Event Description

The course is a very scenic swim, bike and run through the Ohio countryside. The swim takes place in CJ Brown Reservoir, an inland lake, which has little boat traffic and offers a very calm swimming experience. Racers will swim out and back along the beachfront. The water is shallower near the shore and you can touch there, but on the backside of the course, you will not be able to touch bottom. Beginner triathletes will be able to touch bottom the entire swim course. The transition area will be up a small hill in the parking lots across from the Buck Creek State Park office. Athletes will be on a paved lot as they transition from segment to segment. The bike course goes through the State Park and onto the paved roads surrounding the park lands. The bike has rolling hills with 233 feet of elevation gains over the course of the 13.5 miles. The run is also mostly flat as it only rises 76 feet over the course of the 3.1 miles. The run is on a paved path and road. The run course is closed to all motorized traffic; the bike course is open to road traffic. Athletes will finish in the parking lots next to the transition area and then can celebrate their accomplishments with our post-race food and drink.