Chasing a DNF

I'm not sure why, but for some reason, I have been looking forward to the Greenwood Furnace Trail Challenge more than any other race I have scheduled this year. I signed up for it at the start of this crazy sign-up-for-every-race-because-you-aren't-doing-shit-that-weekend spree I went on. I don't claim to be a physiologist, but I have come to the conclusion that its takes way less muscle groups to sign up for a race than it does to run said race. Go figure. Oh well, what can you do? I mean, you could not sign up for four races in a row, but then where is the fun in that? So it was that I ran the Greenwood Furnace Trail Challenge the weekend after the Zion Half Marathon which you can read about  here . The picture is self explanatory, you don't need this caption, move along. I will say part of the appeal may have been my brief obsession with iron furnaces in the state when I first moved here in 2009. I thought they were pretty darn gnarly and the Commander and I ...

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...