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Saturday, July 12th, 2008 is the fifth annual Quarq XTERRA Iron Creek, part of the XTERRA America Tour. Thirteen miles from Spearfish, SD, Iron Creek Lake is nestled in the northern end of the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota.
The course features a 1000m swim, 22k mountain bike and an 8k run. The swim is a spectator-friendly, two-lap course, with a short exit between laps, at scenic Iron Creek Lake. The ride climbs from Iron Creek Lake up to the Old Baldy trail system in the Black Hills National Forest. The ride is entirely within forested areas, so bring your technical skills and expect lots of single-track. After descending back to Iron Creek Lake, the race goes to a challenging two-lap run around the lake, where spectators cheer on the racers as they tackle difficult hike sections on each lap of the run. Iron Creek Lake's cabins and camps sites are available race weekend. Spearfish also has many great hotels and restaurants and is near gambling in historic Deadwood, the great carvings of Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, the 114-mile Mickelson trail and countless miles of single-track. DENVER, CO - SPEARFISH: 400 miles, 6.5 hours BOZEMAN, MT - SPEARFISH: 470 miles, 6.25 hours LINCOLN, NE - SPEARFISH: 560 miles, 9 hours
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SPEARFISH: 650 miles, 9.5 hours DES MOINES, IA - SPEARFISH, SD: 670 miles, 9.5 hours SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SPEARFISH: 640, 10.25 hours WINNIPEG, MB - SPEARFISH: 700 miles, 11 hours |
