Mountain To Sound Relay Race

I have joined a local team to race the Mountain to Sound Relay race on June 29th in Redmond Washington. It is going to be a lot of fun and a good race experience. I will be in the 12 mile (20 kilometer) paddling leg. I am going to use my Think EVO surf ski.

Course Length - 100 Miles

Mt. Bike 23 Mi. / Road Bike 50 Mi. / Canoe - Kayak 12 Mi. / Run Legs Half Marathon and 6 Mi.


This 100 mile course extends from the Snoqualmie Pass areas beginning with a 22 mile Mountain Bike Leg that plunges riders into a two mile long, pitch black abandoned railroad tunnel requiring each rider to carry their own illumination. This leg continues on down the meandering Iron Horse Trail once used by the Milwaukee Railroad Co. and has been converted to a biking/hiking trail. Riders end at the Iron Horse Trail Head and Rattlesnake Lake where they touch off to the Road Bike Leg participants.


Road bikers immediately cruise down to North Bend along Cedar Falls Rd, giving a taste of what's to come over the next 50 miles. The Road Bike Leg takes riders through Washington's most scenic rural areas anywhere. Participants are treated to routes along the base of striking Mt. Si, then along the Three Rivers Natural Area and on via Snoqualmie Falls, Fall City and Carnation. A stunning, bucolic ribbon of roads meanders through Snoqualmie Valley giving enthusiastic bikers plenty of hills and dales to test their endurance. The course has been carefully planned to minimize traffic and maximize enjoyment. Riders culminate their leg by riding the the famous 'Redmond-Roubaix' Red Brick Road along 196th near Redmond ridden by the likes of Greg LeMond. Traffic will be controlled where necessary for safety but it is an open course.

Bikers finish by riding through Marymoor Park and ending at Luke McRedmond Park for the handoff to the Canoe / Kayak Leg.


Paddlers are in for a 12 mile, downstream adventure on the Sammamish Slough. Winding through rural and residential areas, the Slough parallels the Sammamish River Trail that becomes the Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle. The slough runs calm at about 1 kt. This paddle promises to be a unique experience to many paddlers who've not seen this part of our city. As the Slough enters Lake Washington, they'll cruise around to their right being cognizant of the many seaplanes landing and taking off at Kenmore Air. Keep paddling out into the lake leaving Kenmore Air and the marina to your right and look for marker balloons or flags on the end of the long dock jutting out from Log Boom Park. Go around the dock and disembark on the beach and touch off to your Half Marathoner or keep on trucking if you're an Iron Solo. Course Monitors will be out on the lake to aid your navigation.


Runners begin their test on a Half Marathon run over the top of Lake Washington and our famous Burke Gilman Trail. The trail meanders along Lake Washington's western shore past Magnuson Park and ending their leg at Seattle's Gasworks Park.


The Glory Run starts near Gasworks Park on the north end of Union Bay. Touch-off from the Half Marathoners will be ON the trail just before Urban Surf. You'll find adequate parking along Northup Way and Gasworks Park. Follow signs and course monitors and where Stoneway crosses the trail you may need to wait for the light. Stay on Burke Gilman and follow the direction signs along Shilshoal Bay. Stay on the parking strip and beware of cars and parking lots. At the Boat ramp, go left and get on the path again. That will take you to the Beach House at Golden Gardens and GLORY !!