Date: September 8, 2019 Race Type: Triathlon Bike Surface: Road Drafting rules:? Non-drafting Kids Race? *NOT* a kids' race Course: 30 mile bike, 2.1 mile swim, 18.7 mile run Start: 7:00 AM Location: New Paltz, New York Address: Ulter County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561 Contact: 9143881542 | sostriathlon@gmail.com Individual Price: $525 Team Price: N/A
Date: September 8, 2019 Course: 30 mile bike, 2.1 mile swim, 18.7 mile run Location: New Paltz, New York Address: Ulter County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz, NY 12561
General Information
Registration fees included or disclosed up front?: Not specified whether registration/convenience fees are added. Course Info: Full course maps are here: https://www.sostriathlon.com/copy-of-course-overview
SOS is an eight-stage wilderness adventure race that includes one cycling segment, four trail running segments, and three open water lake swims.
Each segment is point-to-point. The first segment (bike) requires a crew member to collect the participant?s bike at the bike-to-run transition and supply any gear required for the run/swim segments. The remaining seven segments are unsupported and require participants to carry-in/carry-out any needed supplies.
Water and food are provided at points on the course.
More: The Survival of the Shawangunks (SOS) was created by Don Davis, a veteran Triathlete and founder of the New York Triathlete Association. The first official running of the SOS was in 1983.
The SOS course was previously run by Don and friends as a training course to prepare for Ironman.
The SOS is an eight stage triathlon held in New Paltz, NY every September. Consistently ranked among the best adventure triathlons in the world, and among the most scenic, the SOS has become so popular the event sells out in minutes.
Fewer than 200 athletes get to compete each year on the scenic highways circling the northern ridge of the Shawangunk Mountain Range and through Minnewaska State Park for a combination run/swim journey through some of America's most beautiful cross-country trails and spring fed lakes.
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