RUN 26.3 miles in 5:38
We don't leave town to run much at all, I don't count Greensfelder as "leaving town". And after doing this, I can see why. It was a 2hr drive there! Yikes!
BUT, so worth it. This was like a special run, this trail is very isolated, quiet, varied, and REAL.
TV didn't want to get up early to join the Terrain group (he's been nicknamed LayZ, which I guess makes me Bee-yonce...) so we ran opposite them in the hopes of meeting them. This trail loop is something I have trouble understanding. When we ran it with BG and DG in 2013, I thought we ran c-clockwise when in fact we ran clockwise! Once I ran the MT later that year, then paced TV in 2014, I began to understand which direction is which leaving the parking lot. This run I made a point of understanding: counterclockwise means the creek comes first, the springs come second. I can hang on to that.
Totally gorgeous day, and with the full tree cover it was fully shaded. The trail was dry except a few thick mud areas. Perfect! My energy levels were good, today I tested the rice crackers again as well as some Smartie candies for the dextrose. I also bought lemon drop candies but they were too gross, threw them out. Only 50 cents! The smarties were good for flavor pop and mental entertainment, but not good for the difficult wrappers and low calorie count. Only 25 calories per roll! But at 50 cents for 8 rolls, not terrible. So these weren't so much fuel as they were something to perk me up a bit.
We kept a steady 4.5 miles per hour pace, met two KC runners training for MT50, and had a pretty perfect run. I did fall over a root in the first few miles and scraped up my right leg, but otherwise no problems. Even when my orthotics got wet at the creek I did OK.
I did suffer some 'where the f^ck is the finish line' in the last miles. I thought we were much closer than we actually were and fell behind on fueling. It's good to deplete and test that feeling sometimes, but I can't keep doing it every weekend!
Quick summary of today's fuel: pre run eggs, potato, coconut oil, banana.
In run: rice crackers, powerbar, 2 gels, and the smarties. Not much! But I only needed maybe one more gel.
Awesome thing to remember about this run: from miles 12-26 it was almost a constant thunder overhead, yet little to no rain and still some sun. It rolled overhead, some loud and some calm, but almost constant. We couldn't see storm clouds, but the KC runners did see dark skies at one point. We finished up, got in the truck, and almost immediately it started raining. Then rained the entire way home!! How did the rain miss us like that, too cool!
No pains, injuries, soreness...ignoring the scrapes from the fall. Great run!
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