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San Diego's Favorite Cycling Event! - Voted Best GranFondo in America & Top 10 Best Century Ride in the USA

Welcome to the ultimate celebration of cycling, flavor, and the breathtaking San Diego waterfront! Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey at the Southern California-Italian fusion extravaganza – our Gran Fondo awaits!

More Than a Century Ride

🚴 Routes: Choose Your Path, Seize Your Glory! Whether you're a seasoned cyclist or a weekend warrior, our event caters to all levels. Pick your challenge from our diverse route options: 101, 60, or 34 miles. As you pedal through the stunning landscapes, know that every mile brings you closer to the full GranFondo experience!

🏅 Swag: Earn Your Medal, Revel in Victory! Cross the finish line triumphantly, and the cheers of the crowd will resonate with your achievement. Your reward? A well-deserved medal, the tangible proof of your cycling prowess. But the celebration doesn't stop there – brace yourself for the Fantastic Finish extravaganza!

🎉 Fantastic Finish Celebration – Unleash the Festivities! Immerse yourself in the post-ride revelry at our Fantastic Finish Celebration! Live music will set the stage for your triumph, and the bike valet ensures your trusty steed is taken care of. Delight your taste buds at the Italian Pasta Fest and quench your thirst at the Seek Beer Co. - Beer Garden – the perfect way to relish your victory!

🌇 SoCal Meets Italy – A Fusion of Culture and Cycling! Picture this: the vibrant energy of Southern California seamlessly blending with the charm of Italy against the backdrop of San Diego's picturesque waterfront. It's a two-day festival that goes beyond cycling – it's an immersion into a world where passion for food, fitness, and community collide.

🏞️ Downtown San Diego – The Perfect Host! Our event unfolds in the heart of beautiful Downtown San Diego. The cityscape adds an urban flair to your cycling adventure, making every turn and twist of the route an exploration of San Diego's charm.

🚵‍♂️ Gran Fondo Highlights: Challenging Routes & Exciting Competitions! Feel the rush as you tackle challenging and inspiring routes that cater to the cyclist in you. Engage in the thrill of timed King and Queen of the Mountain competitions – an opportunity to showcase your climbing prowess. The Bike & Fitness Expo awaits, where you can explore the latest trends and innovations in the cycling world.

🍝 Italian Feast – Savor the Flavorful Finale! Cap off your cycling odyssey with an Italian Feast at the Finish. Indulge in delectable dishes that celebrate the essence of Italy, bringing a delicious conclusion to your GranFondo adventure.

Presenting Sponsor

🚀 Join Us for an Epic Experience! Are you ready to be part of a cycling spectacle like no other? Embrace the challenge, savor the flavor, and revel in the community spirit at our GranFondo. Secure your spot today and gear up for a weekend of cycling, festivities, and memories that will last a lifetime! 🚴🍝🎉

Our USA TRIATHLON CERTIFIED COACHES will make sure your child is well prepared for their bike, run, and transition skills for their kids triathlon. We will practice right on their race course!

NOTE: Swim course skills will be done at our Kids Open Water Swim Clinic.

Healthy post-clinic refreshments for all participants.

Clinic starts at 1p at race site. Check in: 12:45-1p

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER REGISTRATION FOR ANY REASON

Event details and schedule

All clinic participants will receive an email the week of the clinic with everything you need to know and do!

Clinic starts at 1p race site. Check in: 12:45-1p

🌟 International • Sprint • Mini Sprint 🌟

🌟 Kick Off Your 2026 Tri Season at the XTERRA WETSUITS Spring Sprint! 🌟

🏆 First Race in the 2026 Triple Crown of Triathlon

Complete all 3 events in the same calendar year to earn the crown:

1️⃣ Spring Sprint

2️⃣ CVC San Diego Triathlon

3️⃣ Mission Bay Triathlon

💥 Race Distances for All Levels

Whether you're a seasoned triathlete or brand new to the sport, this is your race!

With a calm bay swim, flat bike, and fast run, it's the perfect early-season tune-up.

✅ Triathlon = Swim + Bike + Run

✅ Duathlon = Run + Bike + Run

✅ Aquabike = Swim + Bike

✅ Aquathlon = Swim + Run

✅ Mini Sprint = Shorter distance for beginners

✅ Kids Events = Get the whole family involved!

🎉 Why You’ll Love Spring Sprint

• ✅ USAT Sanctioned (Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquathlon, Aquabike)

• 🥇 Earn San Diego Triathlon Series Points (all individual distances + kids + Aquabike!)

• 🍺 Beer Lounge by Seek Beer Co. + Snacks!

• 🎶 Live Band & Finish Line Party

• 🎽 Commemorative Tech T-Shirt

• 🏅 Finisher Medal

• ⏱️ Chip Timing with 5 Splits

• 🧒 Awesome Kids Races

• 📸 Race Photos Available Online

• 🥈 Awards for Top 3 in Each Division

• 🧭 Online Results

🌱 New to Triathlon? We’ve Got You Covered!

Join our FREE Triathlon Clinics & Weekly Workout Groups to prepare and connect with your triathlon community.

👉 Click here for Weekly Workouts & How-To Guides

💙 Benefiting Life Sports Foundation

Racing for a cause — helping foster youth, challenged athletes & more experience A Better Life Through Sports.

🎯 The Season Starts Here. Are You In?

Let’s make 2026 your best tri year ever. Whether you're racing for the crown or racing for fun — Spring Sprint is where it begins!

FREE Triathlon Clinics an Workout Groups to get you prepared and connct you to the Triathlon Community - Click here for Weekly Workouts

New to Triathlon? Please see our Free Triathlon Clinics and How To's on our Website:

https://www.sdtriseries.com/how-to-do-a-triathlon-and-faqs/

Event details and schedule

Distances

International Triathlon (13 & older): 1000 m swim - 19.5 mile bike - 6 mile run

Sprint Triathlon (13 yrs & older): 1/4 mile swim - 10 mile bike - 3 mile run

Sprint Duathlon (13 yrs & older): 1 mile run - 10 mile bike - 3 mile run

Sprint Aquabike (13 yrs & older): 1/4 mile swim - 10 mile bike (Your finish time is at the transition area after completing the bike portion, then head over to the finish line to return your timing chip and join the party!)

Sprint Aquathlon (13yrs & older): 1/4 mile Swim - 5K Run

Mini Sprint Triathlon (11 yrs & older): 200 yard swim - 6 mile bike - 1.5 mile run

Itsy Bitsy Triathlon (7-10 yrs old): 100 yard swim - 3 mile bike - 3/4 mile run

Please Note: ALL New Itsy Bitsy Racers will need a swim test certificate. The Swim Test Certificate can be Downloaded Here. The certificate must be completed by a certified swim instructor, coach or lifeguard that your child has actually demonstrated the swim skills in front of. This certificate will need to be uploaded to your active registration, faxed, mailed in, or presented at packet pick-up. We are doing this as an extra safety measure for you and your child. We will have opportunities for your child to be certified for free through local swim and triathlon coaches. (If your child has already participated in our triathlons this requirement is waived.)

Open Water Swim - This event is in the Bay which is considered Open Water Swimming The Red Cross Swim Safety Manual has a great section on Swimming Skills for both adults and Children, and Open Water Swimming including Triathlons. It can be found at the Following Link https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/atg/PDF_s/SwimmingWaterSafety.pdf

If you are your child need swim lessons Here are some resources:

San Diego YMCA Swim Lessons - https://www.ymca.org/programs/swim

All distances award points for the San Diego Triathlon Series!

Pre-Race Check In

Friday, May 1st, 3pm-6pm

(NO Course talks at this pick up location)

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Road Runner Sports @ 5553 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111

Saturday, May 2nd 10 am-3 pm

Located at - South Shores Park, Mission Bay (Race site)

Course Talks

11:00 am - Course Talks

12:30 am - Triathlon Basics for the Beginner for Adults and Teens

1:30 pm - Course Talk

2:30 pm - Kids Course Talk

Pre-Race Check-in Policies: All athletes must attend the ONE pre-race check-in to pick up their race materials (FRI or SAT). It is mandatory for all athletes to bring their ID to the pre-race expo. We will not give any athlete their bib number without an ID.

3:00 pm Expo Closes

We will not give any athlete their bib number without an ID. Bring your USAT Card if you have one Please.

Friends and family members will NOT be allowed to pick up for an athlete. Sorry, NO EXCEPTIONS. These events are USAT sanctioned and USAT doesn't allow anyone besides the participant to pick up race materials.

***. Athletes who do not attend FRI OR SAT (and have not selected the VIP Option-more info below) will be required to pay a $10 late fee on race morning.

Event Timeline:

Sunday, May 3, 2026 - Race Day - South Shores Park

5:00 a.m. Parking Lot Opens

5:30 a.m. Transition Area Opens/ Late Packet Pick Up Opens

6:40 a.m. Transition Area Closes/ Late Packet Pick Up Closes (Please don't be late)

6:45 a.m. Duathlon Begins

6:50 a.m. Triathlon Waves Begin

7:30 a.m. 5K Starts

8:30 a.m. 5K Awards

8:00 a.m. Beer Garden Presented by Seek Beer Co. Opens

8:45 am (Approximate time)Athletes may start removing bikes from transition - no removal prior to this time

9:45 a.m. - Expo / Race Parking Lot - Reopens - If you need to leave prior to this time please park in other parking areas.

10:00 a.m. Triathlon Awards Ceremony (approximate)

11:00 a.m. Transition Area Closes. All bikes must be removed.

VIP Option

For a fee of $40 - You will have VIP Bike Racking - your name will be on a reserved space on the bike racks in your wave. Your race numbers, swim cap, timing chip, and t-shirt will be ready for you to pick-up on race morning at the VIP Check in area. You DO NOT have to attend the expo or packet pick up. You will check-in on race morning at the VIP check-in table. Pick-up is from 5:40 am-6:40 am. You will then continue on to the transition zone to be body marked. Please plan your time accordingly.

VIP not available for the 5K Run

VIP entries must be received by April 28th. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Race Divisions

Triathlon & Duathlon

Age Divisions:

• 7-8 (Itsy Bitsy distance)

• 9-10 (Itsy Bitsy distance)

• 11-12 (Mini distance)

• 13-15 (Mini & Sprint distances)

• 16-19

• 20-24

• 25-29

• 30-34

• 35-39

• 40-44

• 45-49

• 50-54

• 55-59

• 60-64

• 65-69

• 70-74

• 75-79

• 80-84

• 85 +

Special Divisions Include (Sprint distance only):

• Elite (Triathlon Only)

• Challenged (Triathlon Only)

• Military (Triathlon Only)

• Clydesdale & Athena (males 220lbs+/ladies 165lbs+)

• Clydesdale & Athena 40+ (males 220lbs+/ladies 165lbs+)

Relay Teams: 2 or 3 person teams

for Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon only

• Men

• Women

• Mixed 119 and under (both men and women)

• Mixed 120+ (ages of all athletes =120+)

Aquabike & Aquathlon will have divisions based on registration #s. At a minimum:

• Top 3 Male & Female

• more divisions could be added

Wetsuits- Purchase a wetsuit from our official wetsuit sponsor, XTERRA WETSUITS! Special San Diego Triathlon Series discount! Wetsuits 60% off! Check them out HERE! Use code: R-KOZ at Checkout.

Disclaimer & Refund Policy

The race course and timeline can be changed at the discretion of the race organization. All distances are approximate by GPS measurements.The race can be altered, postponed or cancelled with no refunds due to any reason including but not limited to weather, natural disturbances, police activity, acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism and other circumstances.

Refund Policy:

Due to the number of race transfer requests and cancellations that occur in the weeks prior to a race we have the following policy that is in accordance with USAT Policy. Refunds will NOT be issued after a registration has taken place. Considerable effort goes into producing an event and funds are expended and applied in good faith based on a registration. If you would like to change your registration from one distance to another, you will be charged for the difference in price at the time of the change. If you would like to transfer your registration to another person, contact our office at least 2 weeks before the race. $20 Admin fee. If you want to defer your registration to another event, we have a new volunteer for a deferral program. email info@kozevents.com You may purchase race insurance plans from Active.com when you register.

Celebrate the 29th Anniversary of the Low Tide Ride & Stride with a our 5K Course during the lowest tide of the month on the beach from North Beach down to the end of the Shores and back. Kick off summer with this fun, family-friendly, 5K chip-timed race. Run! Walk! Bike! Stroll! This Coronado signature event takes place along one of the top 10 beaches in the world and provides much needed funds with Local Military and First Responders being the primary beneficiaries. Drop your beach chair in Sunset Park along with your reusable water bottle. After the race, kick back and enjoy LIVE MUSIC, grab a snack, visit local vendors' booths, and more.

WHY THE 5K COURSE?

If you have participated in past Low Tide Ride & Stride events, you may have noticed military and civilian volunteers lining the beach along the State Park and Navy Base. They were protecting the Least Tern’s nesting grounds. You see, the Least Terns are an endangered species and their numbers continue to dwindle. Even the military must limit their training on the beach during nesting season March – September. According to the Audubon Society, since 1970 we have lost half of all bird populations globally. By keeping the course of the race off of the Amphibious Base, Rotary is protecting critical nesting grounds for the Least Tern and Snowy Plover. We are excited for race course -- less hassle, family friendly, and fun at Sunset Park! We can’t think of a better way to bike, run, walk and celebrate the beginning of summer than the Low Tide Ride & Stride!.

For any questions please contact the event organizer at info@lowtideride.com or call (734) 945-6443.

Let's get loopy!! The 5th annual event will once again take over Montgomery Waller Community Park in San Diego. We will once again be starting in the evening for a little sleep deprivation before the heat.

The course features a 1.22-mile loop course with a combination of Trail, Grass and Bike Path. This year's route will go COUNTER-CLOCKWISE around the park.

Not ready for 24 Hours? No problem the SB "Mini" includes a 12 hour and 6-hour option, PLUS a HEFTY Half Marathon (15 total laps= 18.3 MILES)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

• RUNNER CAMPSITE AREA

• PANCAKE BREAKFAST FOR ALL RUNNERS (SATURDAY 9AM-10AM)

• HAPPY HOUR FOR ALL RUNNERS (SATURDAY 5PM-6PM)

• BEER AND SELTZERS

• TRUCKER HAT INCLUDED WITH REGISTRATION

• FINISHER MEDALS

• BELT BUCKLES FOR ALL 100 MILE FINISHERS

• PRIZES FOR OVERALL WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY

This event is limited to 225 total runners

This event officially sanctioned by the USATF