I really should not go on a Mtn Bike ride days before planning on wearing a skirt. I stopped at this ravine that crossed over a creek. I paused there, took a break, deciding if I should continue. I saw this family cross and then a biker went down and back up opposite of the way I was going. I figured that since he was able to do it, I should too. So I backed up so I could get speed to go down and back up. Bad idea. I kept my left foot down and my right leg up so my left food got totally soaked and then as I was trying to peddle back up, my shoe slipped off my and I nearly fell on my left which would have been into bushes. I scraped my thigh and calf a bit. I only biked some 6 odd miles but some of those hills were awesome and got my heart beating! Also found a small place that Brent & I will be able to do a picnic!
Whoever said that it's better to go into a race undertrained than overtrained should be shot. For the Sunrise Rotary 8k: My legs were dead by the 4th mile. I ran 4 minutes slower than the race last year. But then again, the wind gusts were insane and coming from west to east so the first part was going north. Yuck. The second part was going east so that was pretty nice. Then back south, yuck. My hair is NOT aerodynamic at all. It kept going over my shoulder when I wanted it to stay behind my back. Good thing I'm getting it cut soon. I walked in this race. I've never done that before. I walked through the first water station. And then walked after the second station before the third. I felt horrible but I had to. Then once I reached the 4th mile, I vowed not to walk the last .97 miles but man was that ever hard to do. I came in at 47:33. Last year was 43 something. I also came third in my age group last year, sixth this year. :-( But still the food is still totally great there. Strawberries were so huge!
Whoever said that it's better to go into a race undertrained than overtrained should be shot. For the Sunrise Rotary 8k: My legs were dead by the 4th mile. I ran 4 minutes slower than the race last year. But then again, the wind gusts were insane and coming from west to east so the first part was going north. Yuck. The second part was going east so that was pretty nice. Then back south, yuck. My hair is NOT aerodynamic at all. It kept going over my shoulder when I wanted it to stay behind my back. Good thing I'm getting it cut soon. I walked in this race. I've never done that before. I walked through the first water station. And then walked after the second station before the third. I felt horrible but I had to. Then once I reached the 4th mile, I vowed not to walk the last .97 miles but man was that ever hard to do. I came in at 47:33. Last year was 43 something. I also came third in my age group last year, sixth this year. :-( But still the food is still totally great there. Strawberries were so huge!
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