RACE STARTS 8AM AT HYAK !
June
21st, 2009
Registration is currently open
150 TEAM / 25 PAIR AND 50 IRON SOLO LIMITS
ENTRY FEE:
| Corporate Open | $550 |
| 6 member teams | $450 |
| 5 member teams | $400 |
| Pairs Teams | $225 |
| Iron Solos | $175 |
6 member teams for tandem paddle division
5 member teams only: one person for each leg
Pairs teams: two racers every other leg
Iron Solo: one racer for all five legs
MASTERS is 40 and over
OPEN is anyone 15 and over, male or female
COED is at least one female
DIVISIONS:
TEAM COED MASTERS
TEAM COED OPEN
TEAM OPEN MASTERS
TEAM OPEN
TEAM OPEN TANDEM PADDLE (SIX MEMBERS)
COED MASTERS PAIRS
COED MASTERS OPEN
OPEN MASTERS PAIRS
OPEN PAIRS
IRON FEMALE MASTERS
IRON MALE MASTERS
IRON FEMALE OPEN
IRON MALE OPEN
ALL FEMALE OPEN PAIRS
ALL FEMALE OPEN TEAM
TEAM OPEN CORPORATE (5 and 6) Let us know
if ALL team members are from one company.
Awards for Division are three deep
Corporate Division recieves a mondo perpetual trophy and massive glory
Note:
MASTERS is 40 and over (ALL MEMBERS)
OPEN is anyone 15 and over, male or female
COED is at least one female
TEAM and IRON SOLO PACKETS: Team and solo packets may be picked up Friday June 27th from 11AM to 5 PM and Saturday, June 28th from 11 A.M. to 4 PM at the Flagship REI Store at 222 Yale Ave N. Seattle , WA 98109 www.rei.com for store directions and contact. Questions email info@mountainstosound.com or 206 633 1121
Overview / Course Length - 100 Miles Mt. Bike 23 Mi. / Road Bike 45 Mi. / Canoe - Kayak 12 Mi. / Run Legs Half Marathon and 6 Mi.
This 100 mile course extends from the Snoqualmie Pass areas beginning with a 22 mile Mountain Bike Leg that plunges riders into a two mile long, pitch black abandoned railroad tunnel requiring each rider to carry their own illumination. This leg continues on down the meandering Iron Horse Trail once used by the Milwaukee Railroad Co. and has been converted to a biking/hiking trail. Riders end at the Iron Horse Trail Head and Rattlesnake Lake where they hand off wristbands to the Road Bike Leg participants.
Road bikers immediately cruise down to North Bend along Cedar Falls Rd, giving a taste of what's to come over the next 50 miles. The Road Bike Leg takes riders through Washington's most scenic rural areas anywhere. Participants are treated to routes along the base of striking Mt. Si, then along the Three Rivers Natural Area and on via Snoqualmie Falls, Fall City and Carnation. A stunning, bucolic ribbon of roads meanders through Snoqualmie Valley giving enthusiastic bikers plenty of hills and dales to test their endurance. The course has been carefully planned to minimize traffic and maximize enjoyment. Riders culminate their leg by riding the the famous 'Redmond-Roubaix' Red Brick Road along 196th near Redmond ridden by the likes of Greg LeMond. Traffic will be controlled where necessary for safety but it is an open course.
Bikers finish by riding through Marymoor Park and ending at Luke McRedmond Park for the handoff to the Canoe / Kayak Leg.
Paddlers are in for a 12 mile, downstream adventure on the Sammamish Slough. Winding through rural and residential areas, the Slough parallels the Sammamish River Trail that becomes the Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle. The slough runs calm at about 1 kt. This paddle promises to be a unique experience to many paddlers who've not seen this part of our city. As the Slough enters Lake Washington, they'll cruise out into Lake Washington being cognizant of the many seaplanes landing and taking off at Kenmore Air. Paddlers end their journey at Log Boom Park on the northern most shores of the lake.
Runners begin their test on a Half Marathon run over the top of Lake Washington and our famous Burke Gilman Trail. The trail meanders along Lake Washington's western shore past Magnuson Park and ending their leg at Seattle's Gasworks Park.
The last but not least is the Six Mile Glory Run to the finish. Runners continue back onto the Burke Gilman for the big sprint to the finish along the newly completed trail right to Golden Gardens Park in Ballard. The trail takes runners along the North end of Lake Union, Fremont and the Ship Canal that includes the Chittendem Locks. The finish 'kick' passes Shilshole Bay Marina right along the harbor and beach and finishes at the new Ballard Community Beach House located at the sandy shores of Golden Gardens Park.
