Course

Swim Course 2kms

Swim course is a rectangular circuit. A deep water start adjacent to two green bouys in the front of the Taupo Yacht Club. Follow the inside (Left Hand side) orange bouys along the lake front turning around the last yellow bouy out into the lake (approximately 50m) then back along the yellow bouys in deeper water. Turning right around the last bouy (yellow) then into the beach. This is a clockwise direction.

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Bike Course 90kms

1. Leaving from Transition you will mount your bike and head out Redoubt Street up to the intersection with State Highway 1.
2. Turn right then Left onto Spa Road.
3. For roughly 2km you will head out of Taupo township then turn right onto Tauhara Road which becomes Broadlands Road.
4. You will travel a further approximately 5 km to View Road where you will turn left and will go up View Road to a turn around point about 1.9km from Broadlands Road.
5. You will then head back to Broadlands Road where you will turn left and head to Reporoa, a further 38 km out of Taupo.
6. Just before Reporoa Township you will have a turnaround point where you will need to reduce your speed and carry out a u-turn and head back the way you came.
7. You will get a glimpse at your competitors as you turn and head for Taupo. You will follow the same route back along Broadlands road (NOTE no View Road loop) then down Tauhara Road into Spa Road, left onto Kaimanawa Road and right onto the Lake Front then left into Ferry Road back to transition.

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Run Course 21.1kms

After racking your bike you will run out of transition along the footpath on the stunning Lake Taupo lake front to Rainbow Drive. You will turn right down Rainbow Drive until 2.5 mile bay Chad Street reserve where you will cut back out to the lake front and return along the lake front on the Lions Walk back to town, then repeat for second lap.

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