Fall Series Race #1 North Monument Valley Park

This is race number one of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Fall Series.

The course started out in a grass field. As usually everyone started out fast. I had to hold Kimmy back so she wouldn’t crap out.  But after running this course we should have gone out gun blazing! I felt really good and settled into a nice 10min pace which felt really good. As we rounded to Mile two I could hear splashing.  I looked down and I see runners in the creek!

 I knew we were running in water, but guess I should have read the fine print! We ended up running ¾ of a mile up Monument Valley Creek! ICK you know that all flows downhill from the something really smelly.  At times that creek reeks and yep we were running in it.  Needless to say we all smelled lovely!

 

After I exited the creek my feet felt like each one weighed five pounds. There was so much gravel in my shoes and I refused to stop and empty them. There would have been no way to get them back on!

 I finished with an okay time not very good but I had a good time.

 

Kim and I are on a team of four, known as the DFL's, I will let you decided what that stands for :)  Two of our ladies are missing from our photo.  But we ran into two other runners we know Jeff from Barefoot Inclined and Dennis from our Wednesday night  Jose Muldoons Run Club. Yep Jeff ran in those Huaraches! He said it was great with every lift of the foot the water ran right off and flushed out the sand and gravel......CHEATER just sayin'











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