Truffle Shuffle - Run4 Mile

I really liked this race. The course was nice, although a little crowded when we got to the path thru the park. Big River had gone through the day before and cleared all the snow so it was pretty clear, just a few slick spots here and there. Volunteers were at all the slick spots to warn us to be careful. There were a couple of hills, including one that I've run several times in the past couple of years (2 other races use a similar course) and always have trouble on. This time I was able to run up the whole thing. It was slow, but I made it up.

One of the nice things about this race was the "sub-races". They had someone dressed as Cupid and anyone over 21 who finished the race before him got a bottle of wine. I wasn't anywhere near fast enough for that - in fact, I didn't even see him until the end of the race - so no wine for me. They also had a couple's race. The couple with the fastest combined time won a night in a local B&B.

I finished pretty well, got my chocolate finisher's "medal" and headed inside.

Maybe start a little farther up so I could avoid some of the bottlenecks on the park path. Other than that, it was a good run for me.

Headed inside for cookies/bagels/gatorade/water/hot chocolate. Waited to see my official time, then headed home.


There were a lot more people there than I expected for a first time race, especially in February, but Big River did a good job overall.