Nothing is more important than the safety of every participant. Any time you have 1,000 kids together there is bound to be a scraped knee or elbow, but we have gone to great lengths to make this as safe of a course as possible. It all starts with a pool swim — supervised by Red Cross Certified Lifeguards — then moves to bike and run courses that are closed to all outside traffic. There will be no cars anywhere near your kids while they are racing; and water stations, race volunteers and safety personnel will be positioned throughout the course.