Muddiest day of my life!

So I accomplished one of my life's goals yesterday. This race was three years coming. It was probably the funnest 10K I've ever done! Okay, so it might have been the only 10K I've ever actually done. But it was definately the muddiest race, no matter what distance!

It was more challenging than I expeced. Nobody told me about all the hills. They were long hills too. You'd think you had made it to the top, but then you would look around the corner and the hill keeps going. Good thing I was coming from altitude and I could turbo up the hills and pass all the people. That made me feel better about myself.

The obstacles and the mud were the funnest parts. We're talking river crossings, tunnel crawls, hay barrells, tires, 5-foot mud walls, and to top it all off a huge fat mud crawl! Most of the river crossings were quite small. Maybe only a foot deep. The last river crossing, however, was in a deep, faster moving river. There were ropes set up across the river to keep all the racers from drifting down stream. It was so deep it went up to about my shoulders. The bottom was very slippery mud. Some people didn't hold on to the ropes, they just practically swam instead. It was quite exciting.

I think this will be a yearly event for me. Next year I'm planning on doing it as a team.

6.2 miles, 67 minutes, The Camp Pendleton Mud Run

I've been a slacker lately in more ways than one

You might wonder why I haven't posted about my running adventures as of late. It's because I haven't had any. I went trail running last Tuesday morning. The BST, near the zoo. It was a good 2.5'ish mile run. Some good uphill climbing. Wednesday I was too busy. Thursday I was too busy. I couldn't even play frisbee because I had stupid staff training. So now I'm feeling like a fat, lazy person and I probably wont even be able to get out tonight. I have to show the apartment to some prospective buyers, and then I'm off to Wendover, Nevada. We'll see what tomorrow brings. My life just needs to slow down a little bit!

Just a side note about my frisbee team. It looks like we really are a tournament team. Last night they won all three games. We're playing next week and the worst we can do is third place overall. We have a chance to win this thing. And I'll be at staff training, yet again.

2 dogs, 1 rabbit, a duck, and some hikin'

We hit the trails again. Nat literally hit the trails. She fell twice and had some nice blood running down her leg. Weak ankles, she says. It was all quite an adventure to say the least. We decided to run north this time. Once we were behind the U hospital we took a right up this trail. While we were running up this hill, I looked ahead and was disheartened by it all. It turned out to be straight up hill for about a quarter-mile or so (I never was very good at judging distances). We decided to hike it. Twenty-five minutes out was our turn-around time. So we headed back down the trail. We got lost once. And when I say lost I don't really mean we were lost. I mean that we didn't take a turn and had to scramble up a short, but very steep hill. Definite good times.

It was another beautiful morning on the BST. The temp was nice. My legs felt pretty good. I did tank my left ankle once, folded it right over, but I think I'll recover. The hills are good for us, though. And so is the view.

4 miles; Bonneville Shoreline Trail

Hittin' the trails

When the alarm went off at 6 o'clock this morning I wasn't too happy. When it went off again at 6:09 am I still wasn't too happy. But Nat and I finally dragged ourselves out of bed; the trails were calling our names. We ran on the Bonneville Shoreline trail today. I think trail running is what I need in my life right now. All the hills will kick our butts into shape. It was good to see the city from the foothills--the greens of the valley floor, the sunlight inching over the tall buildings. By then end, I was happy I had woken up so early. I think I will try again tomorrow.

2.77 miles; Bonneville Shoreline Trail