What ever. I cannot remember. Maybe it's becasue I am getting too old. -Who knows.
Anyway, I started out this morning on the bike for a 2 mile warm up. I then started out from my house around 6:20AM and ran 10 miles up and over Mt. Pickerington for an out and back.
Here is a picture after my second summit ontop of Mt. Pickerington.
After I got back from that, I woke my wife up and made her go with me to the Muddy Feet trail race up at Alum Creek.
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The race was extremely muddy first of all. I bet I ended up burning double the calories that I normally would have running 8 miles. For some reason their website is wrong. It says 6.7 miles but it was 8 miles. Anyways, I finished in 1:17:52. For it being as muddy as it was, that wasn't too bad at all.
I would venture as far as saying it was miserable. I walked a lot during the race. It was shoe sucking mud, and no shortage of it either.
Here is a picture of me at the start. Can you tell that I am cold? I was so cold I put my race shirt on. That's a No, No.
When I got back, I took my 3rd shower for the day, and hopped on the bike again for 14 miles. I'm tired to put it short. I am gonna go grab a pup and take a nap for a couple of hours.Totals: Run (Accumulative): 18 Miles........2:55:02.............9:43 Pace
.............Bike: (Accumulative): 16 miles
Break down:
Bike: 2 Miles
Morning run: 10 Miles: 1:37:20
Trail race: 8 Miles: 1:17:52
Bike: 14 Miles
happy birthday! and good job at the muddy feet run, at least they pulled out all the mud for ya :)
ReplyDeleteenjoy the rest of your day
Happy Birthday, what a great way to celebrate it.
ReplyDeleteYou do look a bit chilly in that picture, was it 34 degrees?
;-)
You know SLB,
ReplyDeleteI think it may have been 34 degrees.
Actually it was a little warmer than that. Maybe in the low 40's.
Thanks BTW.
It was cold until I got started and then after that I was fine.
Thanks Liz,
I think I cleared all the mud out for others that were behind me.
It was a bummer to see people in front and back of me chicken out and decided to cut the course. I saw a lot of people doing it.
My wife is taking me to Brio Tuscan Grill tonight. -Can't wait.
That was a great training day! Way to run a great pace on the trails!
ReplyDeleteMan, I can't think of a better way to spend a Birthday!
ReplyDeleteJosh, Rob,
ReplyDeleteIt was a great day. I couldn't have wanted to spend it any other way. -Well, okay, running on the sandy beaches of Hawaii maybe.
I think I over-worked every single muscle strand in my legs from that trail race. If I hurt now, I can only imagine two days from now.
Happy belated birthday Nick!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to spend your birthday!
Thanks Kim. It was a great day.
ReplyDeleteSo exhausting. Very much how every Birthday should be!
I refueled with a big Chocolate cake my wife baked me.