Black Hills Triathlon Now an AA Sports Event, Duathlon Added

(5-19-08) From Press Release - AA Sports, Ltd. is proud to have the opportunity to produce this year's Black Hills Triathlon, which takes place on Saturday, September 6 in Olympia, WA. The races will be held in beautiful Millersylvania State Park, with one central transition area at the Environmental Learning Center on the west end of Deep Lake. The event is TRI NorthWest Ranked for both the triathlon and the duathlon, which is a new addition for 2008 that will cover the same bike and run course as the triathlon.

The swim is a 3/4-mile loop in Deep Lake, and the bike covers 30 miles of rural roads with little traffic. The run is 5 miles on shady, forested trails in the park. The new duathlon will be a bike, run format (30mi bike, 5mi run).

Registration is now open and additional details can be found on the official race Web site: www.racecenter.com/blackhills.