Gordon and Tim, aka The Fighting White Squirrels, return for the 5th edition of SwimrunNC. We have toed the starting line in all five years. The event as usual is held in beautiful Hanging Rock State Park in central northern North Carolina.
We arrived Saturday for packet pick up, meeting old friends, making new friends and enjoyed some beverages at the Green Heron Ale House in Danbury.
After dinner we made our way to our AirBNB: a studio apartment in a barn with 10 horses.
Race day started at about 45 degrees and quickly warmed to the 60s, welcome as water temperatures were in low 50s.
The scenery in the park is stunning and wonderfully captured by official SwimRunNC race photographers Richard Hill, Christine Rucker and John Segesta.
We arrived injury free at finish greeted by race announcer & friends David and Brian in just over 5 hours after 16 miles of trail running and 2 miles of swimming.
Thanks to race directors Jan, Jeff and Herbert and all the volunteers. We’ll be back in 2022!
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