Heel & Crank Duathlon

3 mi run / 15 mi bike / 3 mi run

June 7, 2025

Registration is now open for Heel and Crank!

2024 Photos: https://www.werunracephotos.com/WRH/2024-Events/2024-Heel-Crank

2024 Results: https://www.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=20003&RId=433

The Heel & Crank Duathlon is a very popular duathlon in Alabama that is put on by the Team Rocket Triathlon Club. This race is not USAT sanctioned as we are trying to reduce costs to beginners and allow recumbent cyclists.

If you missed it, check out the nifty race video we made:

Race Changes from 2014-2024

The biggest change will be our race Venue! We have decided to move the race into Cummings Research Park to go back to its original roots. Plus, we will have better road conditions!

Heel and Crank will still NOT be a USAT sanctioned race in 2025 because we love recumbent bicycles. We also want to be able to open the race up for racers who may not be able to ride conventional bicycles.

Schedule of Events – Expect Edits

Packet Pickup: June 6th
Fleet Feet MADISON at 10AM-6:00PM (Please note location: 181 Hughes Road)

Race Day: Saturday, June 7th.

THERE WILL BE NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION
6 am – 7:30 am Packet Pickup at Columbia High School

7:45 am Transition Area Closes

8:00 am Race Starts

9:30 am – 11 am Music, Hot Food, and Cold Drinks

10:30 am: Awards

Refund/Transfer Policy

No refunds allowed.

Help Us Donate to the Alabama ALS Chapter and to the Muscular Dystrophy Association:

The Heel & Crank Duathlon raises money and awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease). This charity was chosen because of the late Darin Kruse, one of our local triathletes and friend, who lost a 3-year battle with ALS. The Muscular Dystrophy Association was chosen to help fund a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disease that strikes children.

Course Description

Run 1 (3 miles) is an out-and-back course. This course will bring you on the beautiful Indian Creek Greenway. Maps are coming soon!

You will then enter transition, go to your bike, run it to the mount line, then proceed to enjoy a bike through beautiful Cummings Research Park! This course will closely mimic the course used by the USA Paracycling! This course will be smooth and fast. The bike course is mostly flat, but will have a few “rollers”. The bike course will not have any aid stations, but will have sag wagon for any bicycle mechanicals. Maps are coming soon!

Upon completion of the bike portion, you will enter transition (dismounting at the marked line), rack your bike in the exact same location, then head out on run 2, which is identical to the first one!

Parking

Parking information will be updated soon,.

Bike racks are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Please be considerate of your fellow athletes while racking your bike. Don’t be a “rack hog”, and whatever you do, don’t mess with someone else’s stuff. If you have issues with someone else and their bike racking, please see the race director and let me resolve any problems.

Make sure ALL HANDLEBAR ENDS ARE PLUGGED. If you have open ends, you will not be allowed on course. There will be bike mount and dismount lines, no riding in transition. Your helmet must be on (properly) and buckled before you get to the bike mount line. It must remain on and buckled until AFTER crossing the bike dismount line.

Awards

We will have the award ceremony at the race site this year.

You must be present to accept your awards, or arrange to have someone pick them up for you. I will not mail awards.

Awards will be given 3-deep in;- Overall, male and female- Masters, male and female- Relays (Male, Female, Co-Ed)- Age groups, male and female- Clydesdale (male over 220 lbs)- Athena (female over 165 lbs)- Fat Tire: Male/Female (This category is for those competing in on bikes with a tire width of at least 1.5 inches and have no aero bars (i.e. Mountain Bikes).

Results

Click here to see all past race results

Registration

Click Here!

Good luck to all of you, and please remember the cause of this race. Also, we want everyone to have a great day and a great race. Please take a second to thank the volunteers and support folks you’ll find out there. We can’t hold races without lots of help! If you’ve got family and friends who would like to help out on race day, please send them the volunteer link!

Race hard, and race safe!
Matt Fletcher
(race director)
heelandcrank@gmail.com