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RACE STARTS 8AM AT Exit 38 off I-90 at Olallie State Park

NEW One up Tech T's with lone MTS logo / Very cool / $25 /

June 27th, 2010
Registration opens Feb 1st, 2010
130 TEAM / 25 PAIR AND 50 IRON SOLO LIMITS

Team and Solo packet pick ups at REI Flagship Store Click
Dates: Friday June 25th Noon to 5PM
Saturday June 26th 10AM to 4PM

Just one team rep can pick up all bibs and instructions.
We'll be up the stairs just past the kids stuff in the meeting room.

ENTRY FEE:

Corporate Open	$550
6 member teams	$450
5 member teams	$400
Pairs Teams	$225
Iron Solos	$175

6 member teams (Tandem Paddle)
5 member teams.
Pairs teams: two racers in any leg order. New Tandem Paddle Pairs Divisions !
Iron Solo: one racer for all five legs

Note: Teams may race with less team members. A maximum of two legs for any one member.
Team fees remain the same.

MASTERS is 40 and over
OPEN is anyone 15 and over, male or female
COED is at least one female

DIVISIONS:

1. TEAM COED MASTERS (5)
2. TEAM COED OPEN (5)
3. TEAM OPEN MASTERS (5)
4. TEAM OPEN (5)
5. TEAM OPEN TANDEM PADDLE (6)
6. ALL FEMALE TEAM (5 or 6)
7. ALL FEMALE PAIRS TANDEM PADDLE (NEW)
8. OPEN PAIRS TANDEM PADDLE (NEW)
9. OPEN PAIRS SINGLE PADDLE
10. IRON FEMALE MASTERS
11. IRON MALE MASTERS
12. IRON FEMALE OPEN
13. IRON MALE OPEN
14. CORPORATE (5 or 6 ALL MEMBERS FROM SAME 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

A minimum of three teams or Iron Solo's are required for each division. If a category does not fill, team captains or solos will be contacted and will be reassigned to the most appropriate category. Likewise, additional categories will be considered if requested, and registration guaranteed, by at least three teams or individuals.

TEAM and IRON SOLO PACKETS: Team and solo packet pick up TBD

Overview / Course Length - 100 (about) Miles Mt. Bike 18Mi. / Road Bike 45 Mi. / Canoe - Kayak 12 Mi. / Run Legs Half Marathon and 5.3Mi Sprint.

This 100 mile course extends from the Snoqualmie Pass areas beginning with a 18 mile Mountain Bike Leg that takes you on the Iron Horse Trail for your first leg. 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.
(Iron Horse Trail Tunnel remains closed)

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 5.3 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.