KIA ORANA
Welcome to TRIATHLON in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
where the 2009 Pacific mini games will be held.
Whether you are actually here on our beautiful island or on your own beautiful island, looking at this site, we will endeavour to bring you a games to remember.
As your event manager I have chosen a venue that is as compact as we can get, providing a challenging technical course, as well as a spectator friendly course.
As a spectator you will be able to be almost on top of the swimmers throughout their whole swim; then you can turn around and watch them proceed through transition and onto their bikes; and later into their running shoes. The four 10km bike laps, passing the transition area; and the four 2.5km run laps passing through the transition area; will enable you to view the exciting action almost continuously from the start, to the finish line at the end of transition.
For you as competitors the course is challenging, not a simple flat course. This is for real triathletes, like yourselves. The swim in the harbour and marina area, should be dead calm if we have one of our beautiful spring days; or at worse a little rolly in the harbour portion if not. We have one 200m hill, some undulations; and several tight corners to make the cycle leg technical. The run is flattish, a mixture of concrete; tarmac; and grass surfaces, with some tree cover and open air, so that you can experience the heat of the day as well as some shade on the way.
Our island is ready, our people are ready. Let’s SHARE THE MOMENTS.
Kevin Henderson