![]() ![]() flashlight or headlamp with fully charged batteries.basic first aid kit including ace bandage.a base layer in addition to what you might be wearing (wicking material recommended) for your upper body (Lower body base layer not mandatory but recommended).As soon as your porter arrives at T2, he/she should hand over your pack to our race official for examination. As you climb 2000 feet over the last 11 miles of the bike leg, your porter will have driven ahead and will be waiting to take your bike and exchange your gear. The second transition will be located in the parking lot at Wildcat Ski Area, on the right-hand side of the road. There will be race officials driving the roads and violations could disqualify the athlete. Porters should drive ahead, park their car well off the road, then locate the safest location (ideally when the cyclist is going uphill) to hand food or drink to their athlete. Do not hand food or drink out of a car window. There are many parking lots along the way….use them. Very important: Porters MUST find locations to park their cars enroute that do not inhibit either vehicular traffic or the cyclists. T2 is located at the Wildcat Ski Area parking lot on Route 16, between the Pinkham Notch Visitors Center and the Mt. Cyclists must obey all traffic signals as they would on any training ride. Race direction is headed by Andy Scherding and Kathleen Walker of New England Endurance Events.įor the bike leg, there is no set course: the route which most athletes have taken in the past will be provided to all racers in advance but some athletes do follow other roads - with the exception that racers are forbidden on sections of Routes 5 and 113 in Maine and Route 16 in New Hampshire. ![]() The Sea to Summit Triathlon was developed and refined over 25 years for those looking for a new and unique challenge. As weather plays a critical role on race day (in the past, the swim has been cancelled due to thunderstorms, the bike has been adjusted due to road construction, and the run has been altered due to high winds or remaining snowpack) this meeting, while brief, is mandatory. Important instructions are given, along with last-minute news. The event will start at 4pm on Friday, July 21 with a mandatory packet pick-up for racers and their porters at the historic Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine. For relay teams: as the race progresses one of the non-active team members assumes the role of porter. Each competitor must designate a support person, or porter, who will be present at the start, drive the course (although not alongside the athlete), take away the bike at T2, and chauffeur the athlete down the mountain. This is a deliberately small race, with a limited field of 125 experienced triathletes. Seven to 12 hours later they are standing at the highest point in the Northeastern United States. How unique is Sea to Summit? At dawn, competitors are swimming at sea level. a strenuous five mile run/climb up the tallest mountain in the Northeast: Mount Washington, with 4300 feet of vertical gain in altitude.a 91-95 mile bike ride (depending on course variations) from Maine into New Hampshire, following roads of your choosing, with 6000 feet of climbing.a 1.2 mile swim along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Maine.The Sea to Summit Triathlon is a largely self-supported race consisting of: ![]()
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