Course Maps
TRANSITION, VENUE AND FINISH AREA
The Venue / transition area will be a lawned area between the Quays self catering units and the back of the Durban Kayak club, right next to Ushaka Marine World B parking area.
SWIM COURSE
The swim will be in a clockwise direction with good (flat) surf conditions the main race will start between Vetchies Reef and the harbour entrance, going 320m to buoy one, buoy two will be 100 meters from buoy one with buoy three 130meters from buoy two, heading back to the beach pass buoy four which is 100 meters from buoy three. The total distance is 750m. (The Olympic distance race will do two laps with a short beach run between lap one and two).
For spectators, the best vantage point for the swim leg will be from the Kayak club.
CYCLE ROUTE
Athletes will leave transition around the circle on the cul de sac at the end of Mahatma Ghandi, cyclists will cycle down n Mahatma Ghandi onto Shepstone Rd. Then will turn left onto Bay Terrace and left again onto Victoria Embankment to the traffic light at the main entrance of the Yacht Club where they will turnaround and go back the same way to the start of the cycle leg
For spectators, the best vantage point will be the turnaround traffic circle 200 meters from the transition area.
RUN ROUTE
Athletes will leave the transition, run between the self catering units over the bridge and turn right to run next to the canal at the back of the Quays self catering units where they will turn left onto Escombe Terrace, right onto Signal road and right again onto Albert Terrace, right onto Camperdown road, right onto Timeball road then left onto Brown road, left onto Wellington road , right onto Camperdown road and then right again to run all along the canal underneath the Brown road bridge with a sharp left turn up the walkway onto Brown road and back to the transition area
The best vantage point will be at on the corner of Wellington road and Escombe Terrace 200 meters from the venue.
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