On Race Day

Race Packs can be collected from Race Check In on the morning of the race from 5.30am – 6.45am. You must have checked in and received your timing chip 40 minutes before your race start. Once you know your race number, proceed directly to the Race pack collection desk and collect your race pack.

Check your Race Data

Age Groups are calculated as per your age on race day. Male and Female categories for all age groups.

JUNIOR SUPER SPRINT
180m Swim – 8km Cycle – 1.25km Run
0 – 8 years  |  9 – 12 years  |  Relay
UAE National Top 3

SUPER SPRINT
375m Swim – 8km Cycle – 2.5km Run
0 – 18 years  |  19 years+  |  Relay
UAE National Top 3

SPRINT
750m Swim – 24km Cycle – 5km Run
0 – 18 years  |  19 – 29 years  |  30 – 34 years  |  35 – 39 years  |  40 – 44 years  |  45 – 49 years  |  50 – 54 years  |  55 years+  |  Relay
UAE National Top 3

OLYMPIC
1.5km Swim – 40km Cycle – 10km Run
0 – 18 years | 19 – 29 years | 30 – 34 years | 35 – 39 years | 40 – 44 years | 45 – 49 years | 50 – 54 years |  55 years+ | Relay
UAE National Top 3

• All swimmers to wear swim caps supplied by sponsor out of respect for them sponsoring the race and also for identification and safety reasons.
• WETSUITS: RACE 1 –  not allowed, RACE 2 – allowed
• The swim direction will be in an anti-clockwise direction from the start.
• Distances
  • Junior Super Sprint will complete a 180m swim – straight-line swim out and back – see swim course map
  • Super Sprint will complete a 375m swim – see swim course map
  • Sprint will complete a 1 lap 750m swim – see swim course map
  • Olympic will complete 2 laps of a 750m swim course – see swim course map
• All swimmers will need to pass through the “GATE” in order to finish a lap and also when exiting the water to the transition area. No need to exit the water to complete a lap – just keep swimming.
• Any swimmer wearing any artificial propulsion device, including but not limited to fins, gloves, paddles, or floating devices of any kind shall be disqualified.
• Swimmers may use any stroke to propel themselves through the water and may tread water or float.
• A participant may stand on the bottom or rest by holding an inanimate object such as a buoy, boat, rope or floating object.
• A swimmer experiencing difficulty and in need of assistance must raise an arm overhead, pump it up and down and call or seek assistance.
• Swimmers who have received assistance whether voluntary or involuntary, must retire and withdraw from the remainder of the race, unless such assistance did not aid the swimmer in making forward progress.
• No swimmer shall return to the race if the official rendering assistance requests that the participant withdraws from the race or receive medical assistance.

• Bike direction will follow the normal traffic direction and 1 lap will be equivalent to 8km.
• No headphones allowed on the bike.
• Bike cut off time is at 09h00 as roads will open to traffic after that as well as transition opening to all athletes. You can then continue with the run part of your distance. Athletes who do not make the bike cut off time do not qualify for prizes.
• Distances
  • Junior & Super Sprint will complete 1 lap of attached course = 8km
  • Sprint will complete 3 laps of attached course = 24km
  • Olympic will complete 5 laps of attached course = 40km
• Before exiting transition, your race number has to be facing away from your body and on the back side of your body, waist height.
• All participants shall wear a protective helmet, undamaged and unaltered, which meets or exceeds the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
• The helmet must be fastened before the participant first mounts the bicycle; at all times when the participant is on the bicycle and must not be unfastened until the participant has dismounted.
• Triathlon time trial bikes are allowed, as well as conventional road bikes and mountain bikes.
• No tandems, recumbent and fairings or any add-on devices designed exclusively to reduce resistance are allowed.
• Solid disc wheels are allowed.
• Any new, ‘unusual’ or prototype equipment will be subject to a determination of legality by the Chief Race Referee.
• Athletes must be individually responsible for the repair and maintenance of their own bike. Assistance by anyone other than technical support officials will be grounds for disqualification. Each cyclist should be prepared to handle any possible malfunction.
• Technical support DOES NOT include the normal changing of flat tyres. You may not receive a spare wheel if yours breaks.
• Athletes may walk with their bike, if necessary, but may not make progress on the bike course unaccompanied by their bicycle.
• All Athletes must mount and dismount in the marked zones at the transition area.
• Under no circumstances may a participant ride his/her bike inside the transition area.

• Running will be in a clockwise direction so all athletes need to stay on the left hand side of the running track.
• There will be 3 turning points on the track. One point at 625m for Junior Super Sprint, 1.25km for SUPER SPRINT (SS) ONLY and another at 2.5km for Sprint and Olympic (S/O). Make sure you turn at the correct point!
• Distances
  • Junior Super Sprint will complete 1 lap of attached course = 1.25km
  • Super Sprint will complete 1 lap of attached course = 2.5km
  • Sprint will complete 1 lap of attached course = 5km
  • Olympic will complete 2 laps of attached course = 10km
• Before exiting transition, your race number has to be facing away from your body and on the front side of your body, waist height.
• Your upper body must be covered at all times on the run portion of the race.
• Shoes are compulsory.
• No form of locomotion other than running, walking or crawling is allowed.
• 2 Water stations will be provided on the course.

• Bring a Race Belt to attach your number too as this needs to be visible in different positions throughout the race and will save you time in not having to have to pin it in different positions during the bike and run legs.
• It would be advisable to buy these belts before race day and figure out how they work.
  
• Race bibs need to be worn for the bike and run legs and need to be clearly visible before leaving transition.

•  This will be included in your Race Pack and to be worn on your LEFT ankle with the number facing outward at all times during the race.
• Make sure the chip is fastened tightly so that it does not move or change position during the race.
• Your final time for the race will be taken when crossing under the finisher’s arch after the run leg of the race.
• Once finished racing, chips will be collected from you at the exit of the finish area or if need be, handed back by you.
• You are racing with ProChip timing chips, please make sure that you hand these in once you have finished racing, otherwise you will be charged the replacement fee for the chip allocated to you – AED250.
• Split and finish times for all legs will be available.
• No chip, No time, No result!

When are the cut off times?

• If you do not complete the swim and bike within 2h15 mins from the start of your swim, then you will be marshaled back into transition to start your run.
• This cut off time is enforced by the Dubai Police as they need to open the roads for general public to use and all cyclists have to comply. You are then allowed to complete the run course and will receive your finisher medal and race result, however you will not qualify for any prizes as you have not completed the full course. Make sure to choose a distance where you can complete the swim and the bike within 2h15 mins.
• The final cut off time for the race is 10.30am, however if possible, you will be allowed to complete the course while the venue is being packed up. Contractually we are obligated to start vacating at that time and if we do not we can be fined or have our permission to host the event retracted by the municipality.

Opens for Racking: 05h00
Closes for Race Start: 06h15
Opens for Departure: 09h00 

• ONLY participants will be allowed in to Transition.
• Please rack your bike and lay your gear out as quickly as possible to avoid overcrowding and then make your way to the beach to the Briefing Area.
• 4 bikes per rack – 2 bikes on either side of the rack with all other equipment neatly packed underneath your bike.
• Once the race has started, only racing and relay team athletes will be allowed into the Transition Area. This is to avoid overcrowding, for safety reasons and to give everyone a fair chance to transition without extra people being in the way.
• No bags will be allowed to be left under your bike – only the equipment needed for each leg.
• If you do have extra bags etc., please leave them on the pavement perimeter near transition so once you finish the race you can easily access them by not actually entering the transition area.
• Make sure all valuables are left in your car, or out of sight, do not leave on your bike.

When crossing the finish line, please keep moving through the finish chute and then you will receive your finishers medal.

Water

• These will be supplied by the organisers and feature at 2 self-service stations on the Run course as well as one at the finish line.
• No water stations will be available on the bike course.
• Participants may bring their own beverages as long as they are consumed within the transition area. 

TOILETS are available in the race village, next to transition.

• When crossing the finish line, please keep moving through the finish chute and remove your timing chip and drop it in the designated collection bin, receive your finishers medal.
• Scan the QR codes in the Race Village to see your result.