Training Log Archive: W

WOW, what an incredible run. Started at basically sea level, and climbed up this long valley on a trail cut into the side of a steep hill that followed along the side of the hill. Also, it was pouring, pouring rain. So, not only was it cool, it was pretty damn cool. The scenery would have been even greater if it was possible to see further than 50 meters in the distance, but there was the occasional moment when it cleared up enough to get a great photo.

I kept climbing and climbing, mainly because I wanted to get to a specific place, and I did, eventually hitting this small village-ish thing, or, at least a little community center and mini-stage in the middle of nowhere in particular. Then it was time to prance back down.

This would be the second time before my race that I was moderately painfully reminded that all this downhill running was a bad idea. The hamstrings were getting pretty dang tired by the bottom. Upside was that I ran this in my road shoes, so I learned that trying to do the race in those road shoes would probably be a terrible, terrible idea.

(retrospective update: yep, it would have been a terrible, terrible idea)