26 April 2014
...Or How to Have Fun on Monte Sano Mountain
I can't lie, I wish I had signed up for all three stages rather than just one of the inaugural Grand Viduta Stage Races this weekend. As it happened, my wife and I decided against the Nashville Country Music Marathon (e.g. I'm too cheap to pay $400 a night to stay at hotel) and ended up staying in town, instead. I had been running a lot and really needed to take a day or so off, so I decided to only register for the Saturday stage of the races. One third of my usual training group (Jerry and James) had registered for the whole weekend and been training for it, Ed and I registered for Saturday only and had also been training for different events, only Mike and Rich opted out entirely. In any case, we were all training for one thing or another.
Posted by Ultra Kraut in 2014 Grand Viduta Stage Races, Grand Viduta, Grand Viduta Stage Races, Race Reports, Trail Races, Trail Running
19 April 2014
Always the best tech shirts at this race:-) |
Posted by Ultra Kraut in 2014 Cookie Dash 5K, Cookie Dash 5K, Race Reports, Road Races, Road Running
13 April 2014
My favorite pic of my wife and I. No need to zoom in to see us both smiling war to ear:-) |
12 April 2014
A great shot taken by one of the race volunteers. A beautiful day and course, indeed. |
... or Tails From the Front of the Middle of the Pack
I signed up for this one as my 50K for April, one race in a line of "local" monthly 50k-50M races I put on my calendar in training for the Pinhoti 100 Miler in November. I ran this race for the first and only time three years ago, long before I had my "health issues". Since I consider everything prior to Pinhoti 100 in November a training race, actual racing isn't really on my mind, but I have been noticing that I've steadily been getting faster since puttin' on my ultra running shoes again earlier this year. My initial thoughts of "wow, I'm just glad to be out here running ultras again, DFL or not" have slowly turned into "$h!t, I might actually be getting faster than I was before my reconstructive ankle surgery, multiple DVTs and bilateral pulmonary emboli, yeah buddy!"
Posted by Ultra Kraut in 2014 SweetH2O 50K, Race Reports, SweetH2O 50K, Sweetwater Creek State Park Trails, Trail Races, Trail Running, Ultra Marathons, Ultra Running
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