Orcas Island Triathlon

help offset meet fees for our swimmers, to make it more affordable for all to compete. We are a volunteer organized youth sports club, and continue to work to make swimming more affordable for our young athletes and families through a variety of fundraising opportunities.

Our Splash for Cash will be a club wide event with swimmers from all our groups (ages 6-18). They will be challenging themselves to swim as many laps as possible in 1 hour for our senior swimmers and 30 minutes for our junior swimmers.

We want to thank our community in advance for all of their support!

Everyone is celebrated but we will have winners: Male and Female 1. fastest total time & 2. final loop winner

Space is limited. Secure your spot today.

Date: June 6, 2026

Location: Trails and dirt roads south of Swinomish Casino, Skagit County, WA

Start Time: 7:00 AM

All Runners will receive:

• FORGE running hat

• FORGE hoodie

• FORGEd custom medal(finisher prize)

• Day of race food and snacks, Tailwind Nutrition Endurance Fuel.

FORGE is a race built around a unique and growing format known as the "backyard ultra." Unlike traditional races where runners aim for a set distance or time, backyard ultras follow a simple but demanding structure: runners complete a 4.167-mile loop every hour, on the hour. Whatever time remains after finishing a lap becomes their rest period before starting again at the top of the next hour. This continues until the event reaches its predetermined duration—in FORGE’s case, 12 hours.

The format is gaining popularity worldwide because it removes the pressure of speed and replaces it with a test of endurance, pacing, and mental toughness. Fast runners and steady runners line up together every hour. Everyone starts at the same time, and the race unfolds differently for each participant. Some will aim for a personal-best distance, while others will push to complete all 12 laps.

One of the most unique aspects of this style of racing is the community it creates. The time between laps—when runners gather, recover, and prepare for the next start—becomes a shared experience. Conversations happen. Encouragement is exchanged. Whether you’re completing your first backyard-style event or chasing a new personal milestone, you’re not doing it alone.

At its core, FORGE is about stepping into a challenge and discovering what you’re capable of. There’s no finish line waiting for you at a set distance—just another lap, another opportunity to push forward. It’s an event designed to be hard, but also to be welcoming, rewarding, and deeply memorable.

friendly to strangers/crowds and others, and dogs must be leashed at all times, with no exceptions.

Registration Opens: at 10:00 am

Race Starts: 11 am

Course Closed: 12:30 pm

The course is flat out and back on paved roads/trails with multiple color stations along the way out and those same stations on the way back. There will also be an aid station at the turnaround with a special treat and water awaiting you. Volunteers will be located throughout the course to guide you, cross any major intersection, throw color at you, and man the aid station, so be sure to High Five them and tell them “Thanks”. Events like this would not exist without our volunteers.

The start will begin and end on Northern Ave across Metcalf from the Sedro 10 Bowling Alley.

The start will be a corral/wave start, corrals/waves will be assigned at packet pickup.

The early registration discount ends 5/01/2026 Get a swag bag with a shirt, color, etc.

Price increases to

Youth $20, Adult $25 5/01/2026

Youth $25, Adult $30 5/01/2026

**ALL MINORS under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a registered adult.

All participants who register and/or order shirts before May 15h get a shirt, Shirts may be available “Day Of" limited supply.

Day of Registration - Youth $25, Adult $30 – Swag bag and shirt if available.

"Extras" will be for sale the day of until supplies run out

No Refunds or Transfers.

No early packet pickup is available.

ready to sign up for amazing local races after!

It starts with a 500m pool swim, followed by a 20km bike ride, and ending with a 4km run.

The swim is located at the Commonwealth Pool with transition in the parking lot.

You then head out onto the bike course which will be a 2 loop out and back along Elk Lake Drive (*map will be provided) and coming back into transition for the run.

Come out of transition onto the run, where you run part of the bike course and through winding neighbourhoods with slight elevations around the Commonwealth Pool area.

Event Package Pickup

Where: Trek Bikes (338 Catherine St)

When: Saturday, June 6, 2026 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

TriBC Members

Non Tri-BC Members must pay Triathlon BC Day-of-Race Insurance at time of registration or purchase a Tri-BC Membership ahead of registration HERE

Fundraiser Information

• Athletes who make a donation to one of our charitable foundations: Saanich Fire and End2End will be entered to win a grand prize.

• If you haven't made a donation during registration you can do so from this page.

• Winner will be announced at the end of the event on June 7.