Relive 'Morning Apr 27th' , yeah not really sure i want to relive the run it was a really long tough day with lots of high and low moments.
The day was all about the weather...it ruled. Woke up at 3am to a blizzard , yeah thats right snow had returned with a vengeance. Rolled back over and managed to sleep for a couple of more hours getting up 40 minutes before the alarm was set and that made for a wee bit of extra time to enjoy a coffee in the hot tub. Race started at 09:00 , about a 90 minute drive to Horseshoe that turned out to be 2/3 white knuckle. The roads were ice and snow and a little bit slushy and the summer tires did not do it justice. I arrived a little after 8am with enough time to get ready for the start. Did a last minute adjsutemt going down to a single long sleeve tech T with a shell. Had on my mid weight tights, wool socks , wind proof underwear, wool gloves and a few buffs just incase.
The race started at 09:00 am , very slow at the back of the pack. Things were rather white , rather wet and rather muddy and it was only going to get worse through the entire day! I really hated the first two laps even entertaining the idea of a DNF...at least it kept the mind occupied. Heading out on the second loop I got a great big soaker ...dam cold and not nice at all. I ran with cold wet feet the reset of the day. Temps were a little below freezing but the wind was howling. There are allot of hills on this course and hills means generating allot of body heat! At times I was overheating then moments later it was freezing. I almost wore out the zipper on the the shell...up and down all day long. Something really good happened on laps 3 and even lap 4. Passing the half way point the misery turned to joy I felt great and really started to enjoy the day and I am not sure where that came from but I will take it. On the 4th lap the mind completely shut down it was all about one foot in front of the other. I had a good consistent run ( I say that before checking the splits ) no death march just kept plodding away!
I tripped the clock at 7hrs38min54sec my slowest PYP of the 8 I have done. Typically I would come in about and hour sooner but I do take solace that in 2014 I logged 7hrs22min! I finished 82 out of 98 finishers.
I will add the splits and other data when the become available. All and all it really wasn't s bad day any day I get to run that far is a good day. I sure hope that Seaton has better weather and I get my but moving allot faster!
Splits 1hr49min, 1hr53min, 1hr56min, 1hr58min ... I am good with that nice steady effort. I don't like to play the fade.
Garmin stuff ...
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