Thursday July 4 2019
As a nearby state, I had found a race just across the border in Virginia, so my friend Ryan and drove up early that day, about 2.5 hours, and ran the Patriot Challenge Trail Run 10K. An easy state to tick off. However, the course was poorly marked, and I ended up running two miles too far, placing ‘2nd’ in 30-39 age group, but was probably first in reality! Ryan was particularly annoyed by the course, and threw his bib at the nice old ladies at the end! Lots of awards in the post race ceremony, and lots of free drinks etc. The trail itself was mainly single track with one very steep hill (which a bunch of us ended up actually doing twice by mistake because of the poor course marking!) The race pack included a printed red, white & blue towel, which I still use! After the race, Ryan and I hung out at the Fifth & Pop pool and played some corn hole with friends from the condo complex.
Racing Americana 