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OTILLO Whistler 2024 race report

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Our original plan for 2024 was to travel to Switzerland for our big race of the year, ÖTILLÖ Engadin. With summer heat and summer schedules, we just wanted an earlier-season race, and we really wanted to go explore Switzerland. We dragged our feet a bit on actually committing to anything financially, which ended up being a really good thing, because when they announced that this would be the inaugural year for ÖTILLÖ Whistler , in British Columbia, we all looked at each other and said, "Orrrrrr maybe Whistler." Significantly easier to get to from the US. Significantly cheaper overall. Still an amazing venue. And most importantly, we were pretty sure we couldn't handle the FOMO that would be involved if we weren't there for a race that sounded this amazing, in its first year. We still haven't gotten over missing the one and only Catalina race. Training went well. The weather was trending to be pretty perfect for race day. Matt and I had an amazing vacation planned
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Swimrun Lake James 2024 race report

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During the race, I told Trista that back when I was doing triathlons, I always tried to do new events, rarely wanting to repeat ones I'd done in the past. That just didn't interest me. Maybe some of the local events that were super convenient, but if I was going to travel, I wanted to see something new. I don't feel the same way about swimrun. This is the fourth time we've done Swimrun Lake James, and I'm just as excited to come back and do it again next year. Swimrun events always feel new and exciting, even if it's a course you've done before. It's never exactly the same experience. It's always an amazing adventure. And that was just as true this year, our fourth Lake James, as it was when we did it our first year, as our first ever swimrun ! The one that got us hooked. Aww, freshly-hatched 2018 Adorkables! Perfect weather, perfect partner, perfect swimrun family. That's it. That's the report. Thanks for reading! Just kidding. I have to do
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