Subject: RE: Coeur d'Alene Triathlon : Official Threaditritoo - 2012-06-21 6:50 PM I figured I would bump this back up to the top to see if anyone is in for 2012? We will be driving over from Seattle and I would love to hear about the race. I will be registering in the next couple of weeks. I did it last year, it was my first oly and I had a blast - it's a fun race. Good for spectators too - transition, the park, the beach are all right there. Don't know how familiar you are with Coeur d'Alene. The start/finish is downtown in the city park, pretty much the same setup as Ironman Cd'A. The swim is at the city beach. The bike goes east along the lake for about eight miles - pretty flat except for one pretty good hill that is about a half mile long. Then it gets interesting, you climb a long hill for about two miles and end up on the other side of I-90. You get a little break and then there is a category 4 hill that is about three quarters of a mile long - it's the toughest on the course. After that, it's some rolling hills and then a big downhill back to the lake and into town. The run is an out-and-back north along the lake and Spokane river - it's all flat and some of it is pretty well shaded. |