So the last time I Blogged, I was recovering from a stress fracture. That was quite a blow to my training. Since then I ran the Three Bridges Marathon, quite gently, just to finish. It was my first marathon experience since recovery. After that I did the Loco Marathon in Conway and performed much better. Something similar to my regular marathon times. Then I took on the Syllamore trail 50K. That was quite a hurdle to cross.
The Syllamore 50K is an out and back trail up in Northern Arkansas. Again, this year it was snow covered. It was cold and a little ways through I was feeling my hip flexor acting up. I knew I was going to be running Little Rock the following weekend so when I got to the 15 mile turn-around I told the aid station volunteers I wanted to drop. Well that was a fail. The volunteers had one car and they all rode up together. There was no room for another person. So it's a good thing I did not have a bone sticking out of my leg, right? Anyway. I decided to turn around and complete the race, very slowly. It was almost dark when I finished, but I was not last!
Next I took on the Little Rock Marathon. The course was different than previous years and again, the weather was cold and drizzly. I ran the first half under a 10 minute pace. The next quarter of the race I was able to maintain that speed. Then I hit the out -and back. The worse part of this race. This is where the pace dropped to 11 minute then 12 minute. Finally I crossed the finish line with a reasonable finish then shivered my way all the way to my car.
I'm not sure when it happened, but my friend Andi Stracener mentioned this very strange and rediculous thing called Race Across Arkansas...
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