Today was the Castlewood Cup Race. It has rained all week. It rained most of the night. It was supposed to rain today but we had a window where we got the race in without rain. This was more of a trudge through a swamp than a race. The trails were wet, muddy, slippery. Some of the hill trails were turned into small creeks. There was an area in the flats by the creek that there was ankle deep water for about 100 yards. This made for a very slow but memorable run. I walked through the water and some of the slippery mud. When I ran I was very conservative. I did not want to get hurt. In the end it was fun.
Jim fell when he stepped in a hole that was hidden under the water. (This is why I walked through the water). He had mud from his ears to his toes. Nothing was hurt but his pride.
The course was shortened to about a 13k or 8 miles because the park did not want us to run on the grass. 400 people running across the grass would have killed it. They also took out the creek crossing because there was fast running water in the creek.
When I took my shoes and socks off I had mud between my toes. It was the muddiest run I have ever done. (New accomplishment for 2018). I never did a mud run on purpose but I think this one counts.
When I got home I did my runner's yoga cool down.
I came in first out of two in my age group.
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