Okay, the problem with this race was the wind. I should have known that things would not be great when, on my way to the race, I had to turn around because a road was closed due to a huge tree being down and blocking the road. When I got to the location and parked the car, I had a hard time even walking to the building where registration was. No one could hear the announcements made before the race started. All of a sudden, we heard the gun and everyone just took off. The first mile of the course was protected from the wind, but there were a lot of branches and debris all over the road. The second two miles were crazy windy. There were parts where I literally could not run into the wind. And, the inside of my ankles are marked up because as much as I tied to stop it, as I ran, my foot that was up was being blown into my other leg!! Add in the random rain, that when combined with the wind, felt like it was actually leaving marks on my face, arms, and legs. At one point, my glasses blew off my head! Finally, all I could do was laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation. There were SUSTAINED winds of 40 mph, with gusts of 50 mph.

This was my first 10k, and I really wanted to finish it. I had hoped for a faster time, but given the day, I was happy with my finish. There is nothing I could have done that would have changed the outcome of the day. I was just happy to do it.

Went inside as soon as possible! Had a smiley cookie and headed home, where we had no power for the rest of the day!


Just the wind!!