Friday, January 1, 2010
Made it 70. Stopped Early.
Asphalt & I hate each other. Really, I have no idea why I signed up for a 24 hour race on asphalt. I ran more today on asphalt than the last 2.5 years combined. Knees started hurting at mile 8. Ankle, shins, feet... 70 miles. Got to ring in the New Year, but went home early. If I were still there, I'd have 4 more hours. I'm glad I'm not. Temps ranged from 32-41 with drizzle & mist all day & night. 1/2"-1" of snow/sleet on the ground this morning. Cold & wet the whole time. David & Rhonda Lee, along with the other BMRC volunteers put on a great event, but it just wasn't my thing. More later. Time for bed.
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Way to hang in there Rick. 70 miles is quite an accomplishment! I DNS'd. Went to bed and it was snowing with predicted icing through the night. I am a chicken when it comes to driving in that crap. Didn't even bother to set my alarm. Doing my back-up race tomorrow instead...Tsali Frosty Foot Fest 50K. Nice comfy trials. Hope your recovery goes well.
You know I meant trails of course :-)
Tsali sounds like a great race. It's hard for me to say bad things about the Freedom Park race. So well organized, but I can't say I had a lot of fun.
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