SPRINT DISTANCE
COURSE OVERVIEW
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July 12, 2025
DATE OF RACE
8:00 am
START TIME
4 hrs
TIME LIMIT
21.35
MILES
The short course includes a ¼ mile swim that travels just past the end of the pier (12 ft. depth), turns left and heads towards the boat launch. The bike and run courses for this event are extremely flat and “first-timer friendly.” The bike course travels down Bay Shore Drive (County Highway B) to Old Stone Quarry Park before turning back. The run course travels up and back on Egg Harbor Road (County Highway G).
RACE DETAILS
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RACE LOCATION
Frank Murphy Park
Town of Egg Harbor
(Door County, Wisconsin)
DISTANCES
¼ mile swim
18 mile bike
3.1 mile run
(Sprint Distance)
CATEGORIES
Individual or Team (2-3 people)
INDIVIDUAL
Male & Female
DIVISIONS
14 & Under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+
TEAM DIVISIONS
Male, Female, Mixed
AWARDS
Awards (Olympic-style medals with sewn ribbons) are provided to the top three finishers in each age group division and relay team division. The top three overall male and female individual finishers also receive engraved crystal lighthouses to commemorate their achievement. Participants may receive both an overall award and an age group award unless they choose to start in wave one (“elite wave”), in which case they are ineligible per USA Triathlon rules. The event offers no prize money.
PACKET PICK-UP
Friday, July 11, 2025, Noon – 6 (Murphy Park)
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 am ( Murphy Park)
PARKING (RACE DAY)
Parking on race day will be available at Horseshoe Bay Farms across from Murphy Park and just north of Horseshoe Bay Road on County Highway G (Egg Harbor Road). Signs and volunteers will direct the participants and volunteers.
RELAY INFORMATION
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RELAY TEAM DIVISIONS
Male, Female, Mixed
RELAY TEAM INFORMATION
Teams will receive one timing chip corresponding to your bib number. The timing chip is your “baton.” It must be handed off between teammates in order for your time to be recorded. The timing chip must be worn ON THE ANKLE—not the wrist—at all times or the timing mats will not register your presence.
Your assigned location IN THE TRANSITION AREA is the hand-off point. All members of the team may enter this area but they must be body marked or wear a bib number and/or helmet sticker. When waiting in the Transition Area, stay out of the way of other competitors.
All members of the relay team may enter the FINISH AREA to receive their medals or have a group photo taken. Again, they must be body marked or wear a bib number and/or helmet sticker to enter.
SPLIT DETAILS
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1/4 mi
DISTANCE
8:00 am
WAVES BEGIN
1 Person Every 3-4 Seconds
(Time Trial format)
VIEW
SWIM COURSE MAP
SWIM START INFORMATION
The Door County Triathlon uses a modified time-trial (single file, one-swimmer-at-a-time) start. Participants approach the start line when their age/gender group is called but will start individually on a whistle blown every 3 seconds.
All swimmers are required to wear a swim cap for ease of spotting by lifeguards. You may wear the swim cap provided at packet pick up or wear your own if you prefer.
All participants should report to the swim start area 15 minutes prior to their scheduled wave start.
All participants MUST report to the swim start area 15 minutes prior to their scheduled wave start.
ROUND ORANGE guide buoys mark the route and should always be on the swimmers left side. They are located every 50 yards (150 feet) and are numbered 1 through 40.
LARGE TRIANGULAR ORANGE buoys mark the turns for the swimmers.
WATER SAFETY
There will be 25-30 YMCA lifeguards trained in open water rescue assigned along the swim course route. Lifeguards and members of the local Sheriff’s department will be in rowboats, paddleboards, pontoon boats, personal water craft, and swimming freely. DNR boats and/or Coast Guard cutters will be stationed on the outside perimeter of the course to keep recreational watercraft away.
Swimmers exit the water via the boat launch ramp which will be carpeted.
Volunteers on the ramp will assist with wetsuit removal.
WETSUITS ARE NOT REQUIRED OF SPRINT DISTANCE PARTICIPANTS.
Wetsuits are recommended but not required of sprint distance competitors. Water temperatures and surface conditions in Horseshoe Bay can be unpredictable since it is part of Lake Michigan. Race organizers reserve the right to abbreviate or cancel the swim portion of the triathlon based on surface conditions and water temperature. In no case will there be refunds or rebates.
BIKE TRANSITION
Only participants and volunteers will be permitted in the transition area. Bikes MUST BE WALKED in the transition area. Mount/Dismount Zones are located just outside the transition area. When removing your bike from the transition area after finishing, please stay out of the way of participants who are still “on the clock”.
18 mi
DISTANCE
VIEW
BIKE ROUTE
BIKE COURSE MAP – PRINTABLE (PDF)
BIKE COURSE MAP – RIDEWITHGPS.COM
BIKE COURSE ELEVATION CHART
The bike course follows the shoreline along Bay Shore Drive for nine miles and turns around at Old Stone Quarry Park.
BIKE ROUTE DETAILS
The road surface is asphalt, much of it recently paved.
The bike course includes one aid station.
Course marshals and public safety officers are stationed throughout the course and at all turns.
All bikes are required to display a bike number.
BIKE HELMETS ARE REQUIRED.
BIKE COURSE FLUIDS: Fluids will be available at the start and on the course at the turnaround (mile 9). Sports-capped 20-ounce water bottles and 20-ounce Gatorade Endurance Formula (lemon-lime flavor) will be handed out at both locations. These bottles will ride comfortably in bike cages. Participants are welcome to supply their own bike bottle and fluids if they so choose.
ON COURSE BIKE SUPPORT: Local bike shop Pete’s Garage (Green Bay) will provide on-course bike support.
COURSE MARSHALS: Course marshals and public safety officers are stationed throughout the course and at all turns.
Drafting (following within approximately three bike lengths on the rear wheel of a participant in front of you) is prohibited. Draft marshals on motorcycles will patrol the course for violations. Participants caught drafting will be assessed penalties to their bike finish time.
Drafting penalties:
1 violation = 2 minutes
2 violations = 4 minutes
3 violations= disqualification
3.1 mi
DISTANCE
RUN MAP
RUN ROUTE: 3.1 MILES
RUN ROUTE DETAILS
Course marshals and public safety officers are stationed throughout the course and at all turns.
FINISH AREA
Water, Gatorade, fresh fruit along with a pig & corn roast will be provided.
Volunteers will assist in removing timing chips.
AWARDS
Every finisher receives a medal.
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Additional awards are given to:
Top 3 Overall Male & Female Athletes
Top 3 Male & Female Athletes in each age category
Top 3 Relay Teams in 3 Categories: Male, Female, Mixed
Door County Triathlon currently offers no prize money.