Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES Those race directors over at TRI Clear Lake, they sure know how to keep us all on our toes, right? Switching things up, keeping the race fresh and relevant in the triathlon world. Last year, it was the addition of the Olympic distance. Which, I must say, was a...
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It Takes a Village – 2020
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES They say it takes a village to raise a family… but what about when your town hosts a triathlon? How many people does that take to pull off successfully? Turns out – A LOT! Year after year, people have stepped up to the plate to help make TRI Clear Lake a successful...
The Perfect Day
BY: RACHEL WUMKES There will be an official blog post at a later date to personally thank all those who helped with TRI Clear Lake last weekend – because there are SO many people – but I just had to get something out today while I’m still riding the high of the event. In case you missed it, hundreds of athletes...
Feel Good Friday!
Image by Daniel Reche from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES I’m not sure about you guys, but I feel a bit like I’m floating on Cloud 9 this week! I mean, we survived another full week of school without being shut down by the State. That in itself is cause for celebration! I figure every day we get without having to go back to...
An Athlete Invasion
BY: RACHEL WUMKES They’ve been planning this for weeks. Months even. Training. Practicing. Pushing the limits of their bodies. And now… the time has come. They’ll begin to trickle into town late in the week. You may not notice it at first. A car here. A truck there. But then, like a swarm of locusts descending on a...
Checking in on TRI Clear Lake
BY: RACHEL WUMKES As communities, the country, and even the world adjusts to our new normal of social distancing, it seems the uncertainty of the future weighs heavily on all of us. We had plans. Lots of plans. Plans for concerts and parties and graduation ceremonies. Triathlons. I wanted to provide you all with a quick...
Time to Gear Up!
BY: RACHEL WUMKES As I sit here in my office, attempting to shake the foggy pile of cobwebs from my tired brain after our family getaway to St. Louis over Spring Break, it dawned on me how quickly the season of Spring is barreling upon us. When we left, the ground was covered in snow. Piles of it, actually. And now, I...