The Spirit of Kona Triathlons & 5k/10k
About this race
Have you always dreamed of Kona? Well, how about a mini version to start you off?
Storm the beach into your 400 Meter swim along the Tellico dam for and out over and back swim course. The Olympic is a 1600 Yard Swim by the dam!
Come out onto the beach and make your way to our transition area to hit out on the 16-mile rolling hill bike course. the Olympic course will take you a little further for an even more scenic (if that's possible) 25 miles. The sights are beautiful!
Following the bike, you will head out on a run that takes you out and back along the dam to a finish to remember...You know at PBR it's all about you.
Here are the routes:
Sprint Bike
Olympic Bike
5k/10k run courses
There will also be a 5k/10k run only course! So bring your friends and put them to work running! Both of these courses are certified:
5k - TN21025MS
10k - TN21026MS
Packet Pickup will be Friday, on site from 5:30pm-7pm and again on Saturday morning starting at 5:30am till 7:20am
Chips will be distributed Race morning only
Race Day 5:30 am Transition opens
7:20 am Gather on the beach for swim start and pre-race announcements.
7:30 am Sprint Swimmers start! Storm the beaches!
7:45 Olympic Swimmers start
8 am 5k/10k starts
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Personal Best Racing has a NO REFUND policy. No Exceptions. There is insurance available during your registration to purchase for these purposes.
Event Cancellation / Modification Policy - If 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 Racing 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 Management 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.
Pick your distance
Running
5k Run
10k Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lenoir City, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 8:30 PM local time (EDT) in Lenoir City on May 9, 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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2026 results — The Spirit of Kona Triathlons & 5k/10k
13 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5k Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Herndon | 17:27 | 5:38 /mi |
| 2 | Abraham Barry | 22:28 | 7:15 /mi |
| 3 | Rick Vest | 30:00 | 9:41 /mi |
| 4 | Eric Griffis | 32:55 | 10:37 /mi |
| 5 | Sue Damstetter | 33:37 | 10:51 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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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, 4 Lenoir City events
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