New 1/2 or O2 distance, interior BC, August, what say you?

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In my travels last summer through interior BC, I found a kick-ass location (to be kept secret) for a 1/2 Iron, or O2 (3/80/20) race in interior BC.
Beautiful lake, quiet farming/logging roads, and a trail run.
What do the WA, BC, and AB athletes think of an August race at this distance?
I mention the O2 distance, cuz it would fit the course better, and it would be unique in North America.

I know what your going to say… too close to IMC, but stop whining, not everyone does IMC.

I raced Prestige Half last year on July 31 and it was awesome… we need more late season long course races.
With that race moving to June… there isn’t any long course racing late July to August in AB or BC… (besides IMC)

Was thinking of any weekend from last weekend in July to even the day before IMC!
It’s close enough you could race on Saturday and watch IMC on Sunday… would that be cool? I think so!

Not sure if I want to get into full-on RD’ing… maybe I’ll just organize a grass-roots, unofficial “race” at this location… hmm…

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I am going to be doing Oliver next year in June and would love to do another half in August. Since I will not be doing Ironman again, I would like to do 2 halves that are a bit further apart than 2 weeks or a month.

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The location really is spectacular… I showed him the route. “Behind every good man, there’s a fast woman.”

Will be a gooder if it flies.

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I think that would be great! I was looking at the calender for this next year and I was thinking the same thing. I’m not ready to do IM yet but after July 8 (Osoyoos) there’s nothing great.

I think sometime mid August would be good, IMO. Definately keep us updated.