Utah Santa Run Series

The Utah Santa Run Series is only 3 weeks away. West Valley Utah Santa Run starts Friday the day after Thanksgiving. Like the long established Ogden Santa and Provo Santa Runs this race will have awards and digital timing. Also it will have santa suits to keep for the race for each Santa Runner. The aid stations will be full of milk and cookies from our sponsors and volunteers that will dress as elves. If you have not been a part of the Santa Run's in the past this is your year with three locations and three dates. Check out www.RunSanta.com for more details!!!

Layton Marathon Gets a World Record!!!

Some of you may know that the Layton Marathon is the only World Record qualifying course in the State of Utah. In 2011 we had Team Liddell come out of Colorado and break a World Record in the Centipede Style race. Team Liddell did this race in 3:01:34 for a team of 5. If you feel that many runners can run a marathon in around 3 hours you are absolutely correct. The thing that makes their time so fast is that they could only go as fast as their slowest runner on their 5 man team. The previous record was held at the London Marathon with a time of 3:27 minutes a whole 26 minutes faster.

In researching the London Marathon and other World Records we have found many that are somewhat easy to break with an above average runner. Some of the records are fastest marathon in a superman suit or fastest marathon with a stroller. We encourage everyone to check out Guinness Book of World Records and try to accomplish one in 2012. If you break a record we comp your entry to the race: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search.aspx?q=fastest+marathon

Powell3 Triathlon Challenge - Awesome Race Conditions!!!

The Powell3 Triathlon Challenge was great in 2011. The weather could not have been more ideal for a race. The water temp was 71 degrees and the air temp was 63. The sky was blue and not an ounce of wind that day. Many racers experienced their PR on this course due do such prime conditions and support. We are excited to announce that the Powell3 Triathlon Challenge has received approval to increase it race size from 300 cap to 500 participants. We plan to add more advertising in 2012 to hit the cap so we still encourage any racer planning on racing the Powell3 to not procrastinate their registration.

Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon - Two Dates Announced

August 25, 2012 - Sprint and Olympic

September 8, 2012 - Half Iron 70.3

Due to the growth and demand of the Bear Lake Brawl Triathlon we have decided to split the dates for 2012. If you have done this race you know that it is impossible to fit more then 700 racers on the course and the demand on the Bear Lake Brawl Half always goes unanswered. With the Half Iron 70.3 being on its own date it will allow each race to fit more participants and increase its safety. Also with the date being September 8, 2012 we have the approval from the Idaho Department of Transportation to allow the Bike to go completely around the lake increasing the views and fun. The website and registration will open December 1, 2011 for this event. We still forecast a sell out race, so register early to avoid missing this event. www.bearlakebrawl.com

River Rail Relay - Special Announcement to be made Nov. 15

We are happy to add the River Rail Relay to our line up of races in 2012. We are changing the layout of the course and adding some special swag to those that participate. The website and swag announcement will be made in a special mid month email on Nov. 15, 2011. Make sure you check your email then to be aware of the newest news regarding this new race.

2012 Calendar Announced

We have announced the 2012 Calendar of Events. The dates can be found on the left bar of this email and we plan to update the websites asap. Currently only the Legacy Duathlon is open for registration but the others will be open in the next few weeks. We hope to see everyone soon and enjoy the end to your triathlon and running season. We sure will enjoy having a few days off but will miss every moment of planning these events for you.

Special Thanks to our Annual Sponsors

Hammer Nutrition

Powerade

Blonde Runner

RoadID

BikeFix

Bikers Edge

The Bike Shoppe

Striders Running

Without your support we could not have been able to pull off this race season!!!