"Lifes Ups And Downs"

As long as I have been participating in races I can not recall ever waking up on race day with a feeling of enthusiasm. On the contrary, each and very time I question why the hell I ever signed up?? From 5k to Ironman the pattern has never been broken!

As long as I have been participating in races I can not recall ever going to bed after the race without a feeling of enthusiasm. On the contrary, each and every time I know exactly why the hell I signed up. From 5K to Ironman the pattern has never been broken!

This is the first event of this type I have ever done. Way back in the early days I did a couple of very short trail runs but nothing of this magnitude. It was tougher than I thought. Primarily because of the steep ups and downs that you never find in a road race. Tomorrow I will be very, very sore.

I thought I could perhaps run a wee bit faster but only because I compared it to road racing and it is distinctly different. I still have not seen the official results but I think I finished 82nd out of 800. I am pretty happy with that. My time was 2:05:57 with laps of 1:03:24, and 1:02:33. Yup….my second lap was faster!! That ain't easy to do!! I look forward to studying the results to see how many others accomplished that feat.

(trail run, 25kms)
Love
Peter