First they announced that the 1 mile loop on the dirt trail at Sherman Beach was flooded because the river came up over night. They were going to take that section out and make the race 12 miles. Then a couple minutes later they said that we would run the out and back on the Al Foster on the way back also making it back to 13 miles.
Shortly after the race started we hit the first patch of ice. It was frozen across the asphalt so I stepped over to the grass. Somehow the grass was sopping wet and I started the race with wet feet. Had to run around patches of ice on the way to Al Foster. The Al Foster trail was in good shape. The Rock Hollow was okay until the last half mile. It was a skating rink. I was able to walk around the ice on the side of the trail. Had to do a lot of walking that half mile to keep from falling on the ice.
Somewhere on the Rock Hollow my foot started hurting. It has hurt off and on for a while but not serious. Today it was throbbing. I kept running on. I finished in 2:03:53 which was really good considering the icy conditions. This was 2nd in my age group. Candace was third. She probably would have been 2nd but had an emergency port-a-pottie stop along the way.
My original plan was to run back to Sherman Beach after the race to get more miles on my legs but my foot was hurting. Instead I came home and iced it. I am hoping it feels better tomorrow.
Jim stuck to him plan to do a 4/1 run/walk. He finished strong.
It was 12 degrees when the race started. It was sunny and not much wind. I was dressed warm and felt comfortable the whole race.
The medal had a corkscrew attached in case I needed to open a bottle of wine while wearing my medal.
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