Sharks Siesta Key Triathlon

• Date: October 05, 2014
• Address: , Sarasota, Florida Get directions
• Country: United States
• Race type: Triathlon (Sprint)
• Distances: Swim (880.00 yards) Bike (13.00 miles) Run (3.10 miles)
• Organization: Sarasota YMCA Sharks
• Website: http://siestakeytriathlon.org/
• Contact email: [email protected]
• Description: This is "The Original" that started the multisport movement in this part of the country back in 1983. A non-profit fundraiser benefiting the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Swimming program is well known for its enthusiastic yellow sea of volunteers as well as the post-race feeding frenzy provided by the parents of the Sharks.
  
  Each wave will consist of a beach start as the athletes enter the Gulf of Mexico for a 1/2 mile swim. The swim course will be accurate (measured with GPS and confirmed with laser), safe (professionally designed in detail for the athletes) & well supported (above USAT standards). The Bike course will be our traditional and fast 13 mile loop on Siesta Key which takes athletes south to Turtle Beach and then north around Siesta Village and back. The run course will be a combination of surfaces which finishes with a scenic 1.5 mile stretch the hard-packed sand of World Famous Siesta Key Beach.
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