As has become the norm, Saturday brought a nice long outing into the woods. This weekend was none other than Mad A's Rattle My Heart 50K, now in its 4th year. Thirteen of us started from Lake Susan shortly after 9AM on this beautiful sunny day. We warmed up on the first climb over Rattlesnake Knob, spending ample time taking in the views together from numerous outcrops.
The day started to get quite warm as we made our way over Kitsuma. Uwharrie and I picked up the pace down to the road and on to Graphite. I spent some of this solitary time reflecting on my experiences at the three previous Rattles. Unlike the others, this was going to be a "typical" singular 50K event, so I got to savor some relatively fresh legs. I was also quite thankful that the disconcerting sore throat that I woke up with was not causing much trouble.
Inevitably, Adam caught us as we began the notorious climb up Heartbreak Ridge. We would spend the remainder of the day together pushing each other to a faster finish than either one of us anticipated. Thanks bro! Although the 5:24 sounded like a PR to me, come to find out, I ran the loop in 5:03 back in 2008. A studlier time perhaps, but no way could it have been more enjoyable. A special thanks to Damian for the event photography.
After Ole's, we enjoyed a visit with Scott and Liz in their new mobile home.
4 comments:
I think the reason you didn't PR yesterday was because you forgot to take your 5 tablespoons of Udo's Oil!
Just imagine my time if I greased myself up in Udo's, then threw on some kahtoola micro-spikes over a pair of hoka ones?!?!
I know man. You would run it in like 4 hours flat!
maybe next life time I`ll be able to run. now just enough to get out of a truck`s way or play with the dog. your account of this run was enjoyable and I`m happy for all of your kind. what you do may be the only thing more "pure" than fixed gear.
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