**This Race Confirmation Message is Going ONLY to Registered Participants in the 2026 Pat Griskus Olympic Tri/Du/Sprint Only, Sat June 20th, 7am Race Start**
Hello All, Triathletes and Duathletes! We hope you’re ready to race, long range weather forecast is looking Good!
USAT CARD / PHOTO ID REQURIED: PLEASE BRING USAT CARD (if an annual member) AND PHOTO ID!! This is required by USAT for athlete check in. NON USAT Members PHOTO ID only.
FRI OPTIONAL BAG PICKUP: is 6-8pm at the GROUP SALES building just across from the Parking Attnedants Booth. THIS IS A CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEARS You'll have to park and walk over, please dont park in the driveway, although it's very close to the end of the driveway! (No Trolley Stop inside the park, as in prior years, park map is below)
https://www.quassy.com/plan-
Saturday morning registration opens at 5am under the Fieldside Pavilion (at Finish Line) Transition opens at 5am, you’ll see it as you drive in.
RACE MORNING: Race morning packet pickup and Timing bands available starting at 5am under the Fieldside Pavilion, walk through the park, don’t hesitate to ask others for help finding it. After registering, Timing Bands are a separate station. Next, Body marking is mandatory per Emergency Medical Services.
TRANSTION AREA: Open racking, no pre assigned spots. Look for Bike In/Out and Run Out signs.
RELAYS: No special bike corral area, have your cyclist and runner meet where your bike is racked.
WAVES: 7am Race Start
Pre Race Briefing on the beach at 6:50am for ALL Triathletes.
1) Men 44 and under 2) Men 45 and over 3) Women 39 and under 4) Women 40+ and Olympic Relays.
Duathlon: 7:15am
7:30am Sprint: Wave 5) All Men in Sprint Tri Wave 6) All Women in Sprint Tri and Sprint Relays.
Clydes, Athenas and Aquabikes leave with your age groups.
DUATHLON will start near transition area at 7:15am, report to transition area at 7:10am for pre race briefing. (Listen in on the beach pre race talk if possible)
SWIM: Water Temp : 70 degrees F is expected temp and will be wetsuit legal. Warm-ups allowed until 6:50am. We Encourage this! Swim course is clockwise direction on swim course. Please pay close attention to time, we'll need you out of the water for pre race briefing.
BIKE COURSE: The 40th Pat Griskus Sprint Tri will see a divergence on the Olympic bike course at about the 3.8mi mark, on a slight uphill for safer splitting off. All riders will see a series of signs that will indicate Left for Olympic and Right for Sprint. Color coding on those signs will be Green for Oly – Red for Sprint.
25th OLYMPIC, Pavement is looking good compliments of Town of Woodbury and State of CT DOT
ALL RIDERS are responsible for knowing the course and being observant of course signage, there may not be a volunteer at every turn, watch for yellow arrow signs and orange/pink duct tape arrows on pavement. remember - "No Marking, No Turn".
BIKE COURSE SUPPORT: Last Bike Sweep ONLY, be prepared to wait if you cannot self rescue.
Up in Bethlehem, we'll continue to use Nonnewaug Rd .
https://www.patgriskustri.com/
There will be NO BIKE MECHANICAL SUPPORT IN TRANSITION this year, get your bike squared away ahead of time, and be prepared to self rescue on the bike course, or wait for SAG (vehicle following last bike)
RUN COURSE:
2 Loop out and back course for the Olympic Tri and Du, the turnaround cone for loop 2 will be on the roadway just as you near the park. 3 aid stations each lap with water and Gatorade.
1 Loop, out and back run course for the Sprint Tri.
POST RACE PICNIC: Enjoy Quassy's picnic fare, (there will be some Veggie burgers too)
food is for registered athletes only. Enjoy and take your time. See below.
AWARDS: Awards at approximately 10:00am for Sprint Tri. Awards at 10:45am, for Olympic Triathlon, overall and top 3 in age groups. Duathlon: Overall Duathlon winners and 1st each age group. Please be patient. J
RESULTS: Check www.fasttracktiming.com for results on race day.
Weather looking good for Saturday June 20th as of this writing, but just remember - we'll always do "something" on race day, no way to re-assemble the cast again on a future date.
Special hotel rates at Wyndham Southbury just 2 miles from race site, call 203-598-7600 and mention the race.
Face Book page for info and last minute updates (don’t need to be FB member to view):
https://www.facebook.com/
Have a fun and safe event and best of luck!!!
And thank you to our Sponsors, these races would've been long gone without them, no doubt!
Regards,
Tom Wilkas - Race Director
