{"id":39008,"date":"2022-08-10T00:27:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T06:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sprint-triathlon-returning-to-lake-nighthorse\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:47:54","slug":"sprint-triathlon-returning-to-lake-nighthorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sprint-triathlon-returning-to-lake-nighthorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint triathlon returning to Lake Nighthorse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5cc445ab-af42-556f-99bb-c9d8346daa8e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Brian Miller pedals up a hill before transitioning to the running segment of the Lake Nighthorse triathlon. Miller finished second in the race. (Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Brian Miller pedals up a hill before transitioning to the running segment of the Lake Nighthorse triathlon. Miller finished second in the race. (Cody Olivas\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Durango Tri Club is bringing back the Lake Nighthorse Sprint Triathlon for a second edition on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<p>The format will be the same as last year. The triathlon will begin with a 750-meter open-water swim, followed by a 20-kilometer bike ride and finish with a 5K run.<\/p>\n<p>The triangular swim will begin and end near the lake\u2019s swim beach. Wetsuits are advised, but not mandatory. The bike segment will exit the park and head up Wildcat Canyon Road, climbing about 800 feet, while the run will loop around the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the shortest of the standard (triathlon) distances, but it\u2019s still fairly challenging,\u201d said race director David Rakita.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in the race\u2019s first annual event, 71 athletes competed in the triathlon, including five teams of three. David Preston finished first in 1 hour, 11 minutes and 8 seconds while Kathryn Ross finished third overall and won the women\u2019s crown in 1:16:00.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for this year\u2019s event is ahead of last year\u2019s pace with about 53 participants already registered. Rakita said it\u2019s split about 50\/50 between La Plata County residents and people from outside the county.<\/p>\n<p>The team relays can be male, female or coed, composed of two or three people. The registration deadline is Sept. 8, but competitors need to register by Aug. 22 to be guaranteed a T-shirt. Rakita said they hope for about 100 competitors, but space is not limited.<\/p>\n<p>Rakita called it a \u201clow-key event\u201d and said there will be two swim heats to reduce some of the anxiety. \u201cThat makes it less stressful for less experienced swimmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There also will be awards for the first-place finisher in each age group, which are in five-year groupings, ranging from ages 16 to 19 to 70 and over. Random prizes will be given away during the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors and volunteers are needed to help with the event. Rakita said the sponsors will help cover the cost to administer the race, which costs around $5,000, and help keep entry fees low.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have great cooperation with the city, which allows us to do it out there,\u201d Rakita added.<\/p>\n<p>More information on registration, sponsoring and volunteering at https:\/\/bit.ly\/3p8COBI. Rakita said people interested in volunteering can contact the event director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>edition of event set for Sept. 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4185],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-39008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-triathlon"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84195,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39008\/revisions\/84195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39008"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=39008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}