Weren't we discussing the same thing in 2013. At least the water temps should't be a surprise this time.

I'm coming up to volunteer (bike handler in T2 for the 70.3) so I hope everything is fine on Sunday!

When I checked weather.com yesterday, it was showers Sat and showers/thunder storms for Sun night. But I guess it's changed since. Besides the fire/smoke particles, the weather looks great right now.

Weren't we discussing the same thing in 2013. At least the water temps should't be a surprise this time.

Be prepared for some smoky days this week. Hopefully it clears out before the weekend; I was up in Tahoe the weekend of the Lake Tahoe Tri last summer and that event got cancelled because the air quality was so bad. The fire isn't anywhere near the race area, it's just the smoke blows up in the Truckee Valley and Tahoe Basin when there's a fire to the west. And with the vegetation being so dry this year I doubt they can knock it down very quickly; the only hope is that it comes across an area that's already burned.http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4108/[/quote[/url]]

Last year I did the Expedition Man 140.6 at Lake Tahoe on the same weekend as the Lake Tahoe Tri. EM went ahead with their race but they made people sign waiver forms. Interestingly enough the part that the smoke affected the most was the swim. I think the particulate matter on the surface of the water and in the air affected me big time. I came out of the swim and spent five minutes sneezing and coughing like my lungs were going to come out of my chest. Luckily things got better once I got going on the bike but I have never experienced a reaction like that.

The real crappy thing is that we missed out on all of the awesome scenery of the area because it was all covered in smoke. Hope the same is not the case for IMLT this year. If it does I officially deem that race cursed.

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Since you live up there and some of us won't be up there for another couple of days, how's the smoke, air quality?

mmmm Sizzler!!!

I just reached out to my Airbnb host in Tahoe City and she said "The smoke is pretty bad from 2:30pm on, but air quality is good in the morning. I have been curious if they will still go ahead with the race..." We wont really know for another few days. I can't imagine this fire being contained anytime soon with how dry it is in CA. Looks like IMLT just put out a msg on FB that they are aware monitoring the situation.

The King Fire is the fire producing the smoke in Tahoe.

If the smoke stays as bad as it is now through the weekend, I am going to guess that they run the 70.3 and shorten the full to 70.3. Just a guess, but that way they get to put on the race, while minimizing long-term athlete exposure to horrible air conditions.

If the smoke stays as bad as it is now through the weekend, I am going to guess that they run the 70.3 and shorten the full to 70.3. Just a guess, but that way they get to put on the race, while minimizing long-term athlete exposure to horrible air conditions.