Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons
When is Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons?
Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons takes place on Saturday, August 15, 2026 in Spencer, TN.
What distances does Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons offer?
Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons offers 14 events: Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Age Group, Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Clydesdale, Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Athena, Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Aqua Bike, Half Iron Distance Triathlon Relay, Olympic Triathlon - Age Group, Olympic Triathlon - Aqua-Bike, Olympic Triathlon - Clydesdale 220+, Olympic Triathlon - Athena 165+, Olympic Triathlon Relay, Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Age Group, Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Clydesdale 220+, Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Athena 165+, Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon Relay.
| Event | Distance | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Age Group | — | $145.00 | Register |
| Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Clydesdale | — | $145.00 | Register |
| Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Athena | — | $145.00 | Register |
| Half Iron Distance Triathlon - Aqua Bike | — | $110.00 | Register |
| Half Iron Distance Triathlon Relay | — | $220.00 | Register |
| Olympic Triathlon - Age Group | — | $110.00 | Register |
| Olympic Triathlon - Aqua-Bike | — | $95.00 | Register |
| Olympic Triathlon - Clydesdale 220+ | — | $110.00 | Register |
| Olympic Triathlon - Athena 165+ | — | $110.00 | Register |
| Olympic Triathlon Relay | — | $185.00 | Register |
| Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Age Group | — | $95.00 | Register |
| Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Clydesdale 220+ | — | $95.00 | Register |
| Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - Athena 165+ | — | $95.00 | Register |
| Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon Relay | — | $135.00 | Register |
How much does Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons cost?
Registration for Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons starts at $105.00. Prices vary by event distance.
Where is Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons held?
Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons is held in Spencer, TN at 10821 Park Road.
About Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic & Calfkiller Sprint Triathlons
The 21st annual Fall Creek Falls Triathlons take place every year at the beautiful Fall Creek Falls State Park. The Olympic distance race began back in 2005 and races have expanded with the addition of Sprint and Half Iron distances.
See Menu bar on top for the Course Maps.
Calfkiller Sprint Triathlon - S 500 mtr. - B 22K - R 5K
Fall Creek Falls Half Iron Distance Triathlon -S 1.2 Mi - B 56 Mi - R 13.1 Mi.
Olympic Distance is a .93 mile (1.5k) swim, 24.8 mile (40k) bike, and 6.2 mile (10k) run.
Weekend events continue Sunday, August 16th with HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5 K runs. The events takes place at Tennessee's most popular state park and is centrally located between Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga, making it very accessible.
Fall Creek Falls Park is in Central time zone. If you are traveling from Eastern, enjoy your extra hour!
Course Maps are located lower on this page by Distance.
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Packet Pickup times:
Friday afternoon from 4-7pm at the tent on the east ball field.
Saturday morning starting at 5 am at the race site.
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Course Aid: Half Iron Bike will have Deer Park 700 ml water bottles at mile 24 & 39 turn-arounds. No bike aid for Olympic or Sprint. Run aid will have water and Gatorade at each station - two tables each - one for athlete cups & other for volunteers/coolers. Half Iron does two loops & pass aid stations 12 x's - Olympic does 1 loop passing aid 5 x's & Sprint course is out & back passing aid 2 x's.
The awards top 3 overall & top 3 age group for each of the three events and are highlights of a wonderful time to be had by all in this quite rural setting.
Race start times: Saturday - 7:00 AM Central Time - HALF IRON - 7:30 AM AM OLYMPIC - 8 AM SPRINT Arrive at site no later than 6 AM CST for ample time for parking, packet pickup. TRANSITION CLOSING @ 7:30 AM. If you do want to stay within the park, please reserve cabins and campsites ASAP - reserve on-line or call to reserve NOW - Campground 800-250-8610. You may also do a Google search for options - each seem to have their own web site & not one central site covering all. Pre-race information and details will be out early race week. Count on Friday packet pick-up from mid-afternoon to early evening & again early race morning. Bike can be placed in transition overnight at #'d spot. Later races can check in up to 30-minutes prior to their start. Please stay away from timing points prior to your start if earlier races are active.
RACE LOCATION – Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN (please allow extra travel time – park is remote & rural but worth the trip!)
BOOK ROOMS, CAMPSITES & CABINS EARLY (link) See LODGE tab at top for group discount code (Coming Soon!) to use during registration.
Age Groups and Awards: Overall awards for the top three male and female finishers & top three male and female masters. Age group awards for first, second, and third place in the following M & F age groups: 12-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45- 49, 50-55, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and over & top 3 Clydesdale & Athena. Open Relay Division: Male, Female, and Co-ed.
Bald Eagle Events LLC have enabled event insurance for your consideration in the event you are unable to compete. Please review this option during the registration process.
All Bald Eagle Events triathlon events are sanctioned by USA Triathlon. When a race sanctions with USAT, it is required for each participant to purchase either a one-day license or annual membership in order to participate in said event. A one-day USAT license is $15 and an annual USAT membership is $50. Either can be purchased when signing up for the event. A youth one day or annual USAT license is $10.
Refund Policy - Bald Eagle Events LLC have a NO REFUND policy. Insurance is available during the registration of each event. Please take advantage of this option should you wish to insure your entry fees.
Race entries are non-transferable between individuals.
Event Cancellation / Modification Policy - If Natural Disaster or Community Disaster occurs, our action steps are as follows:
1. Bald Eagle Events LLC in concert with local officials will make decisions based on safety first.
2. Courses and/or race segments will be altered as agreed to between Bald Eagle Events LLC and local officials
3. Financial: It is not financially feasible for Bald Eagle Events LLC to accept the risk of a disaster for everyone. Each registered participant needs to accept the risk of his or her entry fee. There will be NO REFUNDS or free entries to future races. The money you paid is spent developing the subject event.
4. Bald Eagle Events LLCdoes not save any money if one of our events has to be canceled for reasons beyond our control. All supplies and services needed for the events are purchased and/or arranged in advance. All event supplies and services associated with that event must be paid for, regardless of the outcome.
2024 Fall Creek Falls Triathlon
Course Maps
Parking and Transition
Segment Detail Info
Tri Fall Creek Falls Half Iron, Olympic and Sprint COURSE DETAILS:
Swim
-BUOYS ARE KEPT ON LEFT - 1.2 Mi Half Iron: one loop of ALL BUOYS – large triangle buoys will be at the far two turns by dam & one back by new lodge construction near finish, other buoys are just for sighting - 1.5K Olympic: same route as half iron except delete first two large triangle buoys – we expect to have two YELLOW buoys in place before the large triangles at the dam end of the course – Olympic swimmers will turn at those 2 YELLOW buoys & then complete loop of ALL REMAINING BUOYS - .5K Sprint: route is different & goes directly across lake toward new lodge construction - swim across lake to YELLOW buoy, left down to large triangular buoy, left and into finish at new boat ramp area - buoys each approx. 150 meters apart; Please wear cap provided. We will have a shoe area for footwear designated Half, Olympic, Sprint....this is optional - test pavement prior to race & decide for yourself.
Bike
USAT RULE CHANGE affecting BIKE: Helmets worn & clipped ANY TIME BIKE IS OFF RACK. Please note this change & wear clipped helmet any time bike is removed from rack. – Half Iron: 56 Mi map – We have added a new out & back section down Rt. 110 to the Mountain Glen RV Park & Campground extending the bike route to 56 miles – Turn by turn from FCF park as follows: out of transition, up short hill & 2 quick right turns out onto Rt. 284 - Rt. 284 (about 9 miles) to right on Old Hwy. 111 (about 3.5 miles) to turn-around & back past water tower to RIGHT on Baker Mountain Road (about 5 miles), to RIGHT on Alt. Davis Road (about 3.5 miles) to turn-around – follow Alt. Davis, Baker Mountain back to (new section) RIGHT on Old Rt. 111, LEFT onto Rt. 110 (about 8 miles) to turn-around & return 110 & Rt. 284 back to transition. Bottle X-changes @ Mile 24 (Alt. Davis TA) & mile 39 (110 TA). Remember: 2 quick turns as getting back to transition & narrow section at beginning & end shares road with runners - look for MILE MARKERS PAINTED ON ROAD EACH 5 MILES & arrows on cones @ each turn – we have SIGNS & MARKINGS as athletes come back from 1st Old 111 turn-around where HALF IRON bikes go straight & OLYMPIC Bikes will be turning left to go back to park. We expect athletes will be separated fairly well by staggered swim start, but be ready for the unexpected, know your course, relax and enjoy the course. Reviewing course maps – it basically is a modified PLUS SIGN with you starting at bottom, heading up to right, out & back, right, out - bottle exchange & back, right & fairly quick left on Rt. 110 for out – bottle exchange & back, right & back to park. PLEASE SEND QUESTIONS / CONCERNS EARLY THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO AVOID ISSUES RACE DAY. Olympic - 40K map - out of transition, up short hill & 2 quick right turns out onto Rt. 284 - out Rt. 284 (about 9 miles) to right on Old 111 (about 3.5 miles) to turnaround at Rt. 111 – return same – left onto Rt. 284, back to transition- Don't forget narrow section at beginning & end shares road with runners. Note: we will have SIGNS & MARKINGS as athletes come back from Old 111 turn-around where HALF IRON bikes go straight & OLYMPIC Bikes will be turning left onto Rt. 284 to go back to park. We expect athletes will be separated fairly well by staggered swim start, but be ready for the unexpected, know your course, relax and enjoy the course. PLEASE SEND QUESTIONS / CONCERNS EARLY THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO AVOID ISSUES RACE DAY. Sprint – out of transition, up short hill & 2 quick right turns out onto Rt. 284 - out Rt. 284 to Way Inn, turn-around & back to transition; Remember: Narrow section at beginning and end shares road with runners. PLEASE SEND QUESTIONS / CONCERNS EARLY THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO AVOID ISSUES RACE DAY. Dismount bike before BIKE DISMOUNT signs & please do not pass the bike dismount signs.
Runs
Cones will be one one-side of MAIN Park Road - this will be as runners head down to Dam & return & head down to NEW LODGE CONSTRUCTION – Signs will be on cones at the beginning of these sections as a reminder - RUNNERS are to stay on side of road with cones – this is for safety of runners. Please stay on side of road during those sections of the run course. Half Iron – Exit transition & stay on LEFT side of road, LEFT around circle & continue through Taft Village – left on Main Park Road – stay on side with cones – cross dam & go RIGHT across road onto paved bike path passing aid station #1 – follow paved path about 1/3rd mile to LEFT over small foot bridge with asphalt shingles, about another 150 yards to 2nd LEFT @ “T”– follow path past mile 2, exit woods at aid station #2, follow park road approx. ½ mile to turn-around loop (timing verification point) – see signs noting HALF STRAIGHT & 10K turn-around just past second aid station – return from loop past aid #2 a second time & go RIGHT to aid station #3 – follow Main Park Road on side with CONES to LEFT down road to cabins & aid station #4 – down stairs to paved path along lake to aid station #5 just before Dam – NOTE: ALL RUNNERS TURN RIGHT AT THIS POINT & GO BACK ACROSS DAM – Half marathon run has a HALF WAY POINT TURN-AROUND in the small parking lot just over the Dam – there will be a timing point for half marathon runners only – after turn-around @ half way point – half marathon runners completed the same loop again – though woods, out to aid station #2, down ½ mile to loop turn-around / timing point – back up past aid #2, right out to aid # 3 & main park road, move to LEFT side of road to left down to cabins & aid #4 -down stairs & follow path along lake to aid #5 - RIGHT across Dam, uphill, RIGHT back into Taft Village, RIGHT into long finish chute to finish line – have number on front at finish. Olympic - Exit transition & stay on LEFT side of road, LEFT around circle & continue through Taft Village – left on Main Park Road – stay on side with cones – cross dam & go RIGHT across road onto paved bike path passing aid station #1 – follow paved path about 1/3rd mile to LEFT over small foot bridge with asphalt shingles, about another 150 yards to 2nd LEFT @ “T”– follow path past mile 2, exit woods at aid station #2, go down short hill to turn-around - see signs noting HALF STRAIGHT & 10K turn-around just past second aid station - return up past aid #2, go RIGHT to aid station #3 – follow Main Park Road on side with CONES to LEFT down road to cabins & aid station #4 – down stairs to paved path along lake to aid station #5 just before Dam – RIGHT across Dam, uphill, RIGHT back into Taft Village, RIGHT into long finish chute to finish line – have number on front at finish. Sprint – Exit transition & stay on LEFT side of road, LEFT around circle & continue through Taft Village – left on Main Park Road – stay on side with cones – cross dam & go LEFT across road onto paved bike path passing aid station #5 – follow paved path about 3/4th mile to turn-around & return back past aid station #5 – RIGHT across Dam, uphill, RIGHT back into Taft Village, RIGHT into long finish chute to finish line – have number on front at finish.