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Photo above is the San Antonio River at Interlake Road (G-14). The river is 58.8 miles long and flows into Lake San Antonio. Photo courtesy of Jody Emerson Quintana.

To really know Monterey County, take time to go beyond the typical tourism destinations such as the Monterey Peninsula’s Carmel and Pebble Beach, or the Big Sur coast, or North County, or even John Steinbeck’s hometown—the county’s largest city and county seat, Salinas. Explore the Salinas Valley and its cities and other communities, including Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield, King City, San Lucas, San Ardo, and more.

The Bradley community will be welcoming thousands of visitors to their area on May 3-4, 2025. That’s when “The Woodstock of Triathlon” comes to Monterey County’s popular fresh-water recreation area, Lake San Antonio, for the 36th Wildflower Triathlon Experience.

The last Wildflower was in 2018, as we reported below. “The Wildflower Experience triathlon and endurance racing series is revived for a 2025 event,” as reported by Sloan Campi, Monterey County Now.
May 1, 2025 https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/the-wildflower-experience-triathlon-race-series-and-festival-returns-to-lake-san-antonio/article_91b76deb-847a-4ab0-ba4a-306f147d068c.html
Oct 2, 2024 https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/the-wildflower-experience-triathlon-and-endurance-racing-series-is-revived-for-a-2025-event/article_a592b554-8024-11ef-9f97-57a2a122acc3.html.

Wildflower website: https://www.wildflowerexperience.com/race/distances/

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The archived info below, first published April 28, 2018, has not been updated for the 2025 Wildflower.

Wildflower’s 2018 cycling events include: May 5, Long Course Triathlon (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run), Mountain Bike Sprint Triathlon (.25m swim, 9.7m bike, 2mi run); May 6, Olympic Distance Triathlon (1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run), Sprint Distance Triathlon (.25 swim, 20k bike, 5k run).

This three-day festival in South Monterey County features live music. On the 2018 schedule are bluegrass, jazz, rock, country, reggae, and swing bands including Moonshiner Collective, Mother Corn Shuckers, GhostMonster, Shawn Clark Family Band, Mark Adams, Kevin Graybill, and Where’s Sweeny.

For all Wildflower Triathlon Experience events and activities, and related information, go to http://www.wildflowerexperience.com.

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