2019 EVENT CANCELLED. From race website: ” We are sorry to announce that the 2019 Surf City Escape Triathlon, scheduled for April 28 at Huntington Beach, California, will no longer be taking place due to low early registration numbers.
Participants who registered for the 2019 event will receive full refunds (inclusive of registration fee and USAT one-day fees, as applicable). An email with full details of the refund process has been sent directly to registered participants. If this has not been received, please contact [email protected].
We thank all of our participants for their support.”
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The Surf City Escape Tri features a challenging Olympic distance course, and your last chance qualifier for the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon! In addition to Olympic distance, we’re thrilled to offer Sprint and Aqua Bike categories.
Surf City Triathlon course highlights include:
– Enter the open water swim through the same beach breaks as the world-renowned U.S. Open of Surfing
– Swim along the shoreline with the backdrop of the beautiful Huntington Beach Pier
– Fast, 12-mile, Olympic bike course looping up and down the exclusive road closed Pacific Coast Highway
This beautiful course will travel through some of the most picturesque sections of Huntington Beach. The start/finish area and the transition area will be located just off of the Pacific Coast Highway – half mile south of the famed Huntington Beach Pier. The Olympic AquaBike will follow the same swim and bike course as the Olympic Triathlon.
The 1500 meter swim will be a point-to-point course in the Pacific Ocean. The swim will conclude with a short run through the sand which will lead into the transition area.
After exiting the transition area, athletes will start the two loop, 40k, bike course along Pacific Coast Highway. Each loop of the bike course will consist of long flat stretches with a turnaround at each end. After the second loop, athletes will make a left hand turn into the transition area.
After exiting the transition area, athletes will head west parallel to Pacific Coast Highway to begin the one lap run course. After approximately the first mile, athletes will then make a slight left then right to continue the run on the Huntington Beach bike path. Athletes will continue on the Huntington Beach bike path until reaching Seapoint Street. At Seapoint, athletes will make a left hand turn and head down the bluff onto the sand. For the next quarter of a mile, athletes will continue on the sand until returning again to the Huntington Beach bike path. The course will be extremely well marked for directions and will offer water/aid stations every mile.
Sprint distance race (750m swim, 13.1 mile bike and 3.1 mile run).
Olympic distance race (1,500m swim, 25 mile bike and 6.2 mile run).
Olympic distance AquaBike race (1,500m swim and 25 mile bike).
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