Dimond Dash is a super short triathlon that can be completed as an individual or as part of a 3-person team. It is a partnership between Juneau Pools and Aukeman Triathlon which strives to provide a fun, family-friendly event. It makes triathlons more accessible by lowering requirements for equipment, training time, and age restrictions.

There are two kinds of relays in triathlons: the Olympics’ style team relay and the triathlon relay.

In the Olympic style team relay, each participant completes a full triathlon—swim, bike, and run—before handing off to a teammate who then completes all three events. This continues until each team member has gone. During a triathlon relay style, on the other hand, each participant completes one leg. There is a swim participant, a bike participant, and a run participant.

Dimond Dash is a team relay, each participant will complete all three legs of the Super Short Triathlon individually. Aukeman Triathlon offers triathlon relay categories.

For the team relay:

• • Swim: 150 yards

• • Bike: 1.25 mile

• • Run: .5 mile

For an individual competitor:

• • Swim: 450 yards

• • Bike: 3.75 miles

• • Run: 1.5 miles

Individuals are completing the super short triathlon three times, however, they will swim all six laps continuously for their first leg. After the swim, they will bike, run, bike, run, bike, run.

The first leg, swimming, takes place at Dimond Park Aquatic Center. It is an indoor pool and will be set up open water swim style. Participants will swim two circular laps counter-clockwise around the buoys. There will be no walls to push off of or make turns. Swimmers will start in waves.

There will be space inside to put on shoes before going outside for the transition to bikes. The bike course is a loop around the Dimond Park sports complex and Thunder Mountain Middle School. The course is gravel and sandy trails, potentially muddy, with brief sections of pavement. There are several sharp turns.

The final running segment is mostly flat asphalt trails with some sections of gravel and grass.

Course Maps will be available soon.

Individuals

• • Adult: 15 years and older

• • Youth: Under 15 years

Relay Team

• • Adult: All members are 15 or older

• • Youth: All members are under 15 years old

• • Multi-Generational: A team of mixed ages

The minimum age is 12 years old to participate in Dimond Dash. Participants 8-11 years old may compete if they register for and participate in the Youth Triathlon Training Camp.

No. Adults and youth will have separate start times. However, because team relay times can vary, adults and youth may be swimming at the same time later in the race.

It is estimated that each person will take 15-30 minutes to complete their own super short triathlon. Therefore, a team of 3 will take roughly 45-90 minutes.

Each participant will gets a fun event, food after the race, and a participation medal.

Click the ‘Register Online’ button to get started. Dimond Dash can be found under the ‘Juneau Pools’ tab.

A note about team registration: only one member of the team completes and pays for the team registration. Then, each individual member completes the athlete registration. Don’t worry, there isn’t a fee associated with that, it’s just for the paperwork.