I woke up this morning and my calf muscles were a little sore from the hills yesterday.So I decieded to go to the Black Warrior 25k course and run it. I will be running it in about 2 weeks and I wanted to get a feel for it.The course starts at Brushy lake and heads up hill for 1.6 miles and then levels off. At 2.6 it turns right onto horse trails. Since my legs were already sore I started where the horse trail starts and ran the key mill loop.(10 miles) This was my first trail run and I wasnt really sure what to expect.
The temperature was 24 degrees and very windy but the trees blocked most of the wind.It had been very muddy and where the horses had walked they had left deep tracks in the mud.Last nights temp was 18 degrees so the holes were frozen hard making runing across them very tricky.All I needed was a broken ankle in the middle of nowhere all by myself.By the time I was finished the ground was starting to thaw out and was very slippery. I only fell one time but almost twisted my ankle 100 times!I was surprised that my legs held up and I had a pretty good time.I cant wait until the race.My pace was slow but I know that I can do better now that I have run the course. 10:50/pace | 