Sweet Air Trail Run

Well its fun to have a race type thing to talk about because theres a lot more activity etc- not just "6 mile distance run" haha.

So the first miraculous thing that happened is that I got there early. 7:40 early. then I heard the race started at 8:30 rather than the 8 that i thought so i was confused on what to do with all of the extra time. Eventually we decided it was time to warm up.

The warmup was relatively eventful. First of all there were lots of yummy raspberries which i only ate 2 when we turned around. Second of all Patrick and I wiped out consecutively on this incredibly slippery wooden bridge. Not a good sign when you fall in warmup- was it a sign of things to come- read on intrepid ...um crap... reader.

So we started and after about a mile i got right in behind greg lang and matt erford. There were a couple other guys back there but they faded after the first stream crossing. The best thing about this race was that i showed good climbing ability and was able to gain on both of those guys who are in high 16s shape for 5k more or less. So that was good and pretty encouraging. After the second stream crossing greg waited in the stream briefly but i didnt want to- i pulled away from erford as expected on the hill after that and built a good lead. Then I proceeded to go the wrong way as I missed a turn somewhere. So they both repassed me along with maybe one other person? Anyway I turned around and got back on the trail and finished up.

The first 5 steps of the wd were a religious experience- if the religion is the opus dei that i just briefly reread about in the davinci code back cover. my knee was sore from standing around- also this is about the hardest possible thing on it. my foot was felt during the race not painful. After nap it was better than it got a little sorer as the day went on - more on the bone spur on the heel than underneath. So it should be sore tomorrow am and hopefully better by tom pm well see.

Running with em tom am hopefully it will be slow. maybe we cam find some level grss but there isnt really any that she likes ha- oh well.

Btw i know neither my time or really place from today- around 45-46 min and approx 7-10th place heh- really falling apart on that lol.