Everything hurts

The Beaver Creek Snowshoe Series was on again on Sunday. I surprised myself in the first race, and was happy to see that my efforts to run outside this winter were paying off, but I always want to be faster and that set me up for a tough 2nd race. Of course, I wanted to do even better. I definitely celebrated after the first race and was proud of myself because, after all it is all about the process, the journey, not necessarily the destination right?

So I may have gone out a little too hard but, every race there is something learnt! The 10K course went up Aspen Glade which is short but challenging and I wouldn't let myself walk, I couldn't (apparently I am very stubborn). The first 3 miles were climbing, then we got into some single track - 'hello balance'. I was ready for this after floundering about at Tennessee Pass a few weeks ago, ready to redeem myself. I only tripped 3 times. The downhill was pretty fast or maybe that was because Jen was on my heels. Thanks Jen, I am pretty sure I hurt a much more today having you on my heels. I was on the edge of in and out of control. I am still not sure how I didn't trip and kill myself.

So I had a target time of 1:15 but came it at 1:20. I am still happy with the result as this course was a little tougher with the single track and most times were a few minutes slower. Congrats to Jennie Thorne and Greg Kelly who came in 6th in the 5K in their age groups, and Carl Bruggeman who finished in 1:05, nice work. Josiah won the men's 10K after taking a wrong turn, I guess that happens when you don't have fresh tracks to follow, serves you right for being so fast ;)

It was freezing after the race and I couldn't quite get warm enough, so I headed to the steam room for some relief. I was surprised at how unbelievably trashed I was for the rest of the day, everything hurt. I couldn't remember feeling this fatigued in a long time. The next race is at McCoy Park at the top of Strawberry Park at the Beav. Maybe this is where I'll crack 1:15!