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So, I ran another crazy trail race yesterday. This one, the Kennebec Challenge, was touted as being "approximately 14 miles" although my Garmin registered 14.75 and other people reported numbers over 15 miles. Elevation gain was about 3000 feet, topping out at 12,147 feet (and then back down), but there were dips and descents and one long nasty descent just before the final climb (which, to add some excitement, was not actually on a trail but simply a scramble up a steep tundra hillside), and the total ascent, Garmin tells me, was around 3400 feet. Oog.
I finished in 3:19:20, 10th place among the 27 women, not exactly stellar, but not too sucky. (The female winner came in just under 2:45; the male winner set a course record at 1:59.xx, but he is 22, so. The DFL made it in just under 5 hours, although because they allowed people who thought they might need extra time to start 30 minutes early, she wasn't all that far behind.) I didn't carry a camera but one of the people I carpooled with did, and she started early and I caught up with her at a really cool spot and she took my picture, so when I get hold of her I will have some nifty photos to share!
Oh, actually, here is not a photo but my GPS track overlaid on Google Earth with a little tilt, so you can "see" the terrain: medium | large (much better for viewing)
( Blow-by-blow )
The wildflowers were awesome. The weather was lovely. The creek at the end was very cold but I soaked my legs in it anyway, which I think is part of the reason I don't hurt too terribly much today. Then we went to lunch at a very nice restaurant at the mouth of the canyon, and then I went home and took a nap. \o/
I finished in 3:19:20, 10th place among the 27 women, not exactly stellar, but not too sucky. (The female winner came in just under 2:45; the male winner set a course record at 1:59.xx, but he is 22, so. The DFL made it in just under 5 hours, although because they allowed people who thought they might need extra time to start 30 minutes early, she wasn't all that far behind.) I didn't carry a camera but one of the people I carpooled with did, and she started early and I caught up with her at a really cool spot and she took my picture, so when I get hold of her I will have some nifty photos to share!
Oh, actually, here is not a photo but my GPS track overlaid on Google Earth with a little tilt, so you can "see" the terrain: medium | large (much better for viewing)
( Blow-by-blow )
The wildflowers were awesome. The weather was lovely. The creek at the end was very cold but I soaked my legs in it anyway, which I think is part of the reason I don't hurt too terribly much today. Then we went to lunch at a very nice restaurant at the mouth of the canyon, and then I went home and took a nap. \o/