This was a post I wrote at Runner's World.
Hi guys, it's been a rough weekend and this morning half way to race (McDowell Mountain Frenzy 25k) and much too late to turn around I realized I had forgotten my Garmin 305. For about a minute on the freeway I fought the feeling to just turn around and bag the race. I didn't even have a watch so I just decided to run by feel and see what the day brings.
When I got there I recognized a twitter friend that I've chatted twitter with but never have met in real life. I didn't want to be 'that guy' so I decided to let her pace me without her knowing it because I saw a Garmin on her wrist! Anyway, I couldn't take it and just caught up with her and introduced myself to her. She was running with another lady who I had met on twitter but hadn't talked to in some time. We ran the entire race together and I just had a freaking ball. I usually walk one minute after each mile, but decided to hang with them as long as I could and never had a problem. We just talked like school children for three hours.
A big reason for running this trail series is to meet with some local runners and maybe get to run with them more often. What started out to be a horrible day became what maybe has turned out to be my best running day ever.
The trail was rolling hill after rolling hill and my stats are from one of the gals Garmin 305. We all crossed the finish line at the same time. 15.68 miles, 3:17:19 with 3258 elevation gain. To be honest I'm shocked at the elevation gain.
A very good day, glad I didn't turn around and bag the race.
For the week, 13.11, 3, 15.68 and 12.4 for 44.19 miles. That's a new weekly PR, yea me! :)
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