ABOUT GOLD NUGGET TRIATHLON
“A Woman’s fitness event encouraging women of all ages and abilities to participate.”
The Gold Nugget Triathlon mission is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls through athletics.
The Gold Nugget Triathlon is run by a volunteer board of committed directors, all of whom are interested in advancing sports for women of all abilities. A volunteer race committee works with the Race Directors on various areas of the event details and logistics.
The Gold Nugget Triathlon Board of Directors believes that our women’s triathlon is more than just a one-day event. Women and girls train for this event year-round and many sign up as a way of kick-starting a brand new training and fitness regime. They often find this to be a life changing experience. Mothers and daughters train for this event together, as do groups of friends and colleagues.
The Alaska Women’s Gold Nugget Triathlon is put on every year by Gold Nugget Triathlon, Inc. (GNT), a not-for-profit organization founded in 2003. Since that time the Board of Directors (who are entirely volunteers, with no paid positions or monetary compensation of any kind) has been overseeing the staging of the event and the other activities which the organization sponsors. The GNT contracts for certain services such as race management, timing, traffic control, course logistics, and registration support. During the weekend of the race, and particularly on race day, several hundred more volunteers are needed to make the event run smoothly. We are very grateful to all who volunteer to make our event so fun and special for our participants and spectators!
Gold Nugget Triathlon, Inc. became a not-for-profit, in part, so that we could receive tax-deductible donations. Most donations received go towards staging the event, which is an extremely costly endeavor. There are some years in which the race yields a profit, which we then try to spend in ways that fulfill our mission. In the past, we have provided financial assistance to participants for whom the entry fee is prohibitive, donated to several high school triathlon teams, other Triple Patch events (Ski for Women, Bike for Women, and the Alaska Run for Women), Girls on the Run, Diabetes organizations, Running Free Alaska, Let Every Woman Know, Ski for Women (the all-girls ski event), “Fast & Female”, and other non-profits from year-to-year. Visit the GNT charity page for more information on current and past supported charities.
Board of Directors
Sara Miller (President), Sheila Swanson (Vice President), Kristen Droge (Treasurer), Trudy Keller (Secretary), Diane Barnett, Shannon Donley, Lynda Limón, Claire Norton-Cruz, Jennifer Schrage, Rose VanHemert, Mary Vollendorf.
Race Directors
Lorena Edenfield, Lia Keller
Race Committee (a.k.a. very talented RC)
| Ambiance | Jennifer Hardy | Parking | Trevor Schmidt | |
| Banquet | Pat Geitz | Radio Communications | Anchorage Amateur Radio Club | |
| Bartlett Logistics | Chris Kent | Run Course | Alison Arians, Jan Buron | |
| Bartlett Venue Management | Open | Safety | Juli Eichler | |
| Bib Pick Up | Trudy Keller, Missy Roberts | Swim/Pool | Signe Johannes | |
| Bike Course | Bill Fleming | Transition 1 | Marcia Davis, Wendy Moe | |
| Clean-Up/Recycling | Kate Duder, Emma Haddix | Transition 2 | Cheryl Evans | |
| Finish | Kevin Reinhardt | Volunteers | Diane Moxness | |
| Medical | Team One, LLC | Timing | Skinny Raven Events and Timing |
