Name: North Knox Sprint Triathlon
Start: 2026-04-26
End: 2026-04-26
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

About the Event

First up in the Grand Shizzle Pool Sprint Series is The North Knox Sprint Triathlon at the Tennova Family YMCA!

The swim will be in their beautiful indoor swimming pool with a very nice run along the scenic backdrop of North Halls! The bike ride will take you through some equally delightful scenery with a few feet in elevation gain! Distances = Swim 150 yards, Bike 9.5 miles, Run 5K

A great way to start the pool sprint season!

Packet pickup will be Race Site from 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. The event is sanctioned by USA Triathlon. All USAT rules apply and an annual or one-day USAT license is required.

Course Maps:

BIKE COURSE

RUN COURSE

Tentative Schedule of Events:

6:00 am Transition Opens
6 am Packet Pickup Opens/Race Day Registration available on your mobile device as well as on-site
7:15 am Pre-Race Meeting at Pool
7:30 am Race Begins with fastest seeded swimmers in the pool through the end of the line (SelfSeeded)
9:15 am Awards Ceremony and after-party

Age Groups and Awards: Overall awards for the top three male and female finishers & first overall 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. Top 3 Relays and Top 3 Aquabike awards

Personal Best Racing LLC has a no refund policy. You can transfer to another division by following these directions: Transfer to Another Event - RunSignup

Event Cancellation / Modification Policy - If a Natural Disaster or Community Disaster occurs, our action steps are as follows:

1. Personal Best Racing 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 Personal Best Management and local officials 3. Financial: It is not financially feasible for Personal Best Racing 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. Personal Best Racing does 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.

Event Shirts - Event shirts are NOT guaranteed to participants registering within 2 weeks of each event. Please register prior to 2 weeks prior to guarantee your race shirt.

Races Offered

Sprint Aquabike(Swim and Bike only)

Apr 26, 2026

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Distance — Sprint Aquabike(Swim and Bike only)

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07:30

Sprint Athena (Female 165+ Lbs)

Apr 26, 2026

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Distance — Sprint Athena (Female 165+ Lbs)

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07:30

Sprint Clydesdale (Male 220+ lbs)

Apr 26, 2026

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Distance — Sprint Clydesdale (Male 220+ lbs)

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07:30

Sprint Individual

Apr 26, 2026

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Distance — Sprint Individual

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07:30

Sprint Mixed Relay

Apr 26, 2026

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Distance — Sprint Mixed Relay

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07:30

Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for April in Knoxville.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 9.2° / 21.1°

wb_sunny 6.7° / 18.9°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 10.7 /

water_drop 67.3%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 9.2° / 21.1°

wb_sunny 6.7° / 18.9°

air 10.7 km/h

water_drop 67.3%

About Knoxville

Knoxville, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus (UTK) and site of the 1982 World's Fair.