Now that road cycling season is over, Alan has decided to get back into running. On Saturday, September 13, we did the Sombrero Trail Run with Norah and McGurk. 4.5 miles, 900' of climbing (starting elevation 7,450', max elevation 7,950'), and included a slick lucky horseshoe t-shirt and all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast afterward. The prizes were pretty slick, too: the "coveted" mountain goat bobblehead trophies. McGurk smoked the competition and won the race with a 33:50; Alan was 13th (39:48), I was 38th (44:57), and Norah was 86th (50:23) out of the 450 people in the race. Go, us!
For comparison, Sam and Lauren McFerran and I did another 4.5-mile trail race, the Race to the Top of Vermont at Mt. Mansfield on September 5th--4.5 miles, 2,550' climbing (starting elevation 1,750', max elevation 4,300')--I ran a 54:07. What I need is a race that's solidly downhill--that would be awesome, except I would probably totally break my foot instead of just make it sore for a week.
Yesterday, as we ran to the grocery store to get stuff for dinner, Alan complained that he was "Hun-GRAY!" I told him he could help me make dinner instead of working on projects in the garage, and that way he'd get to eat sooner.
His response: "Me man. Me use power tools. You woman. You cook."
My response: Fwap! (Sound of hand slapping Alan's left 'tock)
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