If you ever wanted to feel rebellious and free ride your bike on the freeway! Of course it was shut down to motor vehicles but wow what an experience. The organizers make the finish area like the tour de france with a finish chute and live bands.

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I loved this race. Beautiful course and friendly people made me feel comfortable on my first 5k! it goes through a suburban neighborhood on wide flat streets and you get cheered on as you go.

I think Salem did a great job setting up this race. Parking and logistics around race were easy and well handled. Very fast course. Long walk to swim start but could deposit a morning bag right before swim start. Very fast down river swim, great bike course well