Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 17th - Ready to Tri?

Event Summary

Event: Chennai Triathlon

Date: Dec 17th, 2016

Organizer: Chennai Trekking Club (www.chennaitrekkers.org)

Objective: non-profit event to promote an active lifestyle through sports

Associated cause: CTC's rehabilitation of flood impacted villages near Pulicat

Venue: Chennai outskirts (1 hour)

Entry criteria on triathlon / swim / run timings

Categories

Category	Swim	Cycle	Run	Fees
Olympic	1.5K	40K	10K	500Rs
Half Iron	1.9K	90K	21K	600Rs
3/4 Iron	2.9K	135K	31K	700Rs
Full Iron	3.9K	180K	42K	800Rs

Sections

Swim: open still waters (400m long quarry)

Cycling: OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Road), suitable for road bikes (500m gravel section). Participants to bring own cycle or rent one (available stores: Probikers, Balaji Cycles, Just Rent Cycles, Just Buy Cycles)

Run: 10K loop on tar road / dirt track

Entry Criteria

Three mandatory entry criteria need to be satisfied prior to participate in this event:

1. Prior Triathlon Experience:

Olympic: Not required

Half Iron: minimum Olympic level completed before

3/4, Full Iron: minimum Half Iron level completed before

2. Swim Timing:

Participants should have completed (one of) below swimming distances within the timings listed:

Swim	1K	2K	4K
Olympic	40 minutes	1 hour	2 hours
Half Iron		1 hour	2 hours
3/4 Iron		1 hour	2 hours
Full Iron			2 hours

3. Run Timing:

Participants should have completed (one of) below running distances within the timings listed:

Run	10K	21K	42K
Olympic	1:15 (men) 1:30 (women)	2:30 (men) 3 (women)	5:30 (men) 6 (women)
Half Iron		2:30 (men) 3 (women)	5:30 (men) 6 (women)
3/4 Iron		2:30 (men) 3 (women)	5:30 (men) 6 (women)
Full Iron			5:30 (men) 6 (women)

Timings

Category	Start	Cut off (Men)	Cut off (Women)
Olympic	7:30 AM	6 hours	7 hours
Half Iron	3:00 PM	9.5 hours	10 hours
3/4 Iron	6:00 AM	14.5 hours	15 hours
Full Iron	6:00 AM	19 hours	20 hours

Stay/Food

The venue is located within 1 hour drive from city (will be announced in next few weeks)

Nearby hotels are available for outstation participants

Refreshments at aid Stations: swim + cycle (every 20K) + run (every 3K)

Sandwiches offered at cycle aid stations (Half, 3/4, Full Iron) / finish line (All)

BIB / T-shirt

BIB can be collected either at Friday evening or Saturday morning at the venue

Participation shirt - optional (350Rs, Kalenji brand with Chennai Triathlon logo)

Finisher

Finisher Medal (only if finishing within cut-off timing)

Timings will be tracked manually by volunteers

Free photographic coverage provided 1-2 days after event

Partners

Bay of Life - Swim partner

Probikers - Bike partner

Alert - First Aid Partner

Associated Cause

During the 2015 December Floods Chennai Trekking Club was actively engaged in rehabilitation of flood impacted backward hamlets near Pulicat. After initial relief efforts involving repairing damaged huts and restoring lost livelihood, CTC started a long term rehab program to improve education, sanitation, etc in many poor villages. In August 2016 CTC finished the construction of a school cum tuition center catering to more then hundred children from 15 nearby villages to provide quality education. We are employing three teachers for the students. In a second phase we are now planning to build toilets to improve sanitation as well as various other initiatives towards development of these backwards hamlets.