Trail race!

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the results are up...and they have John and I finishing 92nd and 91st, respectively, though our times are not right since he finished on my heels.... but whatever.  It was a lot of fun and a new physical challenge - and his first footrace!!!  In just over two months of dating, look what I've done!  I created a new runner!!

The race was in the town forest in Groton, MA on trails that John uses for mountain biking.  LOTS of roots, and plenty of hills.  None too long, but most VERY steep.  I could barely run up most of them and going down was slippery and scary more than a few times. 

We picked the 3.4 mile course (that my Garmin only measured at 3.17) and hoped to finish upright, not bleeding and in under 45 minutes.  Two other couples that signed up with us did a slower pace and hung as a pack of for a while.  John sprinted out ahead at the beginning, and I hung back doing my own thing.  I didn't know what the course was and wanted to conserve.  I passed him around the 1.2 mile mark and we were never really out of eye sight of eachother after that - other than during some turns.

We accomplished our goals (about 40 minutes even!) and while I definitely hung back speedwise on some of the flats, I put on the gas when he caught up at the end to make sure I beat him.  :) 

Here we are prerace:

 

Yay Sue!! Congrats on a new adventure...on both accounts!! 

Nice Sue! That race sounds like a lot of fun! Congrats on turning your boyfriend into a runner, it would be nice to have a constant running partner like that. My husband is forced to run in the Army,so I can't get him to enjoy it like I do. Again, way to go!

Thanks.  I really like the runs we do together.  We have our eye on the 2012 Goofy Challenge, so we'll be working up his distance - and then OUR distance!  Last night we picked our Turkey Trot!

nice!  i've only done a couple of trail runs, but i've really enjoyed them when i did.  congrats on the win (over the b-friend)!!

Great job!

 Congrats!!!!!  

Sue,

I think this is awesome! I personally love trail running... ESPECIALLY with my sweetheart! WAY TO GO!!! 

we both liked the trail, the race, the grass roots nature of the organization.... I see it as an annual event for us.  Trail running is definitely something I need to do way more of.