I still don't know if I can talk about this. It still seems so ridiculous when I think of it now.
But one day, one race at a time, eh?
The Cupcake II: Electric Boogaloo Half Marathon ran along the Centennial Trail from Snohomish toward Arlington. Thankfully the organizers sent out an email reminding runners that the race didn't start at the same place as the Spring race. Phew!
Anyway, we drive out to Snohomish on a frosty morning and joined the 60 or so runners shivering in the cold sunshine.
The course was simple: just run along the trail to the turnaround. Easy peasy.
It was so cold that I felt super stiff, but we headed out at our steady pace. I had negotiated (ha!) a 3:1 interval set with Wil... nice, steady, doable.
We decided that we would keep that patter until the turnaround, and then walk back -- we have a lot more miles to go this week.
The day was beautiful, if very cold, and the trail was a gentle downhill on the way out, and a gentle uphill back. And, for the most part, we were on our own.
When the sun was a little higher in the sky, we passed a lake that was steaming in the sun. Nice.
Lots of long, straight, empty trail....
We finished in a slow 2:50, but feeling pretty good, considering. And at the end, there were shiny disco ball medals and a zillion cupcakes!
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