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Car Parking Information
On Race Day there will be no all-day athlete parking at Pennington Flash and no parking at the Leigh Sports Village. IRONMAN UK will provide approx 600 car parking spaces for those athletes with Spectator drivers at Pennington Flash. This car parking will only be available until 9.30am and will only be available for those Competitors who have pre-booked them via the Race Office by 25th June 2010. ALL cars must be removed by 09:30am – ideal for athletes with spectators who want to watch the swim start and then relocate to the Finish Line or another part of the course. For full car parking and pre booking details please click HERE.
All-day athlete parking will be available at the Reebok Stadium. For full Car Parking details please click HERE.
IRONMAN UK will be providing shuttle buses from the Reebok Stadium to take you to the Swim start at Pennington Flash. You must pre-book a place if you wish to travel on these Athlete Coaches. To pre-book your seat you MUST contact the Race Office by 25th June 2010.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ATHLETES WHO HAVE PRE-BOOKED A PLACE ON THE SHUTTLE BUSES WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL.
To pre-book a place on the shuttle buses or a car parking at Pennington Flash please click HERE.
All bookings must be made by the 25th June 2010.
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Swim start and T1: both located at Pennington Flash.
(T2: located at Rivington and Blackrod High School.)
Transition: opens early on Race Day. Please refer to Race Week Schedule for full timings. Click HERE for Race Week Schedule.
Body Marking
When you arrive at Transition you will need to be Body Marked. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will write your race number on your upper arm, your side thigh/calf, and your WTC age category on your rear calf. You will need to free of any clothing and free of any creams, lotions, oils or sun creams. This will help facilitate our Race Crew with this task.
Pre-Race Preparations
Once you have been Body Marked you will be allowed access into the transition area. You will have full access to your bike. You will not be allowed access to your blue transition bag or your red transition bag. There will be NO exceptions to this ruling. This is to ensure full security of all transition bags and to ensure that your bags remain exactly where you racked them yourself the day before!
You will need to put your wetsuit on and then pack your clothes into your white transition bag. This bag will need to be deposited by you at the White Bag Drop Zone in transition on race morning. These will then be transported to the Finish Line and be waiting for you on completion of the Race.
Swim Start
At approx 05:30 all competitors will be walked out of transition and along the path down to the Swim Start. Competitors will be held on the concrete slipway at the water’s edge. Competitors will be asked to enter the water. Competitors enter the water at your own discretion. Please allow yourself sufficient time to enter the water, swim the short distance to the deep water start line.
The starting gun will go off at 06:00! The competitors will be organised with the Pros at the front. A single line of canoes will separate the pros by a few metres from the age groupers. Prior to the gun going the line of canoes will part. Competitors are asked to hold their places and not move forward. You will be under the Chief Referees orders. The next thing you will hear will be the starting gun/horn.
Full water safety boats will be on the water - alongside 30 lifeguard canoeists. They will be on hand for your full safety and to ensure you do not head off course too much!
Swim-to-Bike Transition
Once you have completed the swim section you will exit the water across the swim exit timing mat. This will register your swim time. Your will follow the barriered chute that leads you into the blue bike bag transition marquee.
You will collect your own blue transition bag from the numbered hook that you hung your bag on the previous day. You will proceed into the changing area to take your wetsuit off and change into your bike gear. You will use your blue transition bag to put your wetsuit, goggles, swim hat etc in. Volunteers are on hand to help you.
No nudity is allowed in the transition or main change areas. There will be separate male and female changing areas available, which will be screened off from the main transition area, so that you can fully undress should you wish. Once changed you will deposit your blue bike transition bag with the IRONMAN UK Race Crew who will then ensure that you bag is transported to T2 for collection after the race.
You will then proceed into the transition area, collect your bike and wheel it out of transition to the mount line. DO NOT mount your bike in transition. DO NOT mount your bike until the mount line. Time penalties will be awarded for such actions.
You will then proceed onto the IRONMAN UK bike course.
Bike-To-Run Transition
You will complete the bike course at T2 which is at Rivington and Blackrod High School. Upon approaching the dismount line you will be cautioned to slow down appropriately. You must dismount at this dismount line. You must not cycle in transition. You will follow the barriered chute and will run along the top of transition. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will be waiting to take your bike from you. Please proceed to the top of your numbered row and leave you bike with the volunteers. You can now remove/undo your helmet if you wish. The IRONMAN UK Race Crew will rack you bike for you.
You will then proceed into the red run transition bag marquee. You will collect your red transition bag from the numbered hook that you hung your bag on the previous day. You will proceed into the changing area to change for your run section. You will use your red transition bag to put your bike gear in. Volunteers are on hand to help you.
No nudity is allowed in the transition or main change areas. There will be separate male and female changing areas available, which will be screened off from the main transition area, so that you can fully undress should you wish. Once changed you will deposit your red run transition bag with the IRONMAN UK Race Crew. They will re-hang your bag on your numbered hook.
You will then proceed onto the IRONMAN UK run course.
Finish Line and Post-Race Procedure
Once you have crossed the IRONMAN UK Finish Line you will be attended to by the IRONMAN UK Finish Line Catchers. They will remove your timing chip from your ankle and walk and talk you through the Finish Area. You will then collect your IRONMAN UK Finishers shirt and your IRONMAN UK Finishers medal.
Full medical assistance will be available at the Finish Line should you require it.
Your white transition bag will also be available for your collection. It is strongly recommended that you change into warm dry clothing as soon as possible. Please ensure you pack something suitable in your white transition bag, as it may be cold and dark when you finish.
Post Race Transportation
Once you have finished in the Finish Line area there will be shuttles buses provided by IRONMAN UK to reunite you with either your car at Reebox Stadium or your bike and Blue/Red bags at T2. If you parked your car at the Reebox Stadium in the morning, the shuttle bus will return you to the Reebox Stadium where you can collect your car and then drive yourself to T2, where there is a ‘Drop Off/Collection Zone’, to enable you to collect your bike and your Blue and Red Transition Bags. If you were dropped off at the Swim Start by your spectator that morning you can take the shuttle bus to the Reebox where you can meet your spectator to then drive to T2 for Kit collection. Alternatively you can meet your spectator at the Finish Line and where they can park and then transport you directly to T2.
For Guests of the Park Inn there will be a shuttle bus that will drop you back to the Park Inn, where you no doubt left your car as a Park Inn Guest and then can drive to T2 to collect your kit.
If you are attending the Race with no spectators and no car you will need to arrange your transportation from T2 in the same manner in which you arrived at T1 (i.e. Taxi or bike if you’re feeling fit!).
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Please note that the T2 ‘Drop Off/Collection Zone’ is not a long stay car park. It is a short stay collection point, to enable athletes to collect their bikes and bags. IRONMAN UK ask that all athletes use the Zone appropriately to ensure the smooth flowing of themselves and fellow competitors post event. Marshals and Traffic Management Operatives will be in place to assist you at the end of your IRONMAN UK journey. NO BIKES will be allowed on the buses.
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Post Race all your kit will be ready for collection at T2, located at Rivington and Blackrod High School. Full security will be in place to ensure your race number and athletes security wrist band match those numbers on your bike and bags. Please ensure you do not remove any numbering from yourself or your equipment prior to removing them from transition. This will ensure our IRONMAN UK Race Crew is able to ensure full security at all times. Please refer to the Race Week Schedule for full timings of transition and the collection of bikes and bags.
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