Capital of Texas Triathlon - First Tri Course

• Date: May 27, 2013
• Address: , Austin, Texas Get directions
• Country: United States
• Race type: Triathlon (Mini Sprint)
• Organization: R&B Sports
• Website: http://www.captextri.com/
• Contact email: info@captextri.com
• Description: The CapTexTri begins with a swim in Lady Bird Lake with the spectacular backdrop of the downtown Austin skyline. Bursting out of T1, bikes cross the 1st Street bridge and head north past the Texas Capitol and up to the University of Texas, then returning through the heart of Downtown Austin on Congress Avenue and heading west along Cesar Chavez Blvd and Lady Bird Lake to Austin High School and then back to the 1st Street bridge. Olympic distance competitors complete four laps, Sprint distance is 2 laps, and the First Tri is one and done. Back to T2 and then out on the run which follows the south side of Lady Bird Lake then crosses the Ann Richards Bridge famous for the largest urban bat colony in the U.S. and the millions of bats that take to the skies from its superstructure at dusk. Olympic distance athletes complete 2 laps of the run course and everyone finishes on Auditorium Shores to a jammin’ Finish and Post-Race Festival.
• Members who are scheduled to race: jr morgan, Mgalarza77