September 27, 2025
Eagle Rock Resort: 40.93071° N, 76.11597° W, 132 Cheyney Dr Hazleton, PA
Rise Up Racing in partnership with Second Wind Timing & the Freeland YMCA Swim Team are happily working together to keep the Beware of the Barracuda race alive and thriving! Come out and join this family friendly sprint & super sprint triathlon
Event Schedule
- Friday September 26th: *Parking available at beach 3pm-6pm Pre-race packet pickup (optional)*Strongly encouraged for all athletes. Avoid any race day packet pickup lines, and get to pre-drive the bike & run courses. 6pm Triathlon Clinic & Athlete Briefing with Robin Barth, Race Director, L2 USAT Certified Coach, & Head Coach Rise Up Racing
- Saturday September 27th: *Athlete parking at Base Lodge (388 Walden Ct Hazleton, PA 40.93020° N, 76.11083° W) All Athletes must park at base lodge parking on race morning. After passing the Guardhouse, turn RIGHT at the second Stop Sign. Go to the bottom of the hill, and the Base Lodge parking is on your right. All other roads in and out of the lake are used for the run and bike course. We can not have cars parked on the course. If you are riding your bike to the transition area, please wear your helmet and have it buckled. After parking, make your way to Athlete Check-In, approx .75 mile down Tuscarora Dr. You will turn right onto Cheyney Dr and continue to the beach
- 5:15am-6:45am Packet Pickup & Race Day Registration on the beach.
- Upon arrival at the beach there are several important things you need to do before the start of your race:
- 1. Check in for all athletes
- 2. Packet pickup
- 3. Body Marking
- 4. Put race number on bike and bike in transition area
- 5. Put race number on FRONT of shirt or on a race belt
- 6. Electronic timing chip pickup / wear on your ankle
- 6:45am Transition Area Closes to Sprint Racers / 7:15am Transition area closes to Super Sprint
- 7:15am Sprint Start
- 7:45am Super Sprint Start
- 10:15am awards & bike check out
Course Maps
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Swim Course
Waves will start in the water at the swim zone ropes edge. It is deep at this location.
You will be treading water, or you can stay back where you can still stand.
Keep all your course buoys on your left shoulder. Sprint starts at 7am and will swim out to the green buoy marked on the map. Super Sprint starts at 7:30am and will turn earlier at the blue buoy marked on the map.
Bike Course
The bike course is 7.9 mile course. Sprint course will complete 2 laps* (On your second
lap you DO NOT ride down the hill back into transition. There will be a sign that
has a RIGHT ARROW to finish & STRAIGHT ARROW to 2nd lap positioned at the
top of the hill)
*DO NOT CROSS THE SOLID YELLOW LINES. This is a USAT rule and carries a DQ
as a penalty. And with bike traffic running out and back on some sections of the
road, it is an important safety concern.
*Super Sprint athletes will be doing the same course, but just one loop.
Run Course
Link to 1.6 mile super sprint course
Link to 3.1 mile sprint course
5K Run: Runners will exit the parking lot on the lower side following the road out. You will do a short out and back across the breast of the dam/across the lake (grassy out and back), and then continue down the run course to a turnaround. On your return trip, you WILL NOT repeat the DAM-OUT AND BACK.
Volunteers will be there to direct you.
1.6M Run: Runners will come directly back to the finish line after the out and back on the dam (grassy out and back). (After Dam: super sprint turns RIGHT / Sprint will continue farther LEFT)