Another living history farms off-road race today. I ran it last year and it was a blast. Completely off-roading, through corn fields, up monster hills/mud cliffs. 9 creek crossings. Ran it in my spikes which i found at home. Last year was freezing cold which made it challenging. this year the weather was a little better(mid 30s with fog), the water crossings were still cold and the race was just as challening. I finished looking like a mud monster--I couldnt get up out of one of the creeks and just got covered in mud in the process--priceless! I think the distance changes on this thing every year. Last year I ran it in 46 minutes and something and this year it was 50 minutes. O well, i dont really do it for time, just to have a fun off road experience. Its such a hard race! Truly takes it outta ya. Its neat though because 7000 people run each year, so to get 182 out of 7000 is pretty cool. Nonetheless, I had a blast this year and will try to come back next year for sure. They say the race is over 7 miles, but i have no idea how much past it, so i just ballparked it and said I ran 9 total with the mile warmup and brief cooldown. They always mess with the mile markers too, one mile (like number 4) i ran in 5:10 haha (definitely wasnt a 5:10, i wasnt running that hard), and then mile 5 was 11:10 (definitely not that slow), i dont think they even know haha, just place random mile markers. It was a pure guts running day today! | 