Notes
Got down to Moose Brook Camp Ground by 1:00 PM Friday and set up my tent and the fire for Princic and Newbold. Then went to meet up with the future inlaws and my fiancé. Got the bib number at the base with Devin and then back to get dinner with her parents in Berlin. After all that I got back to the campground by 8:00 and had the fire going by the time the boys got back. After some story telling it was time to crawl into my solo tent which was a bit too tight with the cot. Got up at 5:52 and after cleaning up the site and eating my cliff bar, it was off to meet Devin and her parents by 6:40. Gave them the auto passes and they still had to pay 47 bucks for he trip up. Weak! We relaxed at the coffee shop until about 7:20 then off to the base. I think next year we should be on the road to the base by 7:00. We got stuck in 35 mins of traffic and were not parked until 8:15 or so. Did a quick warmup and then it was to the line. I was not in good shape or injury free today. Left hip flexor and outside of left calf and inner left calf were all twinging and sore. Couldn't get a regular stride going at all. Either way I pushed as hard as I could. Got to the halfway point only a couple hundred feet behind Princic , but I was already feeling the left hip flexor tighten up and the legs were slowing. I hit half in 35:20. Kept grinding, but it just was not there today. Ran out of leg stamina and started to cramp in the left leg at 5 miles in. Had to walk, which I just despise... but got it running again and held on for all I was worth. Came across in 1:18:46 which was my second slowest time ever. Stayed at the top with Devin and her parents for a long while till about 12:00 and then down the hill with Devin for 4 miles of running with her! She is a beast. Then we hiked until the last mile or so and rode with her parents down. So thankful for Devin and her family for sure. Fun times, I just wish I had been in better shape leg wise..