Saturday, September 17, 2005

Forest Challenege

Today was the great Forest Challenege at Macks Canyon on Mount Charleston. When I turned off the highway I started seeing elevation signs: 4000, 6000 the last one I saw was 8,000 feet and I kept climbing to the start. My little truck barely made it.

Starting temperatures were in the 40s. Undaunted I proceeded on the 12-mile trail run in shorts and short sleeves. My recent trail running really helped.  I was never fatigued. Granted I went pretty slow up some hills but I didn't have to walk like most of the "runners."  One was my yoga teacher Kim Culp. I had taken her class the night before. She was nervous about running the 8-mile course. She'd never run more than 6 miles. But she decided to run the 12 which she finished. Results weren't available when I left but it looks like I took 3rd out of 8th in my age group.

The most tiring part was the drive home. Rising before 5am, driving 60 miles and running 12 over very steep hills the last thing I wanted to do was drive for another hour. I took plenty of photos so look for another slideshow.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A good conditioner for the marathon,sounds like you did well.Too bad you have to go to work tonight,you could use the rest.Easy does it tomorrow,