Sandrat Trail Run

Havent bloggd in awhile, dam H3!

Anyway, it hasnt stopped me from running, completely anyways.  Losing motiviation here, need help!!!!

The North Shore Trail run a couple weeks ago was a blast.  First time I had done a Trail Run. That morning a cold front came in and it rained. Made the conditions prime for injury.  Cold and wet, muddy trails, muddy shoes, wet rocks.  The longest distance I had ran all summer was 5 or 6 miles and this run was 8.5 miles and on trails which makes it even more tough.

Anyway, so the race starts and I'm hanging in there. The most technical part of the course was in the beginning. I managed to make it through there without a scratch, just a couple of turned ankles.  Watched one guy slip on an exposed tree root and then slam his chin down on a rock, ouch!  That even made me cringe.  After 5 miles my hips are getting sore, i'm getting old, not as flexible anymore.  I managed to catch up to someone around mile 6 six and decided I would hang with him till the finish and try to out sprint him at the end.  As we are getting close, I was estimating another quarter to half mile to go, I was getting fatigued.  Apparently enough so that I did not even see this rock that I was going to trip over.  The trail had gotten easier and I lost my focus on the ground, too busy looking up and ahead. So I tripped over a small rock and landed hard, face down on the muddy trail.  I let out a loud grunt as I hit the ground, it took the wind right out of me, lol.   Anyway, I got up right away and tried to catch back up to the guy I was pacing with, only to find out that right around the next corner was the finish.  Dam!

I made it safely through 8.5 miles of trails just to wipe-out at the end on a stupid little rock, the only obstacle on the course for the last two miles of the race, lol. Anyway, took my 1 hour and 13 minutes to do the run. I was predicting an hour twenty or more. But when your running trails your more focussed on your footwork and obstacles than you are with your own fatigure or heavy breathing. 

So this Sunday I have another Trial Run that I will do, the 15th Annual Sandrat Trail Run. It will be approximately 9.5 miles along the Kansas River on scenic, winding, and sandy trails.

Afterwards will be held a Rugrats race for the kids. Its about a mile run. My son, age 9, wants to run in that.  Should be fun to watch.  He did a mile long cross country run last year with the local high school cross country team and ran in under 8 minutes. I was suprised, it was a spur of the moment thing.  Maybe he's inhereted his father and grandfathers running ability. ;)