The sprint triathlon series is back at Castaic lake July 19th and Aug 9th  at 8 am.

 The   swim (300-400 yards) is in the lower lake  with a 10 mile   flat-ish  bike ride down to  Pritches  and back  and a 3 mile run around the lower lake .  

If you live in the North LA county or Ventura county  this is great low key /  fun  race  .  $ 50 or $85 for both. 

Age group , clydesdale/athena and relay team categories .

 The event is a major fund raiser for Santa Clarita  Cowboy xc and track high school program.

Here is a link to the flyer for the event

http://canyonhighcowboys.com/crosscountry/2008Triathlon.htm

love this area...will try and meet my dd there for the August race...we used to race mtn bikes there! right across the highway from Six Flags - Magic Mtn, too! thanks for the info!

Oh man, I'm so bummed.  I live in Santa Clarita and I would love to do a race here.  But, I was supposed to go to Laguna Beach to visits friends in from out of town on July 19th and then I found out earlier this week that my niece is having her bridal shower July 19th in Northern California, so that's out.  Then, August 9th is my nephew's first birthday and I'm supposed to have a pool party at my house.  

So, I can't do either race.  What a drag.  

Well its a few miles north of Magic Mountain Six Flags PArk on the 5 freeway , and should be a lot of fun .

Look forward to seeing some BT folks out there .

Distances are short so its a great first Tri or good workout 

 It will be a LOT smaller field and  you wont need to get up in the middle of the night either. 

I just registered for both .  It will a great workout before LA Triathlon .  

Results are here

http://www.canyonhighcowboys.com/crosscountry/TriResults2008.htm

And reprinting this endorsment  as it echoes my thoughts on the race

"Great race- I'll be back

Hi clubbers- Just got back from racing the Castaic Lake Sprint Triathlon
and I have to  say, it was sweet and excellent and I can¹t wait to share the
dets on this little gem of a race....

So on Thursday night as I was perusing the surf forecasts hoping for a
report that would totally ruin a surfer¹s day but certainly make mine, I
decided just for S¹s & G¹s to google southern cal lake triathlons- this race
popped up, and lo an behold it is also on the LATC calendar, but somehow I
must have overlooked it when I laid out my race plans for this summer.

Anyway, I decided to show up and race it- I know many, if not most of you
thrive in the chop and surf and current and mania of the western seaboard,
but I am from New York City, and despite living in So Cal for 13 years, the
Pacific surf not only baffles me, but genuinely scares me....

So, happily finding a lake tri alternative, I jumped at it. And here is what
I discovered...

1. Castaic Lake is clean, warm (78! No wetsuit!), sandy bottom, glassy and
beautiful.
2. the bike course was fun, technical, challenging, and rockin, with a tough
half mile climb on virtually traffic free roads.
3. there were about 115 people in the entire race- chill!
4. run course is a mostly flat out and back, through a county park, scenic,
clean air, great.
5. race is on a Saturday! A Saturday! Whole weekend opens up! What a
concept! Don¹t have to wait for Catalina to race on Saturday! Did I mention
its on Saturday?
6. the race director is the coach of the Canyon High School cross country
team, and him and the team kids put this on every summer on a shoestring
budget, but with so much care and heart, and with such good vibes, that it
was just a joy to witness. All proceeds go to the team.
7. medals are given out 5 deep in every category and they are schweet!

So, while I saw maybe 4-5 tri clubbers out there, I thought I would put this
out there to all- it is a lovely, down home, totally mom and pop vibe race,
easy to get to, tons of parking, nice 8 am start time, and a great
experience over all. There is another one on August 9th! Hope to see more of
you¹s out there next time round."  Amy B.