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COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON
       Saturday August 8th 2015
COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON - in association with - Saturday August 8th 2015
Important points to note
All competitors must register in person.
If you are a member of Triathlon Ireland (TI) you must bring your 2015 TI card (it's
GREEN).
If you are not a member of Triathlon Ireland, a one-day licence (ODL) must be
purchased on the Triathlon Ireland website before 5pm Thursday August 6th 2015.
Please print out receipt as proof of purchase and bring this to registration.
For relay team, one member of the team must be a member of TI or an ODl must be
purchased for the team. It is advisable that team members register together on Friday
night or Saturday morning.

There will be limited parking along the waterfront by the Heritage Centre on
Saturday. Please note, that once in this car park, you can not move out until all
competitors have finished the race. See ‘CAR PARKING’ at the end of this document
for further details.

                                    Timetable
Friday August 7th
1900-2130             Registration, The Commodore Hotel, Cobh, Co. Cork

Saturday August 8th
0730 - 0930         Race registration, (Olympic) The Commodore Hotel, Cobh
0730 – 1030         Race registration, (Sprint Only) The Commodore Hotel, Cobh
0800                Transition Opens
1030                Race Briefing at Transition Area – you must attend.

   •   Olympic Distance: 1120hrs start time -Tide conditions dependent
1040                Boat leaves for Spike Island at 1040 SHARP! Miss the boat –
                    miss the swim.
1100                Swim Briefing on beach on Spike Island
1117                Athletes may enter water briefly to acclimatize!!
1120                One wave which starts from beach.

   •   Sprint Distance: 1215 hrs start time
1215                 Swim briefing at swim start – a 5 - 8 minute walk from
                     transition
1212                 Athletes may enter water briefly to acclimatize!!
1215                 START

   •   PRIZE GIVING – 1530 (3PM)

1530                  Presentation of prizes, Commodaore Hotel. Finger food and
                      Spot prizes.

Please be responsible. Please do not litter the bike and run routes with gels/bar
wrappers, bottles etc. The people of Cobh and particularly residents and businesses in
these areas have been gracious in their support for Cobh Triathlon Club and the
Jailbreak event. We do not wish to repay their courtesy by littering their roads and
jeopardize the holding of future events. Please take your litter home or place it in the
refuse bags available in the transition area.
COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON - in association with - Saturday August 8th 2015
Transition Area.
Only competitors are allowed into Transition Area and NO BAGS OR BOXES may
be left in transition. If they are they will be removed and we cannot guarantee their
safe return. A secure bag drop area will be provided. Please note transition closes at
1500 (3PM). Please make sure to have everything removed by this time.

General
The use of personal music systems, cycling/running topless/nudity in transition,
dangerous riding, or breaking the rules of the road will disqualify.

TO GET TO COBH – FROM CORK (West)

TO GET TO COBH – FROM MIDLETON (East)
COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON - in association with - Saturday August 8th 2015
SWIM
   • Olympic Distance
1500m course. A straight swim from beach on Spike Island to swim exit in Cobh.
Buoys will be in place to guide swimmers.

   • Sprint Distance
750m course. A straight swim along the waterfront. Buoys will be in place to help
guide swimmers.

Wetsuits are compulsory and swim caps will be provided. No wetsuit or issued swim
hat, no triathlon. Swimmers will be asked to seed themselves, with elite and stronger
swimmers to the front and weaker swimmers to the rear. Please be sensible here as
the swim start can be quite physical with competitors jostling for position. If in any
doubt stay to the rear. The swim will start in the water and swimmers will swim
straight following marker buoys.

There will be boats and kayaks on duty to help assist swimmers. There is a swim cut
of of 30 minutes for sprint and 60 minutes for the olympic distance, which will be
enforced. Organisers reserve the right to remove a swimmer from the water if they
feel they are endangering themselves, members of the rescue team or other swimmers.

If a swimmer wished to retire from the swim for any reason, lie on your back, raise
your clenched fist in the air, stay calm and a rescue personnel will come to your
assistance. You will be allowed to continue the race if you do wish to do so but will
receive no official time/your timing chip will be removed. Ensure you pass over the
time keeping mat/receiver after your swim when entering transition.

SPRINT SWIM ROUTE

                                                                                                         TRANSITION

                                                                                                       2

                                             1
                                                         m
                                                   750

               SPRINT SWIM
           1   START           SPRINT SWIM COURSE - COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON
               SPRINT SWIM
           2   FINISH                                                 Title:    COBH JAIL BREAK TRIATHLON
                                                                      Area:     SPRINT SWIM COURSE
               COURSE BOUYS/                                          Venue:    COBH
               MARKERS                                                J/N:     00000 Event Date: SATURDAY 08/08/15   Client Ref:   0000000
                                                                      Scale:   NTS   Date Drawn/Version: 03/05/15    Drawn By:     Marc Anderson
OLYMPIC SWIM ROUTE

                                                     TRANSITION

                                                     2

                                                     1500m

                                                         1

          OLYMPIC SWIM
  1       START

          OLYMPIC SWIM
  2       FINISH

          COURSE BOUYS/
          MARKERS                                                          Title:    COBH JAIL BREAK TRIATHLON
                          OLYMPIC SWIM COURSE - COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON   Area:     OLYMPIC SWIM COURSE
                                                                           Venue:    COBH
                                                                           J/N:     00000 Event Date: SATURDAY 08/08/15   Client Ref:   0000000
                                                                           Scale:   NTS   Date Drawn/Version: 03/05/15    Drawn By:     Marc Anderson

BIKE
      •      Olympic Distance 40km (4 laps)

      •      Sprint Distance 20km (2 laps)

Helmets are mandatory. Race number must be worn on the back. Competitors will
NOT be allowed out of transition unless their race number is clearly visible. Your
number must be clearly visible to the rear. To avoid delays to your time please help
us help you!

You must put on your helmet and fasten it before removing your bike from transition
area. You must exit onto the road through/over the timekeeping receiver/mat before
mounting your bike at the designated line/mark on the road. Do not mount your bike
before this point or you will incur a 2 minute time penalty. Similarly on your return
you must dismount your bike on/before the line/mark on the road before re-entering
transition area. Marshalls will be present to inform you of both mounting and
dismounting. You must replace your bike on the rack in your own spot before
removing your helmet. Do not unfasten or take off your helmet before racking your
bike.

Bike Route
The bike route is a looped course with two around points. One is in the town centre
by transition and the other is out by Cobh Golf Club on the road out of Cobh. Caution
should be taken at turnaround points and these will be well marshalled. Atheletes will
be warned to slow down at both turnaround points. The route will be well sign posted
and is generally a flat cycle route. Rules of the road apply. Please obey the Gardai
and stewards at all times. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification.

On your return you must dismount on or before the dismount line, stewards will warn
cyclists to prepare to slow down/dismount.

                                        Drafting

Under no circumstances will drafting be allowed. Draft marshalls WILL BE in
attendance.

Draft rules reminder
You are drafting if you enter a box around the leading athlete 12m x 13m measured
from front wheel to front wheel unless you are making progress through the draft zone
to overtake and complete the move in 20 seconds.

Penalties for Drafting:

A)     It is forbidden to draft in a race declared as draft-illegal.

B)     Technical officials will notify the athletes who draft they are subject to a time
penalty sanction. This notification must be clear and unambiguous.

C)      The athlete sanctioned has to stop in the next penalty box and must stay there
for a specific time depending on the race distance. 2 minutes for sprint distance, 4
minutes for standard (olympic) distance

D)      It is the athlete's responsibility to stop in the next penalty box. Failure to stop
will result in disqualification.

E)     A second drafting offence will lead to disqualification in standard distance
events or shorter.

F)     The third drafting offence will lead to disqualification for long distance events.

Finally and sadly there have been several accusations of pacing and coaching eg.
athletes from the same club actively swimming, biking and running together. Like
drafting, pacing is a form of cheating. Gaining an unfair advantage by these means is
against the rules and not in the spirit of competition.
TRANSITION

                                                                                       START FINISH            SWIM

                                                                                                         RUN
                                     CYCLE COURSE

                                     2 Laps = Sprint: White Route
                                     4 laps = Olympic: White Route
                                                                                                   1
                                        5 = Signage

                                 5
                                                      4                                   2
                                                                     3
                              SPRINT and OLYMPIC
                              TURN AROUND

                                                                         Title:    COBH JAIL BREAK TRIATHLON 2014
                                                                         Area:
                  CYCLE ROUTE - COBH JAILBREAK TRIATHLON 2014                      BYCYCLE ROUTE
                                                                         Venue:    COBH
                                                                         J/N:     00000 Event Date: DAY 06/09/14       Client Ref:   0000000
                                                                         Scale:   1:000 Date Drawn/Version: 03/05/14   Drawn By:     Marc Anderson

                                                   RUN
   •   Olympic Distance 10km (4 loops)

   •   Sprint Distance 5km (2 loops)

The run is a looped course. From the transition area turn left, and follow the marked
route out along the waterfront. There will be a water station on the way back towards
town. Please keep left on the side of the water station at this stage. The route will be
well marshalled so please pay attention to stewards on the course. Also keep note of
the number of loops you are supposed to perform.
CAR PARKING:

Cobh is quite compact around the town area and therefore, there is very little parking
in the centre of town, particularly in the race areas. Please use the car parks that
stewards indicate to go to.

Car Park Number 1: Cathedral Car Park: Follow above instructions, but drive past
St Mary’s National School and take the second left. The Cathedral car park is straight
up on the right. It is a short walk down the hill to Registration and Transition area.

Car Park Number 2: Five Foot Way Car Park. This car park is on the run circuit and
close to the Sprint swim. However you will not be be able to exit this car park until all
competitors have completed the race. Drive into Cobh Town Centre, head towards the
Heritage Centre and Stewards will guide you to you parking spot. This car park is for
Jailbreak Triathlon competitors only, and can only be accessed via the Heritage
Centre Entrance on the day of the race.

                            BEST OF LUCK
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