Written by: Staff
Posted: Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Running Away Multisport has
acquired the Lake Zurich Triathlon, which this year will be moved to Wauconda
and renamed the Bangs Lake Multisport Festival.
In addition to the Olympic-distance triathlon, the event
also will feature a duathlon (run-bike-run) and an aqua-bike (swim-bike). All
the races will take place in and around Wauconda’s Cook Park on Aug. 10.
“We just thought that Wauconda offered a much better location
for triathletes,” said Paul Rosenblum of Running Away Multisport. “It’s a
quaint town and offers much better roads for the bike leg. It’s just a nicer
venue.”
Road construction led to the cancellation of the popular
Lake Zurich Triathlon in 2006, but the race returned to the same location last
year. The new location has allowed more flexibility in adding additional
elements to the event.
“Lake Zurich is a privately owned lake, so we were limited
to what could do there,” Rosenblum said. “In Wauconda, we have more time to
work with, so we can do things like the duathlon and aqua bike.”
The swim will take place at Bangs Lake, a 309-acre natural
glacial lake that sits in the center of Wauconda. The scenic but challenging
bike leg offers rolling hills, and the run will include a double loop in and
around Cook Park.
The event will be limited to 1,000 participants, and the
first 500 to register will receive a limited edition tie-dyed T-shirt. If
you’re not quite up the 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run of the Olympic distance
race, the Wauconda Sprint Triathlon takes place two weeks earlier at the same
location.
For more info, visit www.bangslaketriathlon.com.
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