Daybreak Tri - Salt Lake Triathlon Series : Official Thread

I think Daybreak will be awesome, and it will likely be windy (hopefully not enough to interfere with balance, though. I am doing the sprint, but I do know a few who are doing the Olympic. Which are you doing?  

msingley, have you ben swimming in Oquirrh Lake? I thought it was closed to swimming (except for the race). I am excited about this race--excited about the venue, and not too intimidated by the wind . The run IS beautiful! I run that route regularly. 

Great responses thanks. I'm planning on doing the Olympic if I decide to race. This race thread was tied to the sprint and that is why I asked.

I understood the lake was closed to swimmers as well. It seems to me it could be one of the best places in the valley for an OWS.

Is south jordan buying the lake? or will it remain part of the daybreak HOA? I would LOVE to have So Jordan buy it. I could walk there. Have you guys been out to the new reservoir in Herriman?  (Blackridge Reservoir). It's cold, but only about 10 minutes south of Daybreak. I go with a few friends about once each week. I'm game to go more often if anyone wants to go try it out.

And, yeah, I'd plead the fifth about where I wade, too. 

I haven't tried the new resevoir in Herriman but wanted to get up there to try it out.  What's the water temp there?  Any idea of the distance across the lake? 

Regarding Oquirrh Lake, I've heard rumors that S. Jordan would buy it at some point but haven't heard anything official. 

The water is actually pretty cold. It's used for secondary irrigation in Riverton, so it's continually cycling through. I thoroughly enjoy my wetsuit every time I go up there. 

Was checking it out today after a swim up at the Herriman reservoir. Noticed a few people doing some "deep wading". And it was WINDY.

What would you say the distance is across Blackridge? I'm thinking maybe 250 diagonal from the "boat ramp" to the house with the white vinyl fence (southeast to northwest), 200 from the house with the white fence to the utility box (northwest to northeast corners, and then maybe 150 north to south (ramp to the utility box). Loop total around 600? Maybe a little less. I usually count each triangular lap as 500 yards, just to be conservative. Any thoughts?

Finally gave  Blackridge a try today.  Seemed colder than Oquirrh Lake but I didn't think it was very cold as an earlier poster.  Maybe the same as Jordanelle where I raced last week (70 degrees?).  I did some drills across the lake (North to South) and it seemed to be around a 100 yds to me.  I would have guessed the length from west to east was 200.  The place was packed.  It was a good place to swim but I'm not sure I'd want to have a "day at the beach" there.  The beaches and playground areas at Oquirrh lake are a lot nicer in my opinion.  However, if you live up in Herriman it's obviously more convenient to go to Blackridge. 

I think the mine tailings are further north--and the more recent tailings are out by the Great Salt Lake (Magna). The foothills the reservoir is on are natural (I think). I actually live on top of what was once a berm for a tailings pond. So far, so good, until they started building daybreak and let their upturned soil blow around unmitigated. That was fun. And, the water cycles through so often I don't think there's much time for leaching to happen even if it is over tailings. I'm more worried about the yuck/slime from Utah Lake that seems to be migrating up there. The visibility isn't the greatest. But on a positive note there's no ducks, so I'll just think happy green thoughts while I swim, LOL. 

SO...it sounds like we might be doing a duathlon instead of a triathlon. Is/did anybody going to packet pickup in Lehi tonight? I'd be interested to hear what they said there about the possible change. 

I volunteering now as I've got a case of Achilles tendinitis. Was SUPPOSED to be in Lehi tonight to help with packet pick up but couldn't find the dang place.

Will be there tomorrow and will try to post an update later . . . although packet pick-up is going fairly late.

So we are doing a 75 yard swim, running about a mile to the original transition area, then doing the bike and run as planned. Olympic swimmers first, one new swimmer every 5 seconds. They will be shuttling athletes from the transition area to the pool before the race starts. I have no idea if they have a plan for where we will put our shoes while we swim, though. The pool is outdoor, and is only 3 lanes wide. 

I have to say this is a creative solution.