"If you attack this course, it will destroy your soul." That was how the designer of the course welcomed us. He was not kidding. If you are a high level tri-athelete....you did well. If you were looking for anything that challenged your upper body, this was not your challenge. The first 1.1 mile was designed to thin the crowd. Right out of the gate you hit knee deep water and mud for about 60-70 feet. Then waist deep for about 40 feet. Now you have a one mile run, wet and muddy over and thru sand hills and dirt paths until you hit the slope. One of Trollhaugens ski slopes. Simple. Just run up it. I'm guessing it was a quarter to one third of a mile. Up a slope. I was walking at this time. The 'fun' only gets worse for the next 5 miles. This was a great experience and I will be pushing it next year. Now we know the in's and outs. I will push it as an event. Not as a race. More on this tonight.
We have some new people starting and things are now back to what I consider normal. Train hard. Steady progress. this will be a great winter for training.
See you tonight.
