The 25th Annual Dillon Biathlon:

The race will be held on Sunday, August 29, 2010.

This is an informal row/bike/row that occurs on and around Lake Dillon in Frisco, Colorado.

Note:  There will be no trailer for this event; car-topped singles only.
 
The course this year is planned to start at the Frisco Marina on the water at 8am.  The format is Row/Bike/Row.
 
Leg 1 - (Est 3-3.5 miles) Row starts at the Frisco Marina, on the water. The row will go from the Frisco Marina out about 1.5 miles with a starboard turn around Crown Point and then a straight 2 mile shot to the Blue River
Inlet (Towards Breckenrige).  Here you will put your boat in slings and transition to the bike.
 
Leg 2 - (18 miles) The bike will head out to Hwy 9 and proceed clockwise around Lake Dillon.  Hwy 9 to Frisco, through Frisco to the dam road, after the dam road down the hill turn right onto Hwy 6 around to Swan Mtn Rd, once down from Swan Mt Rd you are at the row transition.
 
Leg 3 - (Est 3-3.5 miles) Off the bike and back into the boat back to the Frisco Marina.
 
Logistics;
The row/bike transition at the Blue River Inlet, the road is just off Hwy 9 to Breck at the light by Swan Mtn Rd by the sewage plant, there is a long gravel road going out into the reservoir , you will need to have slings for
your boat and your bike there by 7am to get back the Frisco Marina for a 8am start.  I would lock your bike along side your slings.  We may or may not have someone there to watch them, any volunteers??

*We need to start by 8am to avoid the winds that come up around 10:30-11am.  Launch at the Frisco Marina, the Frisco Bay Rowing people do not want us using their docks so we will be beach launching. If you think that it might take you longer than 2 hours to complete the course, then starting by 7:30 is advisable
 
Comments;
 
This is not so much a race as it is an event/workout/accomplishment.
Safety is the key issue, the water is deep, cold and big, do not row a single if you are not proficient.  The bike is all on the roads and the onlybike path is across the dam road, obey all traffic laws, no drafting.  The course is easier than the directions sound.

For those who may have rowed the Dillon Challenge, it is approximately the same rowing course except that, instead of turning around at the island, you will row all the way down to the beach.

The Snowshoe Motel in Frisco is very close to the marina in Frisco: phone (800) 445-8658. Not grand, but convenient.  As of 8/10/2010 they had rooms available for $50.

Any questions, please email me.   
Thanks, Mike Gasper