Courses
Swim Course
The swim portion of the tri is a 500 yard pool swim. That’s down and back 10 times. Depending on registration numbers, you could be in the outdoor or indoor pool. Both are 80 degrees or warmer so a wet suit is not needed.
At registration time, you’ll need to submit an estimated swim time for seeding purposes. Accuracy to the second is not really needed. Just an approximation. Max swim prediction time is 20 min. Lap counters will assist you keeping track of your laps. Exits to both pools converge on a common walkway and are equal distance from the transition area.
Bike Course
New bike course this year! While about half will be familiar to Spring Classic veterans, the route will take an opposite turn at the traffic circle and head north on South Ave, across I680 and then a right on East Middletown Rd. You’ll travel east to Unity Rd, turn around at the fire station, then back the same way. The new route promises much less traffic and slower speed limits to improve safety for everyone. A course preview ride is scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 8:30 am. Leaving from the transition area at the Davis Family YMCA.
Run Course
The run follows a course across Market St. and into a very quiet neighborhood. It’s reasonably flat except for a bit of a climb at about the half way mark. The run makes a sharp right turn near transition and heads west about 75 yards into the finish. There is one water aid station on the course at about the one mile mark that you can hit at one mile or again at two.
Transition
Transition is accessed equal distance from either the indoor or outdoor pool. You’ll run up the concrete sidewalk and cross the timing mat at the west end. Find your bike, suit up (with helmet), then head out the east side of transition across a second timing mat. Once you’re across the mat, mount your bike and head out.
Once you complete the bike course, you’ll enter the same end that you left, walk/run your bike across the mat and try and remember where you left your running shoes. Slip ’em on and head out the transition area the same end where you entered after the swim.
At the end of the run course, you’ll head back down the main drive the way you left. Once you make the right turn, the finish is about 75 yards away.
