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Check out the media coverage of Best in the West Triathlon Festival!

TRIATHLETE MAGAZINE - 10 Fall Half Iron Tri's you can still sign up for

TRIATHLETE MAGAZINE - Race Radar: Oregon’s Best In The West Triathlon Festival

TRIATHLETE MAGAZINE - 15 Full Half-Iron Distance Tris

USAT - USAT Triathlon Announces 2018 High School State Championships 

CORVALLIS GAZETTE TIMES - Photo Gallery 2019 Best in the West Triathlon Festival ​

CORVALLIS GAZETTE TIMES - Triathlon Festival Tests 'Best in the West' Contestants
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CORVALLIS GAZETTE TIMES - OSU Internship Project Grows into Sweet Home Triathlon Weekend for 700 

DEMOCRAT HERALD - Biggest Year Yet for Sweet Home Triathlon 

DEMOCRAT HERALD - Triathlon Coming to Sweet Home 

DEMOCRAT HERALD - Best of the West

THE NEW ERA - First June Best in the West Triathlon Runs Swimmingly

THE NEW ERA - Best in the West Returns This Weekend

THE NEW ERA - Best in the West Held Quietly in Low-Key Format, but with Big Finishes.

THE NEW ERA - Record Crowd of Contestants Turn Out For Triathlon Series

THE NEW ERA - Athletes Swell Triathlon Ranks at Foster Lake

THE NEW ERA - Triathlon Weekend Draws 'Record' Numbers Despite Hot Temperatures

THE NEW ERA - Best in the West Triathlon Event Back, Bigger Than Ever

THE NEW ERA - More Events, More Competitors on Tap at Triathlon Festival

THE NEW ERA - Triathlon Festival to Put Swimmers in Foster, Bikers and Runners on Road

THE NEW ERA - Events Likely to Draw New Crowd to SH

RUNNING IN PLACE - Best in the West 2019 

SUMMIT LIFE - Race Review: Best in the West Triathlon Festival

RUN OREGON BLOG - Race Preview: 2018 Best in the West Triathlon

DEFY YOUR LIMITATIONS - Best in the West Olympic Tri Race Recap

ALL BETS ARE OFF - Open Water Swim

RUNNING IN PLACE AND GETTING NOWHERE FAST - Best in the West Triathlon 2018 - Changing Goals Mid Race

RUN OREGON BLOG - Race Preview: 2017 Best in the West Triathlon

RUN OREGON BLOG - Race Recap: 2017 Best in the West Triathlon

OREGON LIVE - 2012 Best in the West Triathlon Recap

RACE REPORT: 2011 Best in the West Triathlon


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Here are just a few of the comments from our Facebook Page and emails that have been sent to us.

I’ve raced some big Ironman pro series events this year, and it’s been an incredible experience. But there’s something special about the local races like Best In The West who puts on such an incredible experience for us athletes, from Cowboy hats to Apple Pies, Wild West jail cell photos, amazing staff and volunteers and even post race showers…all around good vibes !!
Please support this race next year if you are looking for a local endurance event to test yourself next June, they have distances and races for everyone . Thank you so much Best in the West Events. - Josh M

I've been racing triathlon for 8 years, and never in that time have I seen any venue put together with such care and attention to detail~! I was so impressed with your opening "If this is your first open water swim" directions! So important for first timers! Thank you!! I loved the wave starts; they were perfectly timed! I could go on for days about my observations. From the flexibility of exchanging my shirt BEFORE the race, to the "reserved parking for my bike" to the well marked course, amazing volunteers, to all of the enthusiasm at your run aid stations! Your finish line greeter, who handed me a tall mug of ice water, and that beautiful wet bandanna! After 70.3 miles, I was ready for it! :) We left your race site so impressed! We will be back for sure because you made the trip from Kitsap County, worth it!! - Windy T

Best in the West Events puts on an absolutely phenomenal Tri Fest and is my favorite race weekend! This year I participated as a volunteer and raced two days and every experience was incredible and so well organized, the positivity of the crew and athletes was contagious. After 14 years of putting on this race it gets better every year! - Sara S

Thank you for taking the time to add details to the race that make it so awesome- from our names in transition to a rack for our bikes while being body marked - it is such an impressive amount of work and total pampering for those of us racing. - Memer E

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was my first half iron, and the whole experience from packet pickup to the finish line exceeded even my highest expectations. I’ll be back next year for sure, and bringing even more teammates from Seattle. Thank you!!!  - Madalyn V

We are back in Hawaii now, and I wanted to thank you again for a wonderful, well-coordinated race.  It was a great beginning to our Oregon trip, and Margie and I still talk about it frequently, particularly when she wears her yellow "volunteer" shirt.  I might have mentioned to you that my primary reason for doing this race was not to see how well I could perform but simply to do a fun race that would enable us to see a part of Oregon we had never seen and also to make new friends.  Thanks to you, we succeeded on both counts. Anyway, I would like to help spread the good word about your race, but I was wondering if you have any idea of where I could do that.  If you were a store, I would use Yelp, but I'm not sure where I should go to mention a race.  And, believe me, everything I say will be extremely positive!  I can't think of anything bad about your race. - Jim M

To all of the staff at Best in the West- I wanted to forward you a copy of a race report from my friend Tracie, who became a triathlete thanks to your Try a Tri. You put in so much hard work to make the whole weekend a success, I felt moved to share this story with you, so you can feel the positive impact you have on peoples lives. Quick background on Tracie: For the last 4 years, she has been our ultimate “team mom”. She makes us protein packed breakfast muffins, she made homemade chicken soup for everybody racing IM Canada so they’d have something to eat after the race, she takes pictures at all of our races, and one year she even drove a van full of 7 bikes down to IMAZ to save the racers time and money rather than having to use Tribike transport. Needless to say, the Seattle Green Lake Tri Group loves her! Thank you for providing her with the supportive event where she could spread her wings and become a triathlete! - Maddie M

We did the Best in the West Triathlon for the first time this year and had a great time. It was by far THE BEST triathlon race we've done all year. That's saying a lot because we did 7 triathlons, including the Honolulu Triathlon and Ironman 70.3 Couer d'Alene! We definitely want to do it again! The volunteers, course and event coordinators are AWESOME! - Noland H