Standup Paddle-Boarding around Harbor Island (4 miles)

Running on the beach  (4 miles)

The countdown start begins in Banks Channel opposite the Blockade Runner Beach Resort, event co-sponsor. Stand up paddle boarders will stroke the open channel’s strong current, battling tides, wind and chop, before turning west into Motts Channel. North along the Intracoastal Waterway, the boarders will pass beneath the Drawbridge bearing east through Lees Cut circling back to the starting point, an approximately 4-mile course.

Next, athletes will sprint to the ocean front along Public Beach Access No. 33 and complete a second 4-mile pier to pier course along the beach strand first to Johnnie Mercer’s Pier, then to the Crystal Pier and back to the Blockade Runner.