Loop updates
This space will provide periodic news about the Loop, such as any new hazards, construction, shallowness of the water, debris in the water, weather damage, new policies, etc. If anyone has new or important observations about the Loop, please contact markfromberg@gmail.com, so your information can be added to this site.
July 10, 2021: Kelowna Tri Club training day
Under the direction of coach Cory Krist, the event-starved Kelowna Triathlon Club held their first Cedar Creek training event, doing the equivalent of a sprint triathlon using the beach access road as a transition area. The swim was a 1200m, out-and-back freestyle along the buoys, followed by a 25K looped bike course along Lakeshore Road. A 7K run began along the beach pathway, then followed a steep staircase up the bluff to the grassy dog park before heading down to the north end of Lakeshore.
The lake was glass. Despite the recent heat and the increased numbers of forest fires, the morning was comfortable and clear of smoke, so it was a lovely morning for an Okanagan training day!
July 6, 2021: Cedar creek is being discovered!
After the record-setting “heat dome” that most of BC suffered through at the end of June, needless to say, the lake has never been warmer–as much as 28°C, the same as an indoor heated swimming pool! Unfortunately, though, with the exceptionally dry spring, the lake did not reach “full pool” this year–it was about a foot short–so that swim areas like the Gyro Swim Loop are already pretty shallow, such that your hands will touch bottom when swimming across it.
Enter the Cedar Creek Swim Loop. This is a deep water swim that has no shallow areas once you are out following the buoys, so you won’t touch bottom at any point of the swim. This morning there were three swimmers in the water at the same time for the first time this season. They are onto something! Are you next?