Lake Whatcom Triathlon

Race: Lake Whatcom Triathlon

Location: Bloedel Donovan Park, Bellingham Washington

Date: July 15 2017

After racing Eastside Triathlon and feeling more confident that I was not going to completely break my body by racing again, I signed up for the Lake Whatcom Triathlon  two days after racing Eastside Triathlon. Silly Snappy Dragon!

My Coach suggested that I give the Long Course distance (aka Half Ironman) a brief break and focus on shorter distances, while training up for another 50k trailrunning race. With what happened to my guts in Victoria six weeks earlier, it was a sensible choice, yet I was feeling unsatisfied. My brain comes alive on the longer distances, even if my body doesn’t always like being dragged along for the ride. After searching and comparing some different options for races in July, I settled on Lake Whatcom Triathlon as a single-distance race.

Oh boy! I haven’t raced an Oly for almost two seasons! This is going to be fun!