Gary Henry took this picture of me as I was told that we were being pulled from the race due to tornadoes.. grrrrr, I said, grrrr! He has some great pictures from the event on his website UltraStory.com.
I took a couple days off after Freestate and drank beer and ate lots and lots, but now it's time to get serious about Leadville training. Despite taking a few days off I still I got in 30 miles of running and lots and lots of squats, lunges and core work. YEOUCH! I spent the first half of the week sore from slip sliding in the mud at Clinton and the other half of the week hobbling around with weightlifting muscle soreness. I forgot how much lunges can hurt!
I'm looking forward to racing at Lake Perry this weekend.. Rock Creek Trail Series #2. Somehow I forgot about the first race of the series a few weeks ago, which made me really sad. Willie at Great Plains Running Company puts on great races and does so much to support the local trail running community and is a great ultra runner too!
On Saturday I was headed over to the Prairie Center to get in some mileage before I met up with some newbie runner friends to show them the joys of running in the mud. On my way I ran into a road race, (not literally) but for a split second I considered parking and registering, but reconsidered when I remembered how much I hate running on the roads and with huge crowds of people...instead I had the 5K trail loop all to myself for hours. Kinda to myself anyway, I saw tons of birds, squirrels and rabbits. The stream crossings were especially rife with some amazing birds and the cold water felt great. Later on I had a great time running with the newbie runners too...showing new people the joys of running on the trails and stomping through the mud and playing in the streams makes me very happy.
If you subscribe to Running Times magazine or are near a newsstand, there is an article about Kansas City trail running in the June edition and I got a few quotes in there. One of the quotes tickled me pink..I talk about how great the Trail Nerds have been to me, but the magazine comes out hot on the heels of me being kicked out of the Kansas City Trail Nerds due to my involvement in helping create a Lawrence based trail group. Needless to say, I found the timing hilarious!
6 comments:
I can't wait to hear your training stories for your next big race. You truly amaze me with your great running ability.
They did not kick you out! Are you kidding me?
I thought trail runners were the kindler, gentler types. :)
Just with the occasional grrrrr, grrrrr.
It's a grrrr! but it's also a big grin... and my, what big teeth you have! All the better to eat up those miles. And maybe we'll eat a few rocks at Rock Creek, Saturday. Crunchy. And ZESTY! See you tomorrow, Hawk!!
Kicked out? Who kicked you out? Nobody has kicked you out. I've always been proud of your running accomplishments and your gracious generosity to the Trail Nerds.
Well, damn that Yahoo then Ben! It seems to have booted Christy, Gary & I off the Nerds list all on the same day and then must have lost that email that Gary sent to you asking what was going on... stupid cyberspace.
Woo hoo-I got a chance to read the Running Times article today and yep--there you were! ;) Cool!
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