I am seriously excited to tell you all that I completed The Skippo Trail Race 10K this morning and earned my finishers mug!
It was such a wonderful morning for a trail run, too! The temperature was about 45 degrees, which is just phenomenal for running. I hit the starting line layered in a Tek Gear Performance Tee and my Skippo long sleaeve techincal tee and a pair of cold weather running pants. Of course, I wore a ball cap to keep my noggin warm. I also wore my CamelBak Hydration Pak, since I can’t run without water.
The Skippo Trail Race is started in waves, and I dutifully went to the back of the line, where we slower runners were to stand. When I ran the trail last weekend, I finished the 6.2 miles in 1:43:59, at a 16:46 min/mile pace. My goal was to run a 15 min/mile pace today. I knew I would have to walk (or crawl) up the infamous flight of 200 stairs, and walk (or crawl) up heart attack hill, because I am just not fit enough to run them. My hope was to run everything else. Somewhere around the 3 mile mark, I had to slow to a walk and take off my hat, as I was getting too hot and I knew I’d cool off quickly by taking it off the hat. Once I’d cooled enough, I picked up the pace and ran again. That worked until around the 5 mile mark, where I had to slow to a walk again and take off the CamelBak and peel off my Skippo Tee, which I tied around my waist. I refastened my race bib to my CamelBak straps after I put it back on. Once again, when I started running again once I was cooled off.
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Even with the little bit of walking I did, I crossed the finish line in 1:32:02, at a 14:49 min/mile pace! Woop! Talk about smashing limits! Next year, I will wear a lighter pair of pants, and just a racerback tee under my long sleeve shirt.
In other news, I passed the 40lb weight loss mark this week (on November 4th), which means I am halfway to goal.
Tomorrow I am starting a challenge of a different sort. I’m doing the Advocare 24 Day Challenge .
I am excited to see how it propels me toward my weight loss goal. I’ll be sharing my progress as I go along.
Great job! I was very excited about my time as well & thought it was a great race. I’ll be recommending it to all my friends.
Congrats Virginia! You totally crushed your goal! Well done!
Awesome job at the race and also with your weight loss goals. It looks like it was a beautiful day and a beautiful course!
Great job! Sounds like a challenging and fun race.
BTW, you are totally a runner.
I love, love, LOVE trail running! So much more satisfying than road running for me. Congrats on your race, AND the 40 lb weight loss mark!
I love love trail running! Congrats on the finish. Trail races always have unique not your typical t-shirt swag 🙂