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COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Maps: [Click here - 2 page pdf with course overview on one page and bike course on the other] MASTERS SWIM COURSE: 1.9KM
Wetsuits The Triathlon Australia appointed Technical Delegate will take the water temperature 24 hours before race start and the reading will be displayed at Registration on Friday night. The water temperature will be taken again on Race Morning and the wearing of wetsuits will be conditional upon the water temperature. The water should be in the vicinity of 20 degrees Celsius in which case wetsuits will be optional. Wetsuits must only be removed and left at your numbered bike rack. AVANTI BIKE COURSE: 90.1KM
BIDON EXCHANGE The will be two bidon Exchanges on the bike course. The first is on outward journey on Tuart Drive, approximately 200metres after the left hand turn from Layman Road. The second will be on the return journey on Layman Road just after the right hand turn from Tuart Drive. An area to discard your empty bidons will be set up prior to the each bidon exchange, on the left hand side of the road. The first one will be just after the corner the left hand turn from Layman Road. The second will be prior to the right hand turn into Lyman The pick up will also be located on your left hand side. There will be Water and Shotz Electrolyte Tablet Drink available in different colour bidons at the Exchange. A 750 ml blue Hosemasters bottle will be filled with water, while the white 500ml Shotz sports Nutrition bottle, will be filled with Shotz Electrolyte Drink. Please take extreme care of volunteers and fellow competitors at the Bidon Exchange. If you are discarding and/or receiving a bidon, please slow down on approach and move to the left hand side of the road to allow other participants a clear course to pass on the right. Participants are reminded to slow down to ensure you secure the item you require. Participants are also reminded the Bidon exchange and all Aid Stations are manned by local volunteers who are generously donating their time. During the Bike Course, please only discard empty bidons at the disposal area before you reach the bidon exchange to receive a full bidon. Competitors found discarding bidons on the course other than at the disposal area can receive a stop / start on-Course penalty. Please note: there is no provision for the return of any personal bidons. Triathlon WA will be providing all competitors with recyclable/eco-friendly bidons at the event. We are encouraging all competitors to become more conscious of the type of bidons they purchase on an ongoing basis and as such bring along to the event. As most athlete dispose of at least 2 of their own bidons at the event, we could encourage that these all to be recyclable/eco-friendly bidons. Over time and through active awareness strategies, we aim to have all bidons disposed of at the event eco-friendly by 2013. SHOTZ REEBOK RUN COURSE: 21.1KM
TOILETS Bike course: Public Toileting is a race violation and will likely result in s D.Q. There will portable toilets inside the transition area for athletes use. There are also Public Toilets located 200m into the bike course on Geographe Bay Road and another facility on Layman Road just before participants cross the Wonnerup Bridge. Both of these facilities will be open and available for participants use on race day. Run course: The public facilities on Geographe Bay Road can be utilised on the run leg without leaving the course. There will also be a further 2 portable toilets placed in the carpark area adjacent to the eastern run turn. AID STATIONS There will be four (4) Aid Stations situated on the run course.
All Aid Stations will be single sided except Aid Station 3 (which is double sided) and will supply the following:
DRINK SUPPLEMENT Shotz Electrolyte Tablets (dissolved in water) will be used on race day and will be available at all Aid Stations on both the bike and run legs and at the finish line. Race Day drink will be mixed according to the manufacturer’s specifications. You are advised to trial this product in training. Please follow this link to find your nearest supplier http://www.carboshotz.com. Penalty Box The Penalty box will be placed on Marine Terrace on your left hand side between Carey and Milne Streets. The time penalty MUST be served on the lap in which the penalty notice was received. Failure to stop at the Penalty Box or on the lap in which the penalty occurred, will result in automatic disqualification without any right of appeal. For more detailed information see Triathlon Australia Race Competition Rules on the TWA website. RUBBISH ON COURSE Triathlon WA is endeavouring to make the Busselton Festival of Triathlon a “green event” and as such will be following key principles in ensuring that recycling is achieved at this event. Please be conscious of all recycling bins and discard all waste in the correct recycling bins. Please be considerate of the local environment and community and refrain from discarding any waste, including energy bar / gel wrappers on the Course. Where available, please use garbage bins. This rule applies for empty bidons which should not, under any circumstance, be discarded other than at the Bidon discard and exchange area and as mentioned earlier, preferably of the eco-friendly/recyclable type. There is provision for a stop / start on-Course penalty for any indiscretions. TRIATHLON AUSTRALIA RACE COMPETITION RULES As part of a HIM National Series this event is run in accordance with the Triathlon Australia Race Competition Rules. These Rules are available for review on the TA website www.triathlon.org.au Technical Officials will be convened throughout the course including the transition area, on motorcycles on the bike course and also on the run course to ensure all race rules are observed. The Technical Official will advise the competitor of the reason for any penalty or infringement issued. It is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure they understand what the penalty or infringement is for and what the nature of the penalty is. YELLOW / RED CARDS: If you receive either a Yellow or Red card for any infringement, you must follow the directions of the Technical Official. For these infringements (a Yellow card), you will NOT be required to carry out a stop/start penalty with the Technical Official on the course at the point of the infringement. Rather, you will continue racing until you reach the Penalty Box on that lap from that point, where you will serve the five (5) minute time penalty. You must then follow the directions of the static Technical Official at the Penalty Box. Two infringements for either, drafting and/or blocking or non attendance at the Penalty Box is an automatic disqualification with no right of appeal. If a yellow card is shown then it is the responsibility of the athlete to attend the penalty box. Verbal Warnings may be issued but are unlikely and to the discretion of the Technical Official. Infringements - other than Blocking, Drafting, or Illegal Position For these infringements (involving a Red card), you may be required to carry out a stop/start penalty with the Technical Official on the course as near as possible to the point of the infringement. At all times you must listen to and follow the directions of the Technical Official. Once notified of the infringement you may continue racing and you may be called to answer to the Race Referee. The possibility of a Disqualification is the decision of the Race Referee. MEDICAL Medical assistance will be available on the Course. Please ask for medical help if you have even the slightest hint you may need it. Please note - if you are transported by ambulance you could be required to meet costs involved unless you are covered by an appropriate fund. Any aid given by race medical personnel is permissible and will not lead to disqualification. However, if you receive any outside assistance you will be disqualified. Competitors who indicated on the entry application specific medical conditions will be listed to facilitate treatment by our medical staff and ambulances on the Course. MEDICAL / FITNESS WAIVER As a competitor, you have accepted the Conditions of Entry and Event Waiver. Please note this is a legal part of the form and affects your rights and it is important that you are aware and understand all sections. As part of your entry, you have attested that your physical condition has been verified by a registered medical practitioner. If you have developed a medical condition since you registered to enter BUSSELTON FESTIVAL OF TRIATHLON, then please notify the Triathlon WA team on admin@triathlonwa.asn.au and where appropriate, provide a medical certificate. ATHLETE RECOVERY At the completion of the event muffins, fruit, water and Shotz Electrolyte drink will be available for all participants in the Athlete Recovery Area. Participants are also reminded that massage is available after the race with the SKINS RECOVERY AREA providing up to 8 massage therapists on race day. RACE RESULTS Official Results will be available to download on the event website www.busseltonhalf.com within days of the Event. Provisional results will be posted at presentations on Saturday. |
It’s a one-lap swim course in pristine waters alongside the historic Busselton Jetty. The swim starts in waist deep water on the east side of Busselton Jetty, directly in front of the Goose Café. Following the jetty the swim heads out to sea for 850m, followed by a right hand turn – swimming away from the jetty. A short straight at the top of the course is followed by another right hand turn heading to head back to shore to the swim exit. A short run up the beach and across the road into the Barnard park will have you into the western end of transition. There will be wave starts in the swim to reduce congestion amongst swimmers. All participants will be asked to make their way to the swim start compound on the beach with plenty of time for before their wave start. Please keep to the designated paths to avoid damage to the dunes areas.
Two lap bike course. It is flat and fast and an opportunity to set your PB. The bike leg exits the transition area at the eastern end directly onto Milne Street, heading left. A right turn into Geographe Bay Road for approximately 3km. Cyclists will then follow Guerin Street across Marine Terrace all the way to Layman Rd. A right hand turn into Layman and then a left at the round about puts you onto the bypass. The course continues along Layman Road through the Wonnerup town site to Tuart Drive where cyclists will turn left. The course continues along Tuart Drive for approximately 10km where they will complete a U-turn and retrace their route back to the Layman Rd roundabout, where it continues back along Layman Rd. A right turn at Carey Street back into town and then a left turn into Marine Terrace, followed by right into Milne Street, to complete lap 1 of 2. On the second lap participants will not turn right into Milne but continue along Marine Terrace to the transition entry chute to dismount, on the southern side of transition.
Participants will exit transition through the south west corner and make their way out onto Geographe Bay Rd. Heading left initially participants will round the Scout Hall just north of the Goose Café and head back past the transition area along the walking path. All participants run out on the pathway to a turn point past the Guerin Street/ Geographe Bay Road intersection. Then return along the roadway to the transition area. 
At the completion of the first and second laps participants remain on the road and pass the Finish Chute back to transition and loop around the scout hall back onto the path. At the completion of the third lap, participants veer to the left side of Geographe Bay Road and into the Finish Chute at the northern corner of Barnard park. 
