Hammerhead Olympic & Sprint Triathlon

Welcome Triathlon Race Fans , to the 2026 Hammerhead Olympic & Sprint Distance Triathlon! The HOT event is held at the beautiful Camp Blanding Military Reservation, which is about 30 miles Southwest of Jacksonville. Aquabike available in both Sprint and Olympic distances. RACE LOCATION: Camp Blanding 5629 State Road 16 West Bldg 2300, Avenue A Starke, FL 32091 PRE-RACE PACKET PICKUP: Saturday: 12:00pm - 3:00pm Trek Bicycle Lakeshore; 2108 Blanding Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32210 (Directions) Saturday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm Camp Blanding, Race Central Pavilion, 5629 State Road 16 West, (Avenue A) Starke, FL (Only if you have a military ID for access or if you are staying on-site) RACE DAY SCHEDULE: 6:00am - 7:00am Packet Pickup and Transition Opens 7:15am - Transition Closes FOR ALL ATHLETES, Sprint and Olympic 7:30am - First Wave Start The swim will be in Kingsley Lake which is one of the state’s pristine waterways (no salt water and no sharks!) and usually very smooth for a fast race. The bike course will be entirely within Camp Blanding with little, if any, traffic, but with a few rolling hills (two loops – one loop for the Sprint distance). The run will be a flat out and back (with little shade) but with plenty of aid stations. Proceeds from this event go to local Jacksonville Charities. Please go to www.HammerheadOlympicTriathlon.com for details. Course Cut-Off Times: (Apply to Olympic only) • Swim (1 hour from last Olympic wave start time) • Bike (2 hours and 45 minutes from last Olympic wave start time) • Finish (4 hours from last Olympic wave start time) SPRINT TRIATHLON COURSE SWIM 1/4 mile in the the clear Fresh Water of Lake Kingsley. The Swim Course is a single loop. BIKE 20K (12.2 Miles) on a single loop with an out and back tail through the rolling hills and tall pines on base. RUN 5K (3.1 miles) out and back with water available at miles 1 and 2 OLYMPIC TRIATHLON COURSE SWIM 1.5K (.93 Miles) in the the clear Fresh Water of Lake Kingsley. The Swim Course is