LiLo and I are “running” the Brazen Rocky Ridge 5K this Saturday. I say “running” because this is the hilliest place we have ever seen! (We didn’t know what we were signing up for, that’s for sure.)
Being the two supersmart gals that we are, this morning we met at the race spot to get a ‘lay of the land’ only to find that they closed the trail we’ll actually be on to set up for Saturday. To feel like we didn’t waste our time we hit the Elderberry trail instead. OM-stinken-G!!!! If this isn’t the most vertical race route ever created! (Apparently it’s not, I ‘oogled “most vertical race route” and it spat back at me Badwater Ultramarathon, which starts at 280′ and ends at 8500′; so I guess I should stop acting like a baby.)
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness Park
We were huffing & puffing AND trying to carry on a conversation – like all good gal pals should. We did look around (to make sure we weren’t ambushed by a cougar or a crazy person (I did watch The Hills Have Eyes you know) and the views are absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ll be sure to take photos while we are “running”. Ha!
Here’s a video of 2010’s race so you can have an eyeball into what I’ll be doing on Saturday morning.
After our morning “hike”, we drove to downtown Danville’s Forward Motion Sports to pick up our race bibs and so I could check out a pair of Mizuno’s for my upcoming Half’s. With our race entry we got 15% off any purchase at FM when we picked up our stuff so I figured I would try to take advantage of saving a little dough. In addition to my sweet new kicks I also joined the cult of water belts.
MIzuno Wave Rider
Yes I drank the water…while I carry my own water… HA!
I know, I know…why’d I pick the most obnoxious looking one? Well the others looked weirder AND didn’t sit right on my waistline. But really, the real reason for buying into the water belt idea is an article I read recently (Runners World or Active.com or some other super smartsy place) where a tip to reduce your run time was NOT to stop at water stations. DER!
I always have to slow down to drink my water/’ade otherwise I will literally drown myself while standing up right on dry ground. (I think that was a CSI episode). I mean have you ever tried to guzzle a dixie cup full of liquid while jog/running? Your nose holes will be clean as a whistle if you try. So I can totally agree with the article’s opine that if you don’t stop your race time will decrease. (insert head smack here).
I won’t be using the belt for this weekend, but I will be using it for the Tinkerbell Half in January and the Princess Half in February…in addition to practice runs with my meet up group.
Anyhoo…super cool swag again and really neat-o t-shirt. Enjoy the pics…beam your “fast” thoughts my way around 830am pacific time.
That’s me!
There’s the Swag’ger baby!
See ya later!
Cathy
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