Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Short Story

Well, I finished :). It was....a learning experience (said in my teacher positive spin voice). I feel proud that I completed it, but Ed and I both learned that, while we love running together for weekend runs, doing a race together isn't the best choice. Poor Ed was just not mentally prepared to be a "back of the pack" runner and pushed me a bit too hard in the beginning. That, on top of too hard runs the last few weekends, meant that I was spent by the time we got to the "easy" last 4 miles, and essentially dragged myself to the finish (with Ed's help). 

Still, there were great moments, and I did love spending a day on the trails with Ed. And, getting to do this about 12 times over the 3ish hours of the race was pretty awesome:


Report cards/big meeting/field trip are all happening this week, so once I survive this week, I'll fill all of you in on the details :)

5 comments:

Sarah said...

Sounds like it was a fun course! Looking forward to the details. You've come a long way!

Glenn Jones said...

That looks like soooooo much fun!

Golden Trails Dave said...

Way to hang in there. Looking forward to the full report.

Jessica DeLine said...

awesome! love that pic of you smiling in the water.

Jean said...

Awesome photo of the river crossing! Can't wait to hear the rest of your report!