Soon enough we were all lined up and ready to start. This was a very small race. I was in the lead and keeping an eye out for the volunteers to make sure I was going the right way. It was easier to know the directions during this race than the night time one the night before. For one, it was daylight out and two, I ran this trail many times so I was very familiar.
Some of the trail was gravel and the outer loop was dirt. By the time I reached the outer loop it was raining and I could hear it on the leaves of the trees. But because of my portable porch aka hat and being under the trees, I did not get wet at all. The only challenge was watching my footing because there were some slick spots between the grass, dirt, and tree roots in the woods. I was still running by myself. I did not turn around at all this time, like I did in my previous race. I was just hoping that the volunteers were going to be on the other side to direct me when I got there. While I was running out of the outer loop it was no longer raining so I was happy about that. I thought I would have had to run one more inner loop but I was directed towards the finish line.
Running happily across the finish line, I finished first overall.
Congrats, Lacey!!! Fall races are the best.
ReplyDeleteThat's great. Fall is the perfect time for racing.
ReplyDeleteWooHoo! Congrats on the WIN! Cheers to running 2 5ks in one weekend! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteNice first place finish!! Very impressive after running the other one, well done!
ReplyDeleteWow! Congratulations on first place! Nice that the rain let up too.
ReplyDeleteThere’s a race I’m eying in December if I can sort out the scheduling.
Congrats Lacey - awesome job!!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! Congratulations! I will be running a Turkey Trot in Georgia!
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