Lake Macquarie Triathlon Festival
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14-16 March 2025-
Hunter Melanoma Foundation
Out of the Sun Run
5km Run -
Lake Macqurie City
Aquathlon
1000 swim and 5km run -
Dantia
Open Water Swim
1km or 2km swims -
Quarry Mining
Standard Distance Triathlon
1500/40/10 -
Sprint Distance Triathlon
750/20/5 -
Short Distance Triathlon
250/13/2.5 -
Junior Distances Triathlon
swim 100m or 150m cycle 2km or 6.5km run 500m or 1km
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EVENT SCHEDULE and CHANGES
THURSDAY 14 MAR- SUNDAY 16th MAR 2025
The event is the inaugural Lake Macquarie Triathlon Festival for junior, serious, novice, recreational and corporate competitors. Activity includes:
1 – Thursday 13 Mar – 8am - 5pm - Speers Point Park Event/ Bike Compound set up begins
2 – Friday 14 Mar – 5pm – 7.30pm - Hunter Melanoma Night Fun Run – Fundraising Event
- Using Paths from Speers Pt Park to close to Warners Bay
3 – Saturday 15 Mar – 8.00am – 4.30pm - Speers Point Park Multi-Sport Expo and Briefing
9.00am – Aquathlon – Swimmers in Lake and Runners on paths
10.00am – Open water Swim – swimmers in Lake off Speers Point
4 – Sunday 16 Mar – 6.00am – 11.30am - Triathlon (swim, cycle, run)
The Swim leg will be in Lake Macquarie off the Jetty
The Cycle leg will be on The Esplanade (Park Rd to Lake St) - Road Closed
(The Esplanade south of Lake St near the Foreshore is open at all times).
The Run leg will be on paths on the Lake between Speer Point and Warners Bay
5 – Access and Parking to Speers Point Park will be closed from 6.30am Sun 16 March 6.30am - 10.30am
6 – Boat Activity around the Speers Point Jetty will be limited during the swim leg of the event.
7 – Detours East and West Bound around The Esplanade will be in place from Park Rd using Main Rd, to Speers St, to Thompson Rd, to Fairfax Rd to Medcalf St and King St.