Chasing a DNF

Another weekend, another race, and finally, a day with some warmer weather. The Commander and I are signed up for the Zion Park Half Marathon in a couple weeks. Weather stalking suggests it will be in the 70s while we are out there so we are hoping to get some training runs in some warm weather. Alas, we live in western PA.  But this weekend was a exception to the rule. A while back, while searching for trail races to run this year, the Commander stumbled across the Black Squirrel 5K race held each year on the campus of Kent State University. Why do they call it the black squirrel race Randy? Their mascot is a weird looking Golden Eagle named Flash. Don't you worry interested blog reader, I got the answers you seek. The 8th Annual Black Squirrel 5K I would like to start by suggesting, that a) they change the name from the Flashes for what should be really obvious reasons (and you're welcome for me not posting a picture to splain myself) or b) they change their mascot

If you wanted banana bread for a finishers prize, you should have run the 5k. That was my takeaway after finishing the Night Flight 10k in Mifflinsburg, PA Ran the 10k option Earlier this year Falcon Time Racing introduced the Rocksylvania Trail Series . Three classes, 10k, half marathon, and 25k. Due to prior race commitments, I couldn't complete all five of the halfs or the 25ks. But, man I really want that shirt. I was looking through the 10k dates and realized all the race days were open on my calander. Next thing I  knew I was signed up for all of them. I even talked the Commander into signing up for a few of them. So I could get this logo on a shirt. 1 down 4 to go The first race in the 10k series was yesterdays Night Flight. With an 8:30 PM start time this would be my first night race. We packed up the car and headed east at around 2:00 PM to make the 4 hour drive. Side note, we stopped at a roadside diner along the way. The old dude Art at the bar informed t