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Athlete Guide-EN-Ver4 Layout 1 WELCOME PRE-RACE DAY MESSAGES INFORMATION RULES APPLYING TO ALL EVENT SEGMENTS SCHEDULE OF THE RACE SWIM BIKE COURSE COURSE RACE-DAY TRANSITION INFORMATION ZONE POST-RACE EXPO DAY CATALOGUE INFORMATION ATHLETE RUN COURSE CHECKLIST CULTURAL PARTICIPANTS EVENTS GENERAL MEDICAL VENUE MAP INFORMATION IRONMAN 70.3 GREECE, COSTA NAVARINO | Athlete Guide | 3 EVENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY 12.04.2019 WHEN WHAT WHERE 12:00 - 20:00 Expo Area Cosmos Hall 12:00 - 20:00 Athlete Registration Ethos Hall 12:00 - 20:00 Merchandising Store Symbol Room 17:30 - 18:30 Race Briefing (Greek)* Orion Hall 18:30 - 19:30 Race Briefing (English)* Orion Hall 20:00 - 22:00 Welcome Pasta Party Orion Hall SATURDAY 13.04.2019 WHEN WHAT WHERE 09:00 - 19:00 Expo Area Cosmos Hall 09:00 - 18:00 Athlete Registration Ethos Hall 09:00 - 19:00 Merchandising Store Symbol Room 10:00 - 11:00 Race Briefing (English)* Orion Hall 11:00 - 12:00 Race Briefing (Greek)* Orion Hall 11:00 - 19:00 Bike Check-In Transition Zone SUNDAY 14.04.2019 WHEN WHAT WHERE 06:00 - 07:30 Transition Zone Open 08:00 - 17:00 IRONMAN 70.3 Greece, Costa Navarino 09:00 - 18:00 Expo Area Cosmos Hall 09:00 - 18:00 Merchandising Store Symbol Room 15:00 - 18:00 Bike Check-Out Transition Zone 18:00 - 20:00 Awards & IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation Orion Hall 21:00 - 23:00 Post-Race Party Great Hall *Attendance at one Race Briefing is mandatory 4 | Athlete Guide | IRONMAN 70.3 GREECE, COSTA NAVARINO WELCOME MESSAGE Thanassis Papadimitriou Mike Argyris Managing Director, IRONMAN® Greece Race Director IRONMAN® Greece n behalf of IRONMAN® Greek team, I would like to welcome t is my great pleasure and honor you in the land of Messinia to welcome you to the world of and Costa Navarino. IRON- O ® ® IRONMAN® 70.3® Greece, Costa MAN 70.3 Greece, Costa I Navarino. The idea to organize Navarino, is taking place in Greece ® for the very first time and we have the first IRONMAN in Greece, born spent the last year working hard to make sure just a few months ago, quickly evolved you will live an unforgettable experience. into a passionate team’s dream, the vision of which is now just a breath away. Your training plan is complete. It’s time for the hours of training to pay off. It’s time for you to I wish to all of you, competing or not, to become an IRONMAN! We will be waiting for enjoy an amazing event as we have envisioned you, to applause and admire your effort, and while you are racing don’t forget, pain is tem- it from the beginning and as, with hard work porary, memories are forever. and passion, we have prepared. We invite you to live the experience with all your Last, but not least, I would like to take the op- senses and enjoy the enchanting Messinia portunity to thank Costa Navarino, the Prefec- and Costa Navarino the most. We are eager tures of Peloponnese, the municipalities of Py- to inspire you and watch you swim in the los- Nestoros and Trifilias, all our sponsors, crystal-clear waters of the Ionian Sea, cycle com- munities, the Ironman Team and volunteers among ancient olive groves and picturesque who make this event possible. We appreciate you taking this journey with us and in making villages, run on untouched routes and world- sure we give our athletes the best experience renowned landscapes, while always keeping possible. safety and our rules as your first priority. The whole team of “IRONMAN® 70.3® Greece, I wish you all an unforgettable and safe race, and don’t forget: Costa Navarino” and I personally wish good Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey. luck but, above all, pure enjoyment. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. See you at the Finisher’s Arch! And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean. (C. P. Cavafy, “Ithaka”, 1911) 6 | Athlete Guide | IRONMAN 70.3 GREECE, COSTA NAVARINO Stefan Petschnig Managing Director IRONMAN EMEA elcome to IRONMAN 70.3 Greece, Costa Navarino. This is the moment you have been waiting for: race day has arrived. We know you have W worked hard to get yourself to the start line. So have we. On behalf of our team, our partners, our host city and thousands of our incredible volunteers I wish you all the best and the most memorable day possible. Embrace the experience. We’ll see you at the finish line where the celebration of your accomplishment begins. Nico Aeschimann Regional Director Switzerland, Austria, Southeastern Europe and Middle East elcome to the inaugural I would like to extend my appreciation to IRONMAN 70.3 Greece, Cos- Costa Navarino for it`s great support in W ta Navarino. This is a kind building such an event on one of Europe’s of home coming for our most beautiful peninsulas. A huge thank sport - for the 1st time an IRONMAN race you to the prefecture of Messenia for is held in the country where the word being our host and giving us the possibility Triathlon originates from. Costa Navarino to create a day to remember. Thank you is a holiday paradise which offers many to the organizing committee, the volun- options for cyclists and triathletes, a perfect teers, the citizens and spectators for sup- venue for an event like this. porting the event and cheering for the athletes while they are trying to reach Starting with a beautiful swim in the Ionian their goals. Sea, the challenging bike course will take the athletes through the stunning hills of On behalf of IRONMAN and my whole the region. The run leads through the team, I wish all athletes an unforgettable Costa Navarino Resort along beautiful day! bays and nature reserves to the village of Gialova and back to the Finish Line. 8 | Athlete Guide | IRONMAN 70.3 GREECE, PELOPONNESE - COSTA NAVARINO Petros Tatoulis Governor of the Region of Peloponnese Dear Friends, Home to 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Spartan & Corinthian city-states, It is a great honor for the Region of Pelo- Homer’s main epic tales and Hercules ponnese to host the IRONMAN 70.3 Myths; Traditional settlements, archaeo- Greece, Costa Navarino in this mythical logical sites, museums, Classical Byzantine land. and post-Byzantine monuments and monasteries await to be explored. The Peloponnese is one of the most at- Tourism remains the main generator of in- tractive and competitive tourism destina- come and of major strategic importance tions in the Mediterranean. History & Cul- for the Peloponnese Region thanks to its ture, Sea & Sun, Nature & Outdoor Activ- high capacity in generating growth and ities, Luxury & Facilities, Gastronomy & employment. Local Products, are just some of the ele- ments that compile the rich tourism prod- I am confident that the IRONMAN 70.3 uct of the Peloponnese, bound to offer Greece, Costa Navarino will be a complete Mythical holidays to every visitor. success and I look forward to welcoming you all to live your myth. Stephanos Theodorides Managing Director, TEMES S.A. – Developers of Costa Navarino Dear Friends, nature and centuries-old olive groves, as well as for the warmth of its inhabi- Welcome to Messinia and Costa Navari- tants. no! It is an honor and immense joy to host the first ever IRONMAN®70.3® in Costa Navarino is proud to be the host Greece and in the Peloponnese, where destination of this milestone event and the Olympic spirit was born in nearby to welcome visitors from all over the Ancient Olympia, making it the ideal world. Our associates will ensure that host for a triathlon. We hope that during you will have a memorable stay, filled your stay you will discover this mythical with extraordinary moments. land where according to Homer, “philox- enia” (hospitality) was born. Messinia is Wishing you the best of luck! known for its pristine coastline, unspoiled 10 | Athlete Guide | IRONMAN 70.3 GREECE, PELOPONNESE - COSTA NAVARINO Dimitris P. Kafantaris Panagiotis Katsivelas Mayor of Pylos Mayor of Trifilia Dear athletes, ladies and gentlemen, Dear athletes and visiting friends Welcome. It is our honor that athletes of high racing po- welcome to the municipality of Pylos- tential from different countries, history and Nestoros, the birthplace of the Golden culture meet in our municipality to identify Olympic Champion Kostis Tsiklitiras. I the values of sport, their sportsmanship, per- am pleased to salute IRONMAN 70.3 formance, success and victory with their des- tination, the hospitable Trifylia. Greece, Costa Navarino and I hope that through your participation in this We are proud that IRONMAN, one of the international sporting event you will largest and most recognized sporting events fill with joy and optimism. IRONMAN in the world, is organized for the first time in Greece and is co-hosted by Trifylia. constitutes an honor for our region. I am particularly excited that our mu- It is a challenge for our municipality to respond nicipality continues to organize athletic to the high standards of the event. We will make every effort to make your stay in Trifylia activities of high magnitude with ded- and your participation in the race filled with ication, thus serving the human ideals beautiful memories, which you will convey of sport. For those of you who visit enthusiastically to your country, as ambassadors our municipality for the first time, I of Greek culture and hospitality.
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