Humans of Steel: Harris Lake Sprint & Olympic Triathlon

🏊‍♀️ Harris Lake Reverse Sprint & Olympic Triathlon

This is a multisport event weekend to remember with your choice of reverse sprint or Olympic triathlon or aquabike plus a crazy fun party, brought to you by Humans of Steel Racing, a subsidiary of The Endurance Edge, a women-owned Triangle business. Let's create multisport memories for the entire family. Everyone shares a finish line and gets to celebrate their accomplishment! It will not only challenge you, but be super fun!

👟 Beginner Friendly

We are beginner friendly. In fact, if this is your FIRST race, we have a special, handmade (huge) plaque for you to have your picture taken with.

📍 Event Location

Held at Harris Lake County Park in New Hill, NC, convenient to Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fuquay Varina, and Holly Springs, you'll run through the single track trails, ride through Hollys Springs, then swim in Harris Lake (yes, in that order...since we like to be different...we're humans of steel, after all!).

📅 Race Details

• As of 2024: Sprint AND Olympic course, high school athlete friendly and USAT sanctioned, so you'll get the additional benefits of earning USAT points for rankings.
• Rules: You can view the rules here.
• Course Information: Detailed course maps, GPX links, parking and transition layout can be found here.

🗓️ Race Weekend Timeline

On Sunday, August 3rd

• 5:45-7:15am: Packet pick-up (this will include a trash bag for you to haul out your own trash). No packet pick up prior to race day. DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER THAN 5:45am--no waiting allowed outside the park!
• 7:30am: (7:35am Aquabike start) Choose from our:
  • Reverse Sprint Triathlon: (5k trail run, 12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim)
  • Reverse Olympic Triathlon: (10k trail run, ~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
  • Reverse Sprint Aquabike: (12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim)
  • Reverse Olympic Aquabike: (~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
  • We may release runners as a mass start or in 2 minute waves, which we'll know closer to race day.
• 8am-12:00pm: Stick around to enjoy music, kids fun run, playground, photo area, and great post-race snacks!
• ~9:30am: Kids dash
• No exiting the park until the last biker has started the bike course (around 9/9:30am)
• 10:00am: (tentative) Sprint awards (overall Male, Female & Non-Binary plus age group 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
• 10:30/11am: Bike course cut off time (no entering the park until the last biker is done)
• 11:00am: (tentative) Olympic awards (overall Male, Female & Non-Binary plus age group 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
• 12:00pm: Course closes