Humans of Steel: Harris Lake Sprint & Olympic Triathlon
About this race
Harris Lake Reverse Sprint & Olympic Triathlon
This is a multisport event to remember with your choice of REVERSE sprint or Olympic triathlon or aquabike plus a crazy fun party, brought to you by Humans of Steel Racing, a subsidiary of The Endurance Edge, a women-owned Triangle business. Let's create multisport memories for the entire family. Everyone shares a finish line and gets to celebrate their accomplishment! It will not only challenge you, but be super fun!
We are beginner friendly. In fact, if this is your FIRST race, we have a special, handmade (huge) plaque for you to have your picture taken with.
Held at Harris Lake County Park in New Hill, NC, convenient to Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fuquay Varina, and Holly Springs, you'll run through the single track trails, ride through Holly Springs, then swim in Harris Lake (yes, in that order...since we like to be different...we're humans of steel, after all!).
As of 2024: Sprint AND Olympic course, high school athlete friendly and USAT sanctioned, so you'll get the additional benefits of earning USAT points for rankings. You can view the rules here.
2025 Athlete & Spectator Guide is HERE. (2026 has small changes)
Detailed course maps, GPX links, parking and transition layout can be found here: https://bit.ly/HOSTriMaps
Race Weekend Timeline
On Sunday, August 2nd
- 5:45-7:15am packet pick-up (this will include a trash bag for you to haul out your own trash). No packet pick up prior to race day. **DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER THAN 5:45am--no waiting allowed outside the park!!
- 7:30am Reverse Olympic Triathlon + RELAY (10k trail run, ~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
- 7:40am Reverse Sprint Triathlon (5k trail run, 12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim)
- 7:42am Reverse Sprint Aquabike (12.5 mile road bike, 750m open water swim) and Reverse Olympic Aquabike (~20 mile road bike, 1500m open water swim)
- 8am-12:00pm Stick around to enjoy music, kids fun run, playground, photo area, and great post-race snacks!
- ~9:30am kids dash
- 10:30am (tentative) Awards (overall Male, Female & Non-Binary plus age group 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
- 11am bike course cut off time
- 12:00pm course closes
AWARDS:
Awards will be given to the following divisions 12-14, 15-17, 18-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49 and so on.
Pick your distance
Triathlon
Harris Lake Reverse Sprint Triathlon
Start with a 5k trail run, followed by a 12 mile road ride and finish with a 750m open water swim
Aquabike
Harris Lake Reverse Aquabike Sprint
Start with a 12 mile road ride and finish with a 750m open water swim
Typical race-day weather
Based on 4 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Hill, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 8:19 PM local time (EDT) in New Hill on August 2, 2026 — 13h 54m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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Other races near New Hill
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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Late Fall Advanced Youth Run Tuesdays - Apex
Late Fall Kids Speed & Conditioning Wednesdays - Apex
10th Annual Holly Springs Half Marathon, 10k & 5k
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, 6 New Hill events
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