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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club |
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Baxter Triathlon on August 27, 2006 |
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The Brainerd Area
Amateur Radio Club provided communications for the Annual Baxter
Triathlon on Sunday,
August 27th. The race began
with a ½-mile swim in Whipple Lake, then switched to a 17-mile bike ride
through the rolling hills surrounding
the Baxter-Brainerd Lakes Area and ended with a four-mile run through a
nearby residential area.
Additional event information can be found at: http://www.pickleevents.com/events/lctri |
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BAARC members Mark WØMH, Lyle KØLFV, and Terry KIØFW did their job in handling necessary communications. They are standing in front of some of the high-performance bikes. |
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The 273 contestants wore ankle RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) devices. A serial number was registered every time one crossed an RFID checkpoint. This made it possible for event coordinators to report times for each contestant on each portion of the race. |
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Contestants, on Whipple Lake, are seen swimming the half-mile course. Swimmers started on the right side of the picture and returned on the left side. In this photo, the first person through is rushing ashore. |
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A 17-mile bike run was next. Three bike flat tires problems were reported by Lyle KØLFV back to Terry KIØFW in Net Control. |
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Finally, the contestants ran two miles out and two miles back to the
finish line. Three of them are shown at the two-mile
turnaround point. They were getting pretty tired at this end
of the event.
Watching this checkpoint was one of the duties that day for Mark WØMH. |
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A fun time was had by
all. Lunch was free as were event T shirts.
From the Mailbag on August 29, 2006: (Regarding the Baxter
Triathlon) Thanks for your help. You guys are so great to work
with and make it such a comfort know where everyone is. You all
are very good at what you do. Thanks once again and next year will be
here before you know it! Brad Pickle, Baxter Triathlon Coordinator.
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This page was last updated 12/31/2006 Ø