Last updated: 05 Jul 2012 13:55:22:120

Noosa Adventure Race course familiarisation - Sunday July 22nd, 2012

GENERAL INFO

To allow competitors in the Noosa Adventure Race to check the course before the race itself, Rapid Ascent and our friends Kim Bckinsale and Jan Leverton from Tri Adventure will be conducting a familiarisation day in the lead up to the 2012 race.

Familiarisation days provide an ideal opportunity for all prospective competitors to get a good insight into what the event will entail, to see what the course is like as well as meet a few other athletes and enjoy the beautiful Noosa and Hinterland areas.

These days are basically informal training sessions where all interested competitors are welcome to join us as we lead groups along the course. They are open to everyone (even if you have not entered) and are free of charge to attend. We will provide leadership on the day but otherwise all competitors should be self supported and be able to transport their equipment to the various transition points along the course themselves.

We will run over the entire course on the familiarisation day, completing each leg in the order it will be done during on race day. You do not have to do the entire course on the familiarisation day but can pick and choose which disciplines you want to do and come and meet us specifically for those.

The familiarisation day will commence at 7:45 in front of the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club with the swim leg and then proceed from there. You only need to meet us at the starting point and time for the leg(s) you want to do so unless you are doing the swim leg, you can meet us later as listed in the details below. Pending numbers on the day, we will split into different groups with separate leaders for faster, medium paced and slower competitors and we ask that those groups stay together throughout each discipline.

The familiarisation days are completely non committal, although it always helps us if we know how many people are going to attend, so if you could register your interest (at the top of this page), it would be much appreciated.

The 2012 Noosa Anaconda Adventure Race familiarisation day will be held on:

Sunday - July 22nd 2012

See you there!

[Whilst we will only be conducting one course familiarisation session in 2012, we will also facilitate and promote other informal session organised by other people. So if you are going over the course and want to meet up with some other people  or are looking for someone to show you around outside the organised familiarisation session then let us know and we will facilitate these session as well.[

Further details and schedule for the Noosa Adventure Race course familiarisation.

The schedule for the course familiarisation day:

7:45	Meet and greet at the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club.
8:00	Swimmers start swimming.
9:00	Meet for paddle at the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club beach area.
9:15	Start the paddle from the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club. (Paddle leg will finish at the Hilton Esplanade TA site).
10:00	Meet for the start of the MTB leg at the Hilton Esplanade TA.
10:15	Start MTB leg. (MTB will finish at the Lake MacDonald recreation reserve on Collwood Rd)
12:45	Meet for the start of the run leg at the Lake MacDonald recreation reserve on Collwood rd.
1:00	Start run. Run will finish at the Hilton Esplanade TA

2:45   Meet for start of 2nd paddle leg at Hilton Esplanade TA

3:00   Depart for 2nd paddle leg from Hilton Esplanade TA

Additional points:

• If you are doing the entire course on the familiarisation day, please ensure that you drop your mountain bike out at the mtb transition area BEFORE 8:00 am. We would suggest that you lock it up as there will not be any security there before you get back there from the swim and paddle legs
• We also suggest that people without a support crew carry their running gear on their bikes so they can get back from Lake MacDonald
  
• Whilst final logistics will be determined on the day itself, it helps if people are willing to share their cars and give people or equipment a lift out to each transition points. So please try and help each other to make it easy for us all!
• Please bring all your own equipment (boats, bikes, clothing...) as well as food and nutrition for the day.

So mark it in your diary now and get into shape with some custom training in the lead up to the big race and we'll see you for a good practice on July 22nd 2012.

ALSO being conducted on this weekend is a

Women's Only Training Day for Anaconda Noosa

Our friends at Tri Adventure are conducting a women's only training day at Noosa on Saturday 21st July (the day before the official famil day) and extend an open invitiaiton to all women to come and be part of the fun. FREE TO ATTEND.

The day will feature Female Coaches taking competitors through aspects of the course and will focus on:

• Swim – surf swim skills, sighting, turning can’s, mass starts etc, exits and entry’s
• Paddle – getting off the beach, punching through a wave, paddling in side chop/swell, going through the bar (alternate flat water session for the MINI course)
• MTB – path vs trails – how to ride fast on both, getting out of the saddle, up and down the tricky bits, downhill single track,
• Run – running off the bike, downhill running technique, transitions (MTB-Run-Paddle) how to do it fast!

SOCIAL - a night function somewhere local RACV????? We would show some video footage of Anaconda races and have a chat about what’s involved and how to get through it…..over some social drinks and nibbles!

For further details contact triadventure@optusnet.com.au