Wildflower Experience

Wildflower Experience

The Wildflower Experience is an iconic endurance sports weekend that combines competition, community, and California’s great outdoors. Positioned as more than a race — it’s a three-day celebration of sport, music, and nature. Full weekend with four triathlons, trail runs, gravel race, open water swim, yoga, live music, expo, camping, glamping and food trucks. VIP and club experiences are available.

Event Schedule

Packet Pick up Times:

• Friday May 1: 2:00pm – 8:00pm
• Saturday May 2: 6:00am – 10:00am and 2:00pm – 6:00pm
• Sunday May 3: 6:00am – 9:00am

Start Times

• Long Course Triathlon: Saturday May 2 8:00am
• Open Water Swim: Saturday May 2 8:30am
• Gravel Sprint Triathlon: Saturday May 2 9:15am
• Trail Run: Saturday May 2 11:45am
• 5K/10K Fun Runs: Saturday May 2 7:00pm
• On Road Sprint Triathlon: Sunday May 3 8:30am
• Olympic Distance Triathlon: Sunday May 3 9:00am

Transition Hours:

open Saturday and Sunday 6:00am

Course Closures

Details available on website.

Course Info

Long Course 1.2m swim, 56mi bike, 13.1m run. See Website for maps and complete details www.wildflowerexperience.com

Expo Hours & Live Music

• Friday May 1: 12:00pm – 6:00pm
• Saturday May 2: 10:00am – 6:00pm
• Sunday May 3: 10:00am – 9:00am

Note: some exhibitors with race specific gear may be open starting at 7:00am Saturday and Sunday

Race Day clinics

Details available on website.

Awards Ceremonies

• Gravel Sprint – Saturday 2:00pm – 2:20pm
• Long Course & Trail Run – Saturday 5:00pm – 6:30pm
• On Road Sprint & 5K/10K Run – Sunday 2:00pm – 2:30pm
• Olympic, Collegiate & Club Awards – Sunday 3:30pm – 5:00pm

Arrival Info

Every person entering the park will need to purchase a Festival Day Pass, or nightly Camping Pass, for each day/night in Lake San Antonio Park. The festival day pass is not included in the race fee and covers parking, venue amenities and all festival activities like expo, yoga and live music for athletes and spectators.

Parking Info

Lake San Antonio is about one hour from either King City or Paso Robles. Please plan ahead, as once you reach the lake it may take from twenty minutes to an hour to get to the race start. You can never arrive too early, but you won’t want to be late. Vehicles on Saturday and Sunday will be directed to park by event staff in one of the open parking lots. To get to the Expo Area and Start/Finish and Transitions Area, you will then need to either walk down one of the maintained walking trails or utilize one of our shuttles to get down the hill (1-1.5 miles) so come prepared. Shuttles will only run between 6:00am – 8:00am and 2:00pm – 7:00pm, no shuttles run during race hours due to shared access of racecourse. Roads will be closed at 8:00 am and will not open until all bikes are off the course (approximately 3 PM). All vehicles must be in the park by 8:00am, no exceptions.

Waivers & ID

All Triathlon and open water swim athletes must have a USAT membership or purchase a single event USAT membership. All Run athletes will need to sign provided waivers during the registration process Registered athletes will be required to show ID and USAT membership card during packet pick up.