Long story short: running has not been going well lately, and this race did not either.

( Details.. )

I feel like this was a tough week, but honestly that's probably mostly colored by my runs this weekend. I don't really remember my mid-week runs, other than the weather was good. I have a lot of long sleeved shirts in this week's laundry. That's a good thing.

But this weekend is really the part of the week I remember. A challenging race with a DNF ( Read more... )

This was not a race I knew existed, or that I anticipated doing! But I learned about it 2 weeks before it happened, and 30k of supported trail running sounded delightful, so I signed up. And Matt signed up for the 10k.

( Details.. )

Short version: My first (unintended) DNF (Did Not Finish) that I can remember.

( Long (TMI) version.. )