2010 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

The Marin County Triathlon will be held Sunday, October 31, 2010 at McNears Beach County Park in San Rafael.

This will be the third sustainable event we have produced. Our event has beenvoted the #1 green event for 2008 by Triathlete Magazine and we achieved the first and only Evergreen Award from the Council for Responsible Sport.

This is a not for profit event. ALL proceeds are being donated to charity, which include Sunny Hills Services and Jenny’s Light

This amazing Olympic distance event will be USA Triathlon (USAT) sanctioned for professional, elite, celebrity and amateurs.

Athletes begin setting up their gear in preparation for the day in the transition area serenaded by a Parisian accordionist. This area of lawn will be cordoned off not by your typical barricades, but with living plants and rope.

After the instructions on the rules, swim directions and a few introductions by our seasoned announcers, our national anthem will be sung by a very special person, whom shall remain a surprise till race morning.

A sole bagpiper will then appear and lead the athletes to the swim start and the beginning of the race, located at the very south end of the beach.

In wave starts every five minutes, professionals and elites will begin, followed by amateurs based in age group divisions. The 1.5 K swim goes out and around the pier, past the three buoys and toward the shoreline, exiting back near the transition area.

After transitioning on the grass just by the swim exit, a quick climb awaits you and your bike to get out of the park (have your gears set to easy!). 
Turning right onto San Pedro Road, this technical bike course follows the water for 3.5 miles before the turnaround at the Back Ranch Meadows campground entrance.

After the turnaround, the hills again await you as you return past McNear's Beach park with the turnaround on the other end just after the big downhill.

22 miles. three loops and then back into McNear's Beach Park.

Following the second transition, the 10 K run (an out and back) goes out the backside of the park along the beach and the fire road.  It meets up with San Pedro Road at the green gate where you turn right and follow the same route as the bike course before turning around, back into the park, to a fast downhill finish and one great triathlon.

We are a group of individuals whom are fortunate to be able to participate in the beauty of the outdoors, and while we enjoy our passion, we need to recognize and prove to the world that change has to happen and this is how it begins.

All of the power used for the Marin County Triathlon and Green Village Expo will be generated by solar and/or renewable energy.

All paper products will be post-consumer recycled.

All utensils and cookware at the Green Village Expo will be corn-based compostable.

Toilet tissue, soaps, paper towels, etc will be biodegradable.

Our lead vehicle will be hybrid.

No plastic drinking water bottles.

All foods served will only be organic and natural.
Coffees, teas and other beverages will be organic and fair trade.

Email instead of paper mail.

Banners used pre event and on race day are biodegradable.

All awards and medals will be from recycled materials.

Incentives will be given to all to encourage everyone to do their part to help evolve the festival into a true green event.

Everyone will be encouraged to bring old running shoes to be recycled and race clothing to be contributed to needy organizations.

All will have the opportunity to contribute to reduce our carbon efforts as well.

The Marin County Triathlon will purchase credits from a renewable energy firm to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from the event. This will help fund renewable energy, such as wind and/or methane farms, making this event carbon neutral.

In our effort to produce zero waste, our partnership with local recycling and composting agencies will be at the forefront for all involved.

This effort is the work of the entire community involved in this event.

This is living proof that we can, and must, conserve our resources.

These are just some ways we are going to make a difference.