It was rainy and windy and cool. It was the very first event that Inside Trail Racing was putting on. A lot of people were watching, waiting, to see how this would turn out....
Well a bunch of us showed up in Pacifica and found a well organized, all around nicely organized and friendly run put together.
BUTT SHOT |
The course was tough. Really tough. The first loop was a major climb, and up at the top of the mountain the wind gusts were unbelievable before the downhill back to the start/finish for the aid station. Setting back out for the pink loop I may have mistakenly convinced myself it was going to be easier than the first loop. It wasn't. We climbed and climbed for what seemed like forever. At one point I asked a woman behind me "is there a TOP to this?" She said no.
This is what makes it all worth it. |
I showed up to race, but my legs didn't. I'm going to blame it on the fact that I wasn't quite recovered from running a back to back half marathon/marathon two weeks ago. Anyway, I got through it, but more importantly, I met someone who really inspired me. We ran together for a while, and I feel really honored that I got to capture this.
See you on the trails...
This guy is awesome....and I have been making too many excuses, or more importantly "don't want it bad enough" like you stated. Thank you for posting this Lia, because I needed a wake-up call...I need to become healthy...without the excuses.
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DeleteGreat recap and awesome video! I hope you don't mind I shared your video on our FB page. Seeing the KC Kid finish and chatting with him afterwards was definitely one of the highlights of the race for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming out and running with us. Hope to see you at another event soon!
-Tim S.
Don't mind at all, thanks for the share. See you next time!
DeleteIs Inside Trail Running in addition to PCTR and Coastal Trail Runs or is it replacing one of them?
ReplyDeleteI recognized a couple of runners in the video. One was Jill (arcticglass.blogspot.com) whom runs a lot of these races. Do you follow her too?
I ran this same course at the Pacifica 30K, but I think it made the loops backward of what you did. Killer to run the North Peak at the end! Nice job!!
Thanks, Karen! Inside Trail Racing is an entirely new organization, and this was their very first event. The course was killer, so I definitely admire the folks that were out there for the 50k!
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