This race is part of a 2 race combo I registered for last minute because they have a cool medal combo - the medal from this race and the medal from the Too Hot to Handle in July will clip together to make one big MEGA MEDAL. I swear, throw some cool swag out there and I will sign up - I'm such a sucker. I got a pretty cool little beanie for this race as well, which I love. Shout out to Theresa, who went and picked our packets up early in order to get that little hat.
I have to say the report on this one is pretty simple, especially for those of you that run the same trails I do at White Rock Lake. First off - let's talk about the weather and the beauty of living in Texas. Saturday morning, when I NORMALLY do my long runs, was awesome. GREAT running weather. Cue Sunday, the day this race took place - FREEZING temps. Ridiculous. We had planned to meet early, run 5 and then hit the race for another 5. The weather just took the wind out of our sails, and since we ran double digits for the last 3 weeks, we figured we'd be fine with 5 this week. A girl ran past me and she was wearing a pea coat...like the coat I wear to work...and I was like "I'm not even hating." It was cold.
The race started and finished at Norbuck Park, and was put on by Run On, who always does a great job. There were sponsors, treats, hot chili (for the finish), cold beer (for the crazies), free samples, a great MC, large outdoor space heaters, etc. They had it covered - we, of course, took part in almost none of that. We stood under the heaters before the race and then promptly headed for the car at the end. So I can't speak to all the post race fun, but it looked great. It was hilarious when we got there, everyone was huddled by the space heaters and it looked like that scene in I am Legend, when Will Smith has to go into the building to save the dog and all of the weird zombies are huddled together and kind of vibrating as a group. I was laughing at the scene.
They started right on time (extra points) and we headed out under Buckner and to the lake. We ran the lake all the way to the Bath House, at which point they made us take that left and climb up Northcliff. For those of you that know this hill, you know that it is no joke. It was a nice little challenge for a 5 mile run - although the 10 milers had to climb back up into the neighborhoods on the way back. For the 5 mile route, we went up Northcliff, took a right into the neighborhood and then came back down about half way past the Bath House. Our turn around was before the stone tables and then we just headed straight back to Norbuck. Easy Peasy. Took about 2 miles to really feel warmed up and then just as we were getting comfortable, we turned around and figured out where the wind had been. UGH. We had the arctic blast in our face most of the way back.
As I said before, we picked up our medals, looked around and then headed right back to the car, which I promptly drove to Starbucks. Ha ha!
Here is my updated race calendar for 2014:
2014 Races
January 11, 2014 –
Bold in the Cold 15K - DONE
February 2, 2014 –
Too Cold to Hold - DONE
February 8, 2014 –
Hot Chocolate 15K
March 29, 2014 –
Women Rock ½ Marathon
April 19, 2014 – Hit
and Run 5K
May 11, 2014 –
Gladiator Rock N Run
May 17, 2014 –
Spartan Super
May 18, 2014 - Spartan
Sprint
July 13, 2014 – Too
Hot to Handle
October 5, 2014 –
Tough Mudder
November 8, 2014 –
Nashville Marathon – not
registered yet
Date TBD – Spartan Beast – not registered/scheduled
Hot Chocolate 15K up next - I'm excited to see some of the swag at this race.
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