Thanks Cindi Inman for a great photo!
In an event that may never repeat itself, I raced two cross races this weekend. After finishing yesterday's race at Concordia Seminary, I was spent. I had decided not to race today at Mount Pleasant Winery in Augusta.
But, the huge all-day rains never materialized and it was 70 degrees this morning at 9am. Even the fatigue in my legs couldn't hold back the desire to hit this race for the 5th year in a row.
40mph gusts of wind notwithstanding, I am certainly glad I went. After 8 (or was it 9?) laps of the hardest Mount Pleasant course ever (and that's saying something, because it's NEVER an easy course), I had conjured a 5th place. That's my best finish there. Yay, me. I would say the cheers of the crowd helped quite a bit, although my home-based cheering squad did not come today which is always a bummer.
Now that I have consumed everything in sight for the last 5 hours, I think I might be OK. Now I know why I don't race two days back to back.
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