Well today was the snowshoe race. It began this morning at 10:00 and with a brisk temperature of 7 degrees. The course led us runners just over 1.5 miles downhill then turned us around to run uphill. The uphill wasn't too steep, but steep enough to make snowshoe running exhausting. I'm not sure where I stand in my age division, but I finished in 48 minutes. That may seem like a long time for a 5K, but the extra weight of the shoes, snow and abnormal running stride obviously puts a damper on speed. Would I do it again? Sure! Though cold, it was a beautiful run and how often do you get to race on snowshoes? There is another snowshoe event in two weeks, which has every category from a 5K-50K. I'm so invigorated from this race, I want to run the snowshoe 25K!
I will hit my 2009 running goal in no time!
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