🧌 Four Trolls Ride – Sunday Endurance Cruise 🧌

### 📋 Details

Join us Sunday, June 1, for a fun endurance ride around Seattle visiting four of the city’s troll statues. We'll roll out at 8:00 AM for a ~79-mile tour that blends art, hills, and city exploration. Expect a steady pace, scenic urban stretches, and a couple of classic climbs.
🕗 Start time: 8:00 AM
📍 Start location: Columbia City Light Rail Station
⏱️ Estimated duration: ~5.5 hours
🌦️ Weather: Ride goes rain or shine
📣 Final updates will be posted a few days before the ride

Route:
📌 Ride with GPS – Four Trolls (79 miles / ~3,500 ft)
Starting in Columbia City, we’ll loop around the greater Seattle area, stopping by four troll statues along the way. The route mixes urban riding with a few punchy hills and some solid cruising miles in between.

Pace and regrouping:
This will be a steady Zone 2 ride, averaging around 13 mph. It’s a conversational pace intended for endurance, not speed. This is a drop ride, but we’ll regroup briefly each hour for fueling stops, and at the statues obviously. Riders should be comfortable riding for several hours at a steady effort and navigating solo if needed.

Equipment and Safety:
Helmets are required. A good front headlight and rear taillight are highly recommended. The ride will go forward rain or shine, so dress for conditions and be prepared for a full day outside.
Riders should be able to:

• Sustain the target pace
• Change a flat tire and handle minor mechanicals
• Ride with a positive attitude and awareness of group safety

There will be no designated sweep, and the group will not wait long for mechanicals—please be self-sufficient.

In order to participate in any Seattle Triathlon Group event, you must sign our waiver: https://www.seattletri.org/waiver. Waivers only need to be signed once per year or if your contact info has changed. As this is early season, if you participated in an event with us in 2024 you likely still have an active waiver from last year - you can login to your account at https://www.seattletri.org/dashboard to check. I will only be accepting electronic waivers - please complete the waiver ahead of time!