Mommy? The blueberry’s going on a hike in my tummy!
September
September 25, 2011 at 8:34 pm (Uncategorized)
Reach the Beach was awesome!
We drove up to New Hampshire and left Noah at our cousin’s house with his uncle and grandmother, and then met our team and drove to the start (Cannon Mtn) in our team vans to register at 9 am. The course had last minute changes because Hurricane Irene washed out a bridge, so my van started at a new place at 5 pm.
I don't know why a toilet was running the warm-up. The first day was freezing! My first leg was about 8 pm- running with blinkers and a headlamp, I did 5 miles in a 9:30 time, which is really good for me, I was expecting a 10 minute mile. Our van was off from about 10 to 2, so we went and slept in the van in a school parking lot, then got up to run again at 3. I took another big nap in the van while Leslie ran her 8.5 mile leg, then I ran my longest (6.24 miles) at about 6 am. That was hard because I had just woken up and it was super cold- my legs were stiff and cold and I could tell my stride was shorter than normal (10:15 pace). It turned into a really nice day the second day, and my last run was a shortie (3.5 miles) through a residential area. I felt strong, about a 9:45 pace, though was having some stomach upsets from 3 days of driving and port-a-potties. But I finished really strong because I caught up to and passed someone right at the end, and she decided to fight back so we sprinted the last tenth of a mile- which means no pictures of me running, because my first 2 runs were at night, then I crossed my last finish line too quick to get the cameras out! Our messy happy van.
We actually missed our team finishing because we dropped our last guy off to run his last 6 or 7 mile leg, and drove straight to the finish line, but the traffic was so bad that he beat us there.
At least Noah got to run across the finish line... Then we drove up into the White Mountains and hike up to Zealand Fall Hut, run by the AMC, for an awesome easy way to camp. Zealand Falls
