AM: Leg #2 Zion Ragnar Trail Series 2am: This was quite the little catastrophe of events. The runner before my runner forgot to wake me up so I got a screaming into the tent from the runner before me. Crap I had missed the trade off! Jumped out of my sleeping bag and just started running in my pajamas....ha! 4 miles of trail hiking in the dark with a practically dead headlamp half asleep. My watch beeped at 30 min and I looked down to see I had reached 2.6 miles. Wow I was blazing! Tried to speed up and tripped and fell flat on my face. huh I was fine but my pajamas were dirty. I was finally feeling halfway awake by the time I finished this one so I ran a couple of miles with Josh. 6 miles at a 10:15 average pace.
AM: Leg #3 11am: Even after running 2 legs and knowing how hard this trail thing was I still had some weird goal of breaking 8 min miles for the last 3.6 miles. ha that did not happen! 8:12 pace and I think I walked at least once, legs wobbling as I trotted across the finish line.
Final thoughts: I had an absolute blast and I am so glad I did it! My team was awesome, the camping concept was so much fun, and I got to hangout with Rachel quite a bit which was great. But wow oh me oh my I have an entirely new respect for trail running. Talk about a major ego check! I have terrible balance, run very flat footed (I do not pick up my feet well), and am honestly very glad to come out of this without a sprained ankle!
PM: 4 miles easy. Just trying to make sure I was still a runner. |