TRIATHLONS 101 Info Session TONIGHT!!!

ATTENTION!!!

Tonight we are having an Information Session about the Triathlon, how to transition, how to improve your swimming skills, and to learn more about bike basics. 

Registration Form

Please print a REGISTRATION FORM here!

Run

After transitioning from the bike ride, racers will run through the CUSD campus, exiting on the South end.  The run portion will be a 3.1 mile out-and-back course along dirt roads south of the CUSD campus, and East of Highway 191. 

Click here for Run Route Map.

Bike

After completing the swim, racers will transition to the 10.7 mile bike portion of the event.  Racers will exit the transition area, bike through the CUSD campus, and exit the football field parking lot, turning right onto Navajo Route 7.  The proposed course will go through town, past the Canyon de Chelly Visitor's Center, and along the South Rim of Canyon de Chelly.  Here racers will be treated to stunning views of the canyon as they climb their way up the long steady hill to the Tsegi Overlook.  There will be a water and aid station at the Overlook, which is also the turn-around point.  Then bikers will turn left onto the dirt and gravel Bus Route just West of the overlook, for an exciting downhill, with expansive vistas to the South and West of Chinle.  The dirt road comes out at the Thunderbird lodge, where riders will follow this road back to Navajo Route 7, turn left near the Changing Woman coffeehouse and ride back through town to the Aquatic Center.  

Due to the combination of paved and dirt roads, mountain bikes are recommended for this event.

Note:  This bike route and length are pending Police and National Monument approval.  Please check back in case of route change. 

Swim Details

The Swim portion of the triathlon will be a 375-yard serpentine-style swim in the Chinle Aquatic Center pool.  (This is equal to 15 lengths of the 25 yard pool.)  Swimmers will start based on their estimated swim time, in 30-second intervals, and swim "serpentine-style" up and down each lane, completing the swim on the opposite side of the pool, where they will get out of the water and head to the transition area.