- A final decision if the swim will proceed with take place at 7.30am or as soon as practicable with daylight. This announcement will be made via the event PA system.
- In the event that conditions (including but not limited to weather, environmental and athlete safety) preclude the swim, the race will revert to a duathlon.
- The race will start at 8.00am (or as soon as safely possible) in waves for all individuals and teams and will follow the formats below for each distance:
Note proposed start times may vary accordingly to numbers.
Standard Distance
If there is no swim the event will become a run/bike/run event.
The first run will be 3.5km. Athletes will start at the front of transition, run to the the end of The Mall, turning right onto Adams Avenue onto Marine Parade to the turnaround mark and return to transition on the same route. Run between the cones and the curb on the run back and enter transition via the finish shute. Follow the swim shute and enter the back of transition to collect bike and exit transition from the front with the remainder of the race continuing as per the original race format with the 40km bike and 10km run.
In the advent that weather conditions also prevent the bike leg to take place, the event will be cancelled.
Sprint Distance
If there is no swim the event will become a run/bike/run event.
The first run will be 1.6km. Athletes will start at the front of transition, run to the end of The Mall, to the turnaround mark and return to transition on the same route. Run between the cones and the curb on the run back and enter transition via the finish shute. Follow the swim shute and enter the back of transition to collect bike and exit transition from the front with the remainder of the race continuing as per the original race format with the 20km bike and 5.5km run.
In the advent that weather conditions also prevent the bike leg to take place, the event will be cancelled.
