Dear Aquatic Friends,
With much regret we must admit we can hold out no longer. Sharing this week in October with you is always a fun & cherished time for us, but sadly we will not be hosting the Highland Lakes Challenge this year.
When we were forced in March to shut-down the Cap 2k Open Water Race we decided to strive to be part of the solution not the problem both in our lives and with our events. Everything having to do with spring/summer aquatics (and most everything else) we've cancelled or not participated in.
Never did we expect Covid-19 would wrack our nation into the Fall months, as it has. I admit, we have been holding out ‘til the last-minute to find a way to run the Highland Lakes Challenge! “If we did this or that” conversation has been repeated until emotional exhaustion.
The bottom line is that we feel we need to continue to hold tight and act to be part of the solution. Being able to be disappointed at the cancellation of a swim surely makes us the lucky ones, however. Doesn’t it?! We will see this through and be wet together again.
Next year’s Highland Lakes Challenge is scheduled for: October 20-24, 2021. We look forward to seeing you then!
Sandy Neilson-Bell, Event Coordinator
Dr. Keith Bell, Event Director
With much regret we must admit we can hold out no longer. Sharing this week in October with you is always a fun & cherished time for us, but sadly we will not be hosting the Highland Lakes Challenge this year.
When we were forced in March to shut-down the Cap 2k Open Water Race we decided to strive to be part of the solution not the problem both in our lives and with our events. Everything having to do with spring/summer aquatics (and most everything else) we've cancelled or not participated in.
Never did we expect Covid-19 would wrack our nation into the Fall months, as it has. I admit, we have been holding out ‘til the last-minute to find a way to run the Highland Lakes Challenge! “If we did this or that” conversation has been repeated until emotional exhaustion.
The bottom line is that we feel we need to continue to hold tight and act to be part of the solution. Being able to be disappointed at the cancellation of a swim surely makes us the lucky ones, however. Doesn’t it?! We will see this through and be wet together again.
Next year’s Highland Lakes Challenge is scheduled for: October 20-24, 2021. We look forward to seeing you then!
Sandy Neilson-Bell, Event Coordinator
Dr. Keith Bell, Event Director
