Try Tri Illinois

Kickoff Your Season @ Try Tri Illinois Triathlon! RaceMaker Productions is excited to host the annual Try Tri Super and Long Sprint Triathlons at SIU Edwardsville! This beautiful campus plays a perfect host site to our Super Sprint, Long Sprint races! If you are looking for an early season race-this is the one for you. You can bring the whole family, your professional Tri coach, your neighbor that can’t even ride a bike-and this race can handle it!

Athletes will line up according to estimated swim pace prior to the start of the race. At 8AM sharp, Long Sprint participants will start one at a time for a 300 yard serpentine swim utilizing SIUE’s gorgeous Sam M. Vadalabene Center’s beautiful 25 yard pool. Every 5 seconds (approximately) the next athlete crosses the timing mats and jumps in feet first for their swim. Immediately following the long sprint start. Super sprint athletes will go in the same start style (time trial) for their 150 yard swim.

Athletes will then bike either a 20 mile (Long Sprint/Duathlon) out and back ride, or a 10 Mile (Super Sprint) out and back bike ride. The course has a couple climbs/descents to keep you honest, but races fast overall. We will have multiple officers along the course to aid in athlete safety, but the course is open to traffic.

Try Tri offers a fantastic run course along the paved paths within the SIUE campus. The routes are flat, and fast. You will have ample shade, and plenty of room to pass folks. Hammer that run and we will be waiting to cheer you in for an epic finish!

As always RaceMaker Productions will hook you up with a comfy shirt, a custom finisher medal, and awards. You can’t go wrong when you sign up for the Try Tri Triathlons! Register early to save, and always watch for the Swag guarantee cutoff!