A friend on facebook posted about her planned trip up to Nashville, Indiana to run the Dances With Dirt 50k and once I realized they had a half, I was in. And, I managed to convince fellow trail runner and coworker Lauren along for the ride! Plus, the promotional video made it seem so enticing...
A few months back, my running Thunder Buddy, Amy, had convinced me to do what's called "The Triple Crown Challenge." Essentially, you run two half marathons in Kentucky and a third half marathon of your choice and BOOM! Bonus medal. It didn't seem like a big deal at the time, but as the deadline to pick that third half got closer and closer, I was struggling to decide what my mysterious third half would be. A friend on facebook posted about her planned trip up to Nashville, Indiana to run the Dances With Dirt 50k and once I realized they had a half, I was in. And, I managed to convince fellow trail runner and coworker Lauren along for the ride! Plus, the promotional video made it seem so enticing...
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So in what has become the most hip of hip things to do, I spent a large part of my time in this past week wearing my most ugly of sweaters.
It warranted such comments as "I don't want to offend you, but is that your ugly sweater?" and "I just LOVE your sweater!" In the last case, the woman was serious and thought it was actually a cute sweater and I have serious questions about her fashion sense and also her sanity. But the most fun time I wore my ugly sweater was when I wore it without pants. Isn't that always the way it goes? After a rather uneventful Thursday evening of coordinating with Van 1, getting the Michigan folk from Van 2 down safe and sound in to Nashville and one of the worst waiters in the history of Olive Garden, dawn finally started to break on Friday morning, and the incandescent glow of the orange Ragnar Start Line greeted us.
It was 7:00am on Friday morning, and I was headed out to begin my second attempt at #RagnarTN, after having injured myself during last year's attempt. Along with five Ragnar newbies, we were about to undertake an event that I have said before can be "life changing." Also known as "That time Rory dragged me through my fastest 6k yet and managed to win her very first race medal."
I'm a pretty proud momma. I had the opportunity to write another guest review on Obstacle Racing Media about my experience running The Firebreather Challenge a couple weeks ago!
Head over there and check it out! I even got my little blurb! (Yes, Practically famous now...) Have you ever gone to a race, intending to do one event but ended up doing two?
No? Riiight... See because only crazy people do that. Once upon a time, a group of 8 individuals, most of whom had never met before, decided to run Ragnar Trails West Virginia.
And despite Mother Nature's best attempts, they were successful in completing their adventure. And adventure it was! I will tell you right now, I'm surprised none of my friends murdered me for convincing them that this was a good idea. Especially after our campsite suddenly became waterfront property. .. Soooo... where were we? Oh right...
Last "real" post was a re-cap of the Spartan Race Sprint in Indianapolis... So, what have I been up to since then? |