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Race Date/location:  Duathlon is Saturday, June 07, 2008 at the Charleston Baptist Association Campgrounds in Benton, Missouri (4855 Hwy 77).

Race Time:  Race starts at 9am sharp (mass start).  Youth will begin 1 minute after the start of the adult race.  It is your responsibility to be at the start line on time.  A 10 minute, 5 minute, 2 minute, and 1 minute warning will be made prior to the start of the race. 

Race Distance:  3 mile run; 14 mile bike; 3 mile run.  Youth:  1.5 mile run; 7 mile bike; 1.5 mile run.

Registration:  Registration may be completed by mailing registration form and payment to:  Splitmaster 3579 State HWY H Sikeston, MO 63801.  Max capacity is 250.  All registration will end when capacity is met. 

Fees: 

Packet Pick-up:

Directions to Cyclewerx:  From the St. Louis area, take I-55 south to exit 99 (Cape Girardeau/Jackson).  From this exit, turn left onto I-55 loop S/US 61 S/ MO 34E/ N. Kingshighway.  Travel 2.7 miles, Cyclewerx (1404 N. Kingshighway) is on the right, just past Car Mart.

Directions to Race Site:  From the St. Louis area, take I-55 south to exit 80 (Benton/Diehlstadt).  From exit 80, turn left/east onto MO-77.  Travel 2.9 miles, Charleston Baptist Association Campgrounds (4855 Hwy 77) is on the right.

Race site amenities:  The campgrounds provide a large pavilion with seating and many shade trees.  Basketball and sand volleyball courts are also located on the grounds.  Men and Women’s bath houses with restroom facilities, showers and changing rooms are also available. 

Race Day Parking:  Parking will be available at the Unity Baptist Church, just across the road from the campgrounds, as well as a designated portion of the campgrounds.  Please park as directed by parking attendant to ensure that your vehicle does not block the run course.  The campgrounds will be closed for parking from 8:50 am until the race is complete.  At this time no vehicles will be permitted to enter or exit this parking lot.  If you intend to leave before all participants have completed the duathlon, please use the church parking lot.

Suggested Hotels:  Victorian Inn & Suites, Cape Girardeau (573)651-4486 or Hampton Inn, Cape Girardeau (573)651-3000

Race categories:  (Each individual category is divided by gender) 7-10; 11-14; 15-18; 19-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50+;  Youth team (all members 18 or under);  Adult team

Team Participants:  Each team will have one race-packet.  If pre registered, each team member will receive an event t-shirt which will be included in the race-packet.  One representative (team captain) from each team must retrieve race-packet and timing chip at a designated packet-pick-up location.  The team captain is responsible for the return of the timing chip or the replacement fee ($160 USD).  The team’s first runner will start the race with the timing chip securely fastened around his/her left ankle.  The chip will remain fastened on the 1^st runner until it is passed to the team cyclist in the transition area.  The cyclist must have the chip band securely fastened on his/her left ankle before leaving the transition area for the start of the bike.  The cyclist must enter the transition area at the conclusion of the bike portion with the chip band still secured around his/her left ankle.  The chip band will be transferred to the left ankle of the 2^nd runner in the transition area.  The second runner must not exit the transition area until the chip band is properly secured around his/her left ankle.  The second runner will return the chip band to the designated bucket once he/she crosses the finish line.  Once the first runner and/or cyclist have completed their leg of the race and have passed on the timing chip, they are to exit the transition area immediately and are not to return to the transition area until all race participants have completed the bike portion of the race.

Run Course:  The entire run course takes place on the campgrounds and is well marked.  The majority of the course is on the flat, neatly mowed yard of the campgrounds.  A portion of the run course is a walking/jogging trail through a field of preserved/endangered prairie wheat.  This trail is primarily tightly packed dirt/sand.  Athletes will run 2 loops of this 1.5 mile loop course. 

Bike Course:  The bike course takes place on open roads.  All roads are well paved.  The roads will not be closed to traffic.  It is your responsibility to obey all rules of the road.  All cyclists must stay on the right hand side of the road at all times!! Helmets are mandatory and must be properly fastened before mounting your bike.  The bike course is absolutely flat.

Adult bike course:  The bike course begins with a right hand turn out of the campgrounds onto Hwy 77.  From Hwy 77 you will make your second right turn onto County Road 506.  Your third right turn will be onto State HWY H.  You will travel north on Hwy H to your forth right hand turn onto Hwy 77.  From Hwy 77 you will ride back to the campgrounds.  The course is one big triangle. 

Transition Area:  Bike racks will be labeled with a range of bib numbers.  On the rack with your assigned bib number, specific spots are first come, first serve.  Bikes must be staggered.  Transition area will open at 6am on race-day and will close at 8:50am for the start of the race.  Once you have finished the duathlon, we ask that you do not re-enter the transition area until all participants have begun the second run.  Race participants only will be allowed into the transition area While in the transition area, you are expected to respect all other’s belongings/equipment.

Chip timing:  This event will be using a chip timing system.  You will receive your timing chip at packet pick-up.  It is your responsibility to properly wear your chip snuggly around your left ankle through the duration of the event and to return the chip and its neoprene band to the designated bucket(s) once you have crossed the finish line.  You are responsible for the replacement cost of the chip should your chip not be returned.  The replacement cost of the chip is $160.00 USD.  We suggest that once you receive your chip at packet pick-up you put it on your ankle immediately.  The chip is water-proof, safe to swim or bathe with.  It is important that you wear the chip that was assigned to you!  Do not trade chips with other race participants.  Once you are at the race site, please avoid crossing the black/grey timing mats before the start of the race.

Race Results: Complete race results are posted at www.TriFind.com

Awards:  Awards will be presented at the awards ceremony directly following the duathlon.  Awards will be presented to the overall male/female, top 3 in each individual category, and to each member of the top team in each team category.  Other awards may also be presented.  SplitMaster or other race staff is not responsible for the mailing/delivery or storage of awards not retrieved at the awards ceremony.

Event T-shirts: Each pre registered participant will receive an event t-shirt in his/her race packet.  Additional event t-shirts may be purchased for $15 ($17 for sizes 2xl-3xl) each.  The additional t-shirts must be ordered from SplitMaster by March 9, 2007.  Any extra t-shirts will be available for purchase at packet pick-up.

The Adam McGee Memorial Scholarship: Proceeds from Duathlon on the Grounds benefit the Adam McGee Memorial Scholarship fund.  Adam’s classmates will graduate High School in 2008.  At that ceremony, we would like to pay tribute to Adam by awarding the scholarship to a deserving High School graduate.  The scholarship will then be awarded annually.  For more information about the Adam McGee Memorial Scholarship please e-mail splitmaster.timing@hotmail.com or call 573-471-2515

Click Here for 2008 Registration Form

Click Here for 2007 Results