Some difficult footing, especially with the quickly falling snow. Second lap was much more difficult, wetter, and some slick spots. Overall the run felt good. Developed some pain in my left arch from blisters on the second lap and the hills were much tougher the second time through, but I kept moving the whole way. Only walked the hills that pretty much everyone was walking.

Try to take better advantage of the flat/clear areas with better footing. I ended up taking it easy on those stretches to conserve energy. Also would be nice to have moisture wicking gloves and a hat. My cotton gloves and hat got soaked through. My glasses fogged up constantly so it was a battle to try to see where I was going and maintain solid footing sometimes. All in all though I had a great run and would do it again, even in this weather.

Hot soup, changed into not wet clothes and warmed up in the car. Apparently I was giving off so much heat I looked like I was on fire according to CK and AW.


Inexperience in trail running. Not knowing when to turn up the speed and scale back most efficiently. Equipment.


It's low key, so there weren't a ton of volunteers, but enough to get you where you need to go. Just one aid station, since the course is in a state park and spread out it's not really possible to have more. ORRRC did a great job, and I'm looking forward to running more of their races next year.