be planted to green the hamlet and compost will be used as manure to grow the same. Regular updates are posted on FB of this 1 year project covering 5000 homes.
Chennai Trekking Club
- About: Chennai Trekking Club is a non-profit volunteer based community which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental conservation events throughout the year. With 40 thousand members and hundreds of events each year CTC is one of the largest and most active groups in India. More than 300 news articles appeared in the media.
- Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
- Facebook: Chennai Trekking Club
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Annual Events
- Chennai Coastal Cleanup - June 18th
- Chennai Triathlon - July 1st
- Jawadhu Hills Ultra - Aug 6th
- Annual Green Day - Aug 27th
- Chennai Trail Marathon - Sep 10th
- Chennai Swimathon - Oct 22nd
- Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 16th
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