Seneca Creek Recap

Keep moving forward.  It sounds simple right?  Many times throughout ultra events I'll remind myself that every step taken is one step closer to finishing.  You'll often hear the same thing from other runners, whether it's advice they are passing on to newbies or its simply them offering self-reassurance.  This past weekend the first part of the my VT100 puzzle fell into place and I successfully completed the Seneca Creek 50k or 34 miler.

Kelly and I headed out with coffee in hand and a bag of chocolate covered mini doughnuts, our pre-race breakfast of choice, hoping that a fun day in the woods was ahead.  After arriving and making our way to the start with the help of a friendly volunteer we and a few friends waited for the gun.  I'm not exactly sure what the temperature was at the beginning of the race but I will now admit shorts were a poor choice.  Once the race was on it's way I tried my best to keep telling myself that this was supposed to be more of a training run rather than a "race".  Outside of the first 15 miles or so that notion finally sank in and I did my best to think about walk breaks, nutrition, and hydration.  And after crossing the finish line my idea to wear shorts was still a bad idea.

For the most part Seneca turned out just as I had wished.  I more than likely drank way too much sports drink and not enough water, hence the sour stomach, and should have wore tights because of the colder weather, my hammies got a little crampy over the last few miles.  Kelly and I both were pleased with our day on the trails.  It was a day ran high on emotion for many different reasons and like I said before it was the first piece of the puzzle.

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