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2024 - Beast of the Brazos

Waco, Texas, United States View on map
Sep 07, 2024 (America/Chicago local time)
Swimming

2024 distances

Swimming

2.4 Mile Swim - No Wetsuit

Early Packet pick-up is at the Even Hotel on Thursday, September 5th, from 12-2 pm and Friday, September 6th, from 4-7 pm. Race Day onsite packet pick-up is from 6:30 am-8 am at Indian Springs Park. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! The afterparty location is the Even Hotel. Stay tuned for more details. Awards are given to the top three male and female finishers per tiered age group. You won't be able to qualify for a top 3 tiered age group award if you wear a wetsuit. Age groups: 19 & under, 20-34, 35-49, 50-64 and 65 & over T-shirt guaranteed to all registrations received by Friday, July 26, 2024. Limited quantities are available after this date.

Sep 07, 2024 3.9K 8:40 AM
$100.00
Closed

2.4 Mile Swim - Wetsuit

Wetsuits get an official time and place within their division but no awards. Early Packet pick-up is at the Even Hotel on Thursday, September 5th, from 12-2 pm and Friday, September 6th, from 4-7 pm. Race Day onsite packet pick-up is from 6:30 am-8 am at Indian Springs Park. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! The afterparty location is the Even Hotel. Stay tuned for more details. T-shirt guaranteed to all registrations received by Friday, July 26, 2024. Limited quantities are available after this date.

Sep 07, 2024 3.9K 8:40 AM
$100.00
Closed

1.2 Mile Swim - No Wetsuit

Early Packet pick-up is at the Even Hotel on Thursday, September 5th, from 12-2 pm and Friday, September 6th, from 4-7 pm. Race Day onsite packet pick-up is from 6:30 am-8 am at Indian Springs Park. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! The afterparty location is the Even Hotel. Stay tuned for more details. Awards are given to the top three male and female finishers per tiered age group. You won't be able to qualify for a top 3 tiered age group award if you wear a wetsuit. Age groups: 19 & under, 20-34, 35-49, 50-64 and 65 & over T-shirt guaranteed to all registrations received by Friday, July 26, 2024. Limited quantities are available after this date.

Sep 07, 2024 1.9K 9:40 AM
$85.00
Closed

1.2 Mile Swim - Wetsuit

Wetsuits get an official time and place within their division but no awards. Early Packet pick-up is at the Even Hotel on Thursday, September 5th, from 12-2 pm and Friday, September 6th, from 4-7 pm. Race Day onsite packet pick-up is from 6:30 am-8 am at Indian Springs Park. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! The afterparty location is the Even Hotel. Stay tuned for more details. T-shirt guaranteed to all registrations received by Friday, July 26, 2024. Limited quantities are available after this date.

Sep 07, 2024 1.9K 9:40 AM
$85.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on September 7, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 22.1° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 29.2°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 22.1° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 30.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
28.6
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
0.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
51.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 7, 2024 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 7, 2024 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 35m

The sun rises at 7:08 AM and sets at 7:44 PM local time (CDT) in Waco on September 7, 2024 — 12h 35m of daylight.

Course

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2024 results — Beast of the Brazos

243 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the 2.4 Mile Swim - No Wetsuit

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Leading finishers of the 2024 Beast of the Brazos
Place Name Time Pace
1 Blair Greenwood 54:28 22:42 /mi
2 Andreas Lorenz 55:42 23:12 /mi
3 John Dissinger 56:57 23:44 /mi
4 Mabel Fowler 57:29 23:57 /mi
5 Andy Rieger 58:12 24:15 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 46 Waco events

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