PTOC event, Blue and Gray, Medium course
We carpooled with Mean Gene so we had a nice long visit on the way there and back. There were 3 women running long today and I so wanted to join them, because it would have been fun competition. But I knew I should stay on the medium course today and not push it.
Course was easy to begin with except the trails were frozen horse trails that warmed up to mud. The course was more fun later when there were a few route choice options, and it was smarter to avoid the trails.
I decided to start my back to running plan, which included 150m jogs alternating with walking. I'm out of shape and got tired on the first one, and then got sloppy on the execution to 3 and wandered on various trails for a few minutes. I was frustrated with that.
Rest of the navigation was clean. Did a few more jogging bits, and my foot didn't hurt too bad. Foot was hurting when I finished, took some ibuprofen.
Good crowd, fun to hang out and talk after. Until the damp cold settled into your bones. Then it was time to jump into the warm car and head home.