The weather was warm.
I really can’t believe it was only upper 70’s because it felt hotter
than that. Yes, I was running, but even
just from walking beforehand, I was very hot.
Still, it was better than last year when I froze the entire time I was
waiting to start.
The course itself was pretty much the same as always. They did add a couple of new things that
prove I’m not good at hitting targets, at least on the first try. We were supposed to through fake grenades in
a box, but I came up short. And I missed
at the targets they set up in combat town.
Oh well.
My left hamstring has been bothering me some off and on for
the past few months, so I took it fairly easy.
I walked more than I might have, for example, especially since my desk
chair at work is giving me fits. I
didn’t want to push it and wind up injured.
Still, I finished in roughly 1 hour 45 minutes, which beat my time last
year and is fairly average for me. I’m
quite happy with that.
And, honestly, I’m thrilled I was able to do it at all. I had signed up before I got my cancer
diagnosis, and I spent a couple of months thinking I wouldn’t get to do it at
all. When they confirmed I had stage
one, I immediately put this back on my calendar. I didn’t feel I was as trained as I wanted to
be, but I guess I was wrong about that.
This was year nine in a row.
They’ve already announced that next year it is on June 8, and
registration is open. I need to jump on
that to get the lowest price. I am going
for 10 years in a row.
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