I really enjoyed this race. I went into it with the idea of just taking it easy and enjoying the day. Around the 2 mile mark, I started running with two other women. One of them left us by about the 10 mile mark, but I ran with the other woman until ~mile 19. The course was just beautiful. These other women stopped/walked through the water stops, so I did too. Other than that, I did not walk at all. I wasn't moving very fast over the last 6 miles, but I felt strong and picked off quite a few people (I wanted to make sure I got a medal as there had been talk beforehand of not having enough).

Train more. I didn't run as much between Wineglass and this one as I probably should have (and didn't train as much as I should have for Wineglass in the first place!)

Walked a little bit, got my food sack, waited a little bit for Dave to come in, but then gave up and we went back to the hotel.


Lack of training!


This was a very well run event especially for a first time race. The course was really pretty. In some places the canal was on one side and the river on the other. The organizers had also put funny signs along the way. The volunteers were great and I liked having shot blocks on the course. I would definitely do this one again.