From the back-up on the Gandy bridge, to losing my car key, to starting the race late due to an impending storm and being told that the race will go on but we run at our own risk.
Not too bad - the first 1.5 mile, sand & grass, was breezy (ok, windy - thought I was going to have to carry my hat) and the rain was just starting to hit. After the obstacle course (cargo net crawl, tires and hurdles), there was a course change - instead of going around the mangroves, which often meant going out into a little water, we had to run thru the mangroves, and the back area was really wet & mucky, like mid-calf. This meant a lot of single file run/walking. At this point, it was full tilt thunderstorm. When we hit pavement, my (prescription) sunglasses were almost impossible to see through. Then it was an other stint through some mangroves, and up onto shell and grass where we ran up and down hills, then around the end of the island and, as we hit the second set of hills we could see lightning hitting the water - not so bad - then hitting the hills! EEK!
Made me run a little faster.
Then it was back out onto the beach with another slight course change - a little more grass and no water run (usually the run goes about 200 yards out into the water, around a buoy, then back to shore for the finish).
I really have no idea what my finish time was - race clock said 35:??; my watch said 33:03 - if/when the pictures come out, I think I will have to buy them.
That was totally INSANE!
Can't wait till next year!!oh, btw - we found my car key about 20 feet from my car. Fell right out of my pocket (darn, so that's what the zipper is for!). Also, check out some pics I took at the June 27th run (http://www.myspace.com/librarylady411 - click "view my: pics" right under my photo, then select the "Picnic Island" album)
