Another race is upon me – tomorrow to be exact. As mentioned in the previous racing post, I hate to go past 4 races before getting the recollections out. You never know what might happen during a race and I’d hate to have you miss out on recollections thanks to me being in the hospital ha! After the Allerton race (link here). Next up was the standard Illini Marathon race. Once again, I was signed up for the I-Challenge consisting of a 5K on Friday followed by the Half Marathon the following morning.
Since transitioning to Trail running, my enthusiasm for pounding out miles on the road has dwindled. So many years of doing the same thing and now completely enjoying the new challenges of the trails dampened my enthusiasm for this race. The good news is I already had a double race of the same distance under my belt so the body was physically prepared. The mental part was the struggle for once again it looked to be another end of April crappy weather day.
Hit the jump to read about how the race went!
