I saw a Half Ironman in Sunrive, Oregon that looked beautiful and challenging. Then last year Stan Kiefer moved to Bend, which is only 15 minutes from this race, I smelled a road trip on the horizon.
I convinced Gary and Carla to come along and we headed up Thursday morning. The drive was 850 miles and we managed it in just under 14 hours. The second half of the drive was beautiful.
The Half Ironman was a point to point race that stgarted in Wickiup Reservoir. Race morning was clear and calm, the race however was held up as some of the shuttle buses hadn't arrived for the 9 AM start. The race finally started at 9:30, with Carla and me starting at 9:45 and Gary at 9:55. Water temp was reported at 62 degrees and was a little shocking when you got in, but not bad by half way. The bike course was on lightly traveled roads that went past several lakes on the way up to Mt. Bachelor, then a long decent into T2. The run headed out through the Sunriver Vacation homes, and was on a tree lined path for the first half. The second half came out by the airport and by this time the temps were up to 90 degrees and there was no shade on this part of the course. Nice finsih line and a long sleeve shirt for the race with a colorful medal made for a nice day.
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