I last ran this race in 2012 and it was so ridiculously hard that I never ran it again. Since I have been having a hard time getting motivated and out the door for training runs I decided to suck it up and sign up. Well, a week before the race I found out that they didn't have base access and would be changing the route and I wasn't sure if that was going to make it harder or easier. Today I found out.
Harder:
Big hill by Kalaheo high school followed by rolling hills, rolling and rolling and rolling. So much so that I was on the verge of laughing.
Rock in both my shoes. I kept debating whether I should stop and take the rocks out. I decided against it simply because I wasn't sure if I would be able to run up the next hill. Turns out I should have took them out because now I have bad blisters.
Slanted roads. Not only were the inclines numerous but the roads were in poor shape and slanted. My left hip and knees are whacked because of it.
Easier:
Course was way short. They timed it on a 14.75 mile distance but my Garmin came up shorter than that. I ended up running extra miles after to get to 17.
Weather! Today weather was my friend. It was overcast and drizzly and thank goodness because for sure I wouldn't have survived if it had been it's normal HOT!
All in all I am glad I did the race. Not sure whether I would run it again but I won't say NEVER.
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