Swimrun Casco Bay 2022 race report.
When we signed up for Otillo World Championship , it felt like it was ages away. So many months, so much training, so much summer heat, time moving so slowly. We had some solid training weekends, a race, some really long runs, but the real pre-WC appetizer felt like the Casco Bay swimrun . Only 6 weeks from Casco to WC, and a race that is about as close as you can get to the WC course, here in the US. Islands. Slippery rocks. Long swims. Perfect. Once we hit Casco, we were in the final countdown to Otillo World Championships. Well, Casco was last weekend, so I guess .. here we go. Yikes. I'm going to keep this part as brief as possible, because who needs drama? After months of really solid training, my last month has been.. imperfect. The good: I got in a really solid trail marathon , in full-on terrible Texas heat, and had great company for half of it, when I was anticipating being alone the whole time. The bad: Shortly after that, I had a trail fall, which resulted in 5 stitche