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HMRRC Winter Marathon Relay 2014
Hurray for a long weekend! I took Friday off (Valentine’s Day) just because and I enjoyed our recent snow storm, again, by driving out to Five Rivers for some snowshoeing! Chris had to work during the day so I decided to get some snowshoeing in. There weren’t many people there yet, so I had to break trail in a few spots. For example, I wanted to hike the “North Loop” which was ~2.5 mi long, but more than half of it hadn’t been broken in. I tried for a little bit, but with snow two feet deep, it was really exhausting. I wandered around for about an hour and…
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HMRRC Winter Marathon Relay 2013
On today’s agenda: Run a marathon relay in bone chilling weather of 20 degrees with zero degree windchill. Check. Almost get blown away by 20 MPH winds while running. Check. Today was the Winter Marathon Relay. This was the third time I’ve done this race. In 2011 it was freaking cold. It 2012 it was nicer, but still cold. And today was brutal. On my team this year was Carol (Leg 2) and Melissa (Leg 3). I was first so I had the 9.7 mile leg. The run was pretty standard. My legs were feeling a little tired for the first half but seemed to get better after…