WASHINGTON, DC -- The third annual Nation’s Triathlon® will take place Sunday, September 14, 2008 in the nation’s Capital and will feature a new course that winds through Washington, DC’s monumental corridor in the shadow of some of the nation’s best known memorials and national treasures.

This Olympic distance triathlon includes a 1.5k swim in the Potomac River, 40k bike course through downtown D.C., and a 10k run along Washington, DC’s memorials and landmarks. The race will take you by the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, National Mall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Navy Memorial, Kennedy Center, Korean War Memorial, FBI Building, National Archives, National Treasury, Holocaust Memorial and more! It is a thrilling experience!

According to Charles Brodsky, founder of the Nation’s Triathlon®, “The Nation’s Triathlon® features one of the most spectacular courses in the world. We designed the 2008 course for The Nation’s Triathlon® to feature a flat, fast course with a spacious transition area to accommodate our growing numbers of triathletes. This exciting course offers everything: speed, amazing scenery, historic landmarks, and a race experience that can’t be matched.”

The 1.5K Swim: Swimmers enter upstream from the transition via a floating pier and swim north, go under the first truss of the Memorial Bridge, turn west, swim to the 5th truss and turn left. They then swim downstream and exit via the Richardson Staircase. The swim is supported by 15-20 kayaks as well as the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Harbor Division and the DC Fire and EMS.

The 40K Bike: The Nissan Transition area, located in East West Potomac Park adjacent to the Potomac River on the southern side of the Lincoln Memoria, features few bikes per race and a wider transition area. Triathletes take Independence Ave eastbound, turn left on 15th, right on Constitution, turn around just before 6th, head west on Constitution, turnaround just east of 17th, turn right on 15th, right onto Independence Ave westbound, onto Rock Creek Parkway, exit to Potomac River Freeway North, exit to the Whitehurst Freeway, left onto Canal Road, onto Clara Barton Parkway, turnaround prior to Glen Echo, east on Clara Barton, exit onto Whitehurst Freeway, exit onto Potomac River Freeway South, turn back onto Rock Creek Parkway heading north, turnaround south of Connecticut Avenue, south on Rock Creek Parkway, onto Independence Ave eastbound to bike finish.

The 10K Run: Runners head south on Ohio Drive SW, turn around through the parking lot at Haines Point, north on Ohio Dr SW, onto the water side lanes of Ohio Dr, turn right on Basin Drive, cross Maine Ave, turn right onto 15th, turn right onto Independence Ave, immediate left onto 14th, right on Constitution, left on 6th, right on Pennsylvania Ave, turnaround just before 3rd, finish at 7th and Pennsylvania in front of the U.S. Navy Memorial and The National Archives. All roads for the course will be completely closed to traffic thanks to the support of the DC Metropolitan Police and the United States Park Police.

“The course was simply fantastic,” raved William W. “It’s a rare treat to get to bike, run and swim amongst such incredible sites.”

“It was an awesome course,” commented Patty C. “It ranks right up there with other big city events I’ve done in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago in terms of the ‘cool’ factor and scenery. I especially liked the finish – and being able to wander around on Pennsylvania Avenue with the U.S. Capitol on one end and the White House on the other!”

To register for the race or see a video demonstration of the course, go to www.thenationstriathlon.com. Registration is already 75% complete so interested participants are urged to register soon.

About the Nation’s Triathlon (www.thenationstriathlon.com)
The Nation’s Triathlon, founded by Charles L. Brodsky, is the premiere Olympic distance triathlon in the United States. Set against the magnificent and patriotic setting of the nation’s capital and its monuments, participants in the Nation’s Triathlon will swim 1.5k in the Potomac River, a course that will take them under the Memorial Bridge, bike 40k through downtown D.C. and out onto Clara Barton Parkway and Rock Creek Park, and run 10k through downtown D.C, past the White House, Washington Monument, National Mall, finishing on the plaza of the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue. Major sponsors for the Nation’s Triathlon® To Benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society include: UnitedHealthcare- Official Healthcare Provider and sponsor of The UnitedHealthcare Sports & Fitness Expo; Timex- Official Timekeeper for The Timex Timing Zone; and JetBlue- Official Airline and Sponsor for The JetBlue Airways Finish Festival. Additional sponsors include: City Sports, Crocs, Coke Zero, Dasani, and Race Train Fitness.