If you are signed up for the Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon, you already know what three weeks out feels like. The hard training blocks are done. The taper is coming. And your body is starting to have opinions about everything you put it through in May.
The Lake to Lake hits June 27 — its 26th year on a beautiful course in Northern Colorado. Sprint or Olympic distance, first triathlon or your regular June race, it draws a crowd that genuinely loves being out there. If you have not registered yet, there is still time. The race tends to fill up.
The Last Three Weeks Are Not About Fitness
The athletes who show up feeling strong on race morning usually made one clear decision: they stopped trying to build fitness in the final stretch and focused on arriving healthy instead. No surprise long rides because a Tuesday felt good. No extra sessions squeezed in when the weather was perfect. Just consistent, lower-stakes maintenance while letting the previous months of work settle in.
That is harder than it sounds in Colorado, where the weather in June is perfect and every trail is calling. But your fitness is already there. What you are protecting now is your ability to access it.
What Actually Makes a Difference
Muscle soreness is the quiet tax on heavy training, and it compounds when you ignore it. The Colorado Fresh Nano Amplified CBD Roll-On ($85) has become a regular recommendation for athletes in the shop during race season. The nano-emulsified CBD absorbs faster than a standard topical, and the arnica, tea tree, and camphor in the formula add a familiar cooling effect that works well on the specific spots — IT band, shoulder, calves — that tend to talk back after swim-bike-run training weeks.
The hydration piece is one Colorado athletes underestimate every single year. Altitude and dry June air pull more out of you than you feel in the moment. The Nano CBD Hydration Drops by GoodLeaf Hemp Therapeutics ($80) live in a lot of training bags this time of year. Built on a pH 9.0 alkaline water base with lion's mane and CBD, they blend into a water bottle without tasting like a supplement — which is exactly what you want when you are already managing electrolytes, nutrition, and everything else.
Race Week Is Simple
Do not try anything new. Eat the food you have been eating. Sleep in a dark, cool room. Keep the evening routine the same as it has been. The athletes who stress the least on race morning are usually the ones who built a boring recovery routine weeks out and stuck with it.
We are open Monday through Saturday, 11am–6pm, at 677 E. Eisenhower Blvd. in Loveland. Stop in before race day if you want to talk through the kit. We will keep it simple.
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