The precipitation stopped and it held off til we were done. Started off on grass then hit the trail. Lindsay and I ran the first half together, which was nice. The trail is narrow in many parts so no one near the back of the pack was doing much passing. Felt good the first two miles, just took it easy. We had to hop over trees and duck under trees. There were some hills, which I did fine on. Lindsay took off at the halfway point and I just settled in at a decent relaxed, but not too easy pace for me. At some points I had trouble finding the trail but they marked it decently well and had some course marshalls. Toward the end there was a "hill" that was basically an almost 90 degree climb up. I almost had to use my hands, but managed to scale it just by running carefully. Took the wind out of me, though. Then in the last half mile or so (I think) we had to cross a tiny stream/muddy icky area. The girl in front of me totally submerged her one shoe and was PISSED! I really wanted to avoid that, even though I was wearing old shoes. Somehow I managed to ford the area and only get mud on the front right side of my left foot. Was worried I might slip back down the hill on the other side but I managed to finish without getting ridiculously dirty. At the last water stop I got water UP my nose. I'm a genius. Saw Lindsay at the end and I was happy to finish.

Um. Take a car not the bus to the damn race haha.

We grabbed some hot oatmeal, which was awesome and so hit the spot. We talked to Orlando for a bit then Lindsay and I put on dry clothing and walked back to the bus. It was a long walk.


I didn't want to trip and eat sh*t. Lindsay ran this trail a month or so ago and fell. She swears it knocked her bad knee into place!


Fun race. Wish there were more directions as to how to get to the start. Great volunteers and cool course. It's listed as 5.25 miles but I came out with 5.17. Close enough.