Notes
What an absolutely phenomenal race! This was super well organized, and quite a switch up and challenge compared to the other races I've done! About 40% of this run is on trails within the roads, with the other 60% done on roads, still within the woods. I have predominantly been doing road races, so the trail portion was quite an awesome switch. They were nicely groomed and maintain, and not muddy, so it wasn't treacherous. There were a few climbs along the route that were pretty steep-- one at mile 5 , then one last killer at mile 9 (with a spattering of little ones in between). These inclines made for quite the challenge! I haven't trained for hills, so it was definitely an obstacle to overcome. Fortunately I was able to run up all of them, albeit at at much slower pace-- but I ran up them no less!
I loved everything about this event, and will definitely be back again next year for it! The Tech-Tee they gave was super awesome as well-- by far the nicest of any shirt I've ever gotten in a race.