An Aukeman triathlete leaves the Auke Lakes swim portion to transition to the bike portion in this file photo. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Aukeman Triathlon is set to splash off at 7:30 a.m. Saturday with the 750-meter swim on Auke Lake, transitioning to a 19K bike ride to the glacier and back, and finishing with an out-and-back 5K run from the University of Alaska Southeast campus to complete the sprint distance course.
“It’s just a quiet little race this year,” Aukeman race director Liz Smith said. “We haven’t done any advertising, but we have been full for over a month.”
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The IRONMAN Group and Travel Juneau are working to bring a full triathlon to Juneau. It would be the first IRONMAN-branded event in the state and a qualifier for the IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - “This is the Hawaii IRONMAN,” Dave Christen, IRONMAN regional director said, fully extending his arm above his head. He was looking out at the water from the Auke Rec picnic area.
He lowered his arm an inch and said, “This is the Alaska IRONMAN in Juneau.”
Then he lowered it well below his waist.
“And this is all the rest,” he said.
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