That is what I said to myself after tonite's race- by far one of the most intense races ever! This 8 mile race ended up being 8.7 miles - four 2+ mile loops through trails covered in 6 inches of snow! It really was crazy. After the first loop I thought "really, I have to do this 4 more times?" Not to mention my back/nerve was killing me and it was literally 3 degrees out. My eyelashes froze shut and I kept having to put my gloves over my face to melt them. If that isn't hard core, I don't know what is! One of my running friends from my Thursday night group did it (it was his idea) and I spent a large part of the race cursing his name! In the end, it was all good though as I came in first overall female with a course record (although this race is only in it's second year but whatevs...) I won a cozy fleece blanket! :) Yay! Unfortunately, the uneven snow-footing has pushed my back to a whole new level of hurt and I can barely walk. I made plans to meet my training bud tomorrow morning for a long run so that should be interesting. I think I'll just defrost under the covers and hope it goes away!
Good times runners. Keep it real.
totally hardcore. and way to win!! that's an awesome prize. but take care of that nerve problem, nerves are things that do not like to be messed with.
ReplyDeletealso: is your countdown right? accoring to my math yesterday (jan 9th) was t-100 days 'til boston. but then again you might be counting down to something before boston?