Gull Lake Triathlon : Official Thread

I wonder how many athletes will be at the Gull Lake Tri who, like you, remember it *way back when*... :-) 

As a life-long Gull Lake fan, I am really excited about this... and what a fun addition to the Lake's greatest holiday!

Have a great race, everyone!

@ Emily

There are some days when I get an email every 2 or 3 hours from someone who has participated in the race before.  It's always uniquely sentimental too, which is really really cool.  It's like they're talking about the experience as if they're part of an exclusive club with fantastic memories.  It was also my course organizer's (Jim Mishler, RD: Shermanator, Double Time, Physically Strong) second triathlon ever.  We're excited...

Dan

It's on Saturday, July 2- 4th of July weekend.  You can get more information HERE!  Send me an email if you have any questions.

Cheers!

Dan

Here's some food for thought...

All Weathermen: "It looks like the folks at Gull Lake will beat the bad weather later on in the day!  God has blessed us all."  We're expecting sun and moderate temperatures the whole way through.  Four days in counting... 

Anyone who hasn't signed up: make sure to do so by Thursday!  Registration is over come midnight, and we won't have race day registration.  Make sure to tell your friends as well!

Out of all the Races I've got on my calendar, this one has certainly inspired the most discussion... and all in a good vein!

I am delighted to see so many people geared up for this revival race! Well done, Dan & team, for bringing this one back!

I'm truly excited and happy this race is back. It's an original, the real deal. It also says something about the current, positive state of our sport when a classic returns.

When I did Gull Lake back in the 1980's we had Karen McKeachie there, who is still racing, Lew Kidder, Dave Evans- the Ann Arbor crew. Charlie Blanchard was there. It was a key race.

I'd love to be back there this weekend. If you are racing, having a great race. I understand there are still a few entries left so it may be possible to jump in the event. Here is the link:

http://www.trikiva.com/triathlons/gull-lake-triathlon/race-day-info

REMINDER:

• Registration ends at midnight tonight, so make sure you sign up. 
• Final race update is coming very shortly!
• Anyone who has done the race before should let me know, if you're okay with sharing your stories publicly.  Why I mention:
  
• At my requests, all media coming to the event will allow you to come to them with anything.  They'd like these comments, but this race is not about publicity in the least.
• I'd be proud to these stories on the race website.
• We're two days away to the race that was last held almost twenty years ago.  Simply saying it is amazing, so get ready for a fantastic coming home party.
  

Jason:

I checked just now, and we have 143 participants. 

We're about to begin a huge promotional push about signing up - Please remember that this is the last day of registration!  I'd greatly appreciate anyone who spreads the word if the opportunity comes up. 

Jason,

TriathletePhotos is the organization who took the pictures of the race.  Thousands of photos will be available before the end of the holiday weekend.  Mark Chamberlin, incredible guy and owner of this organization, will try to provide an example or two for this forum as examples the quality he's provided.

Thanks,

Dan

We were the official photographers for the Gull Lake Triathlon today. There are a few samples ready to show off. We have well over 3000 photos currently being processed by our photographer team. Be sure to go to our site to sign up for notices when they are ready.  http://www.triathletephotos.com

Here is the sample album located here on this site.  

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?albumid=15872