Swimrun NC 2021 race report.
As I detail in our 2019 Swimrun NC race report , pictures from this race are what made me realize swimrun was a thing I needed to try. The foliage, the waterfalls, the amazing photography. And the reality completely lived up to the photos, so we immediately signed up for the 2020 race when it opened. Blah blah covid blah blah, we all know how 2020 went, and our registration was deferred to 2021, where the race would take place a couple weekends later in the year than normal. Which was unfortunate, because it ended up being the exact same day as Swimrun Austin ! My hometown race! The race I'd like to do every year, because it's the only one that I can easily get to, being an hour from my house! But we were already committed to NC, and honestly, NC is a much more appealing course to me. I mean, it completely does NOT play to our strengths: it's very run heavy, very swim light, intense uphill, technical downhill. It's a tough, tough course, which is why you have to apply