The Lost Lake Run was absolutely gorgeous. 16miles of scenery and sunshine. I had considered running with my camera but decided against it since Laura-who-races-with-a-camera-so-she-can-stop-and-take-pictures isn't a moniker that I'd like to adopt. I would prefer something more like Laura-who-runs-race-courses-like-this-before-breakfast-as-a-warm-up. Although since it took me 2:10 to race the course it would probably take me 4hrs to run it as a warm-up and I like my breakfast.
The event raised a tremendous amount of money for cystic fibrosis, $85,000, more than any other year. I was not paying the best attention at the start because I was being introduced to Hannah Moderow and being impressed. I did hear that the competitors were 5:4 women:men which at first I was pleased about, gender-equality in sports and all that, until I remembered that I like being one of the only girls around... who wants to be in the majority?
The trail, once we made it up to the alpine meadow area, reminded me of the trails in Banff, Alberta-- well engineered and meandering through open alpine lakes and meadows. There was a particularly tempting lake about 9miles in that I really very much wanted to jump into. Sadly, someone had already ruined my oblivious frolic by informing me that I was the second woman so I felt obliged to keep running. I knew I didn't have a prayer of catching Cedar Bourgeois (4-time Mt Marathon winner) but I figured the women behind me would be out to pass me and, given the option, I would prefer to stay in second place. Which I did, with the help of some of the boys to pace off.
The event raised a tremendous amount of money for cystic fibrosis, $85,000, more than any other year. I was not paying the best attention at the start because I was being introduced to Hannah Moderow and being impressed. I did hear that the competitors were 5:4 women:men which at first I was pleased about, gender-equality in sports and all that, until I remembered that I like being one of the only girls around... who wants to be in the majority?
The trail, once we made it up to the alpine meadow area, reminded me of the trails in Banff, Alberta-- well engineered and meandering through open alpine lakes and meadows. There was a particularly tempting lake about 9miles in that I really very much wanted to jump into. Sadly, someone had already ruined my oblivious frolic by informing me that I was the second woman so I felt obliged to keep running. I knew I didn't have a prayer of catching Cedar Bourgeois (4-time Mt Marathon winner) but I figured the women behind me would be out to pass me and, given the option, I would prefer to stay in second place. Which I did, with the help of some of the boys to pace off.
posted by LAV at 21:06
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