Heather cheered me up and gave me the inspiration to keep going. This was her 5th Medoc! When I came upon Heather I had been alone for a while and I was getting so discouraged. I ran with Heather at the end of the 2nd loop and almost all of the 3rd loop. She was faster than me and she ended up pulling away and I didn’t see her again until the middle of the 3rd loop. I loved listening to all her stories and her cheerful attitude. Her mom and brother ran the 10 miler today and her dad ran the marathon. This was her 2nd Medoc and last year she earned the record for the youngest to complete Medoc! She’s a triathlete and is on her school’s cross country team. She’s 15 years old and is totally amazing. I ran most of the 1st loop with Carley from Coral Springs. That brought me in at 6:20! (18 minutes faster than back in 2012 woot woot!)Ĭheck out this image of the elevation I found on Google images: The 3rd loop took me 2 hours and 12 minutes. The second loop took me 2 hours and 14 minutes. I completed the 1st loop in 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Notice the words on the hat we got for “doing the double.” (the 5k and the race the next day) We also got the cute shot glass. It is filled with Roots, Rocks, and Hills. The marathon and the 10 miler were so fun! I didn’t remember how technical this race really is. I think we slept more than we realized though because neither of us were tired at all. We rolled around and slept cuddled up on and off for 11 straight hours! Just when we’d get warm and cozy, I’d get a hot flash (boo menopause) and then I’d have to pull away and kick off all our covers. The bad part was we had gone to bed around 8:00pm and didn’t get up until around 7:00 am Saturday morning. Below is a shot of our van and me in modeling my hoodie once we got home. I slept in my Hinson hoodie with the hood up to stay warm. We ended up rolling towards the middle and Ron and I were literally human hotdogs! It was very cold. Our queen sized air mattress was just a little bit too wide but it seemed to work okay when we tested it. By the time dinner was over it was very dark so we drove over to the group camp area and set up our “camp.” We camped in our van! Our van has stow and go seating and we’ve always wanted to see if we could camp in it. We were both really hungry and went back for seconds. So unbelievably AWESOME!Īfter the 5k we dined under the shelter on some delicious spaghetti, salad, and desserts. The ladies version has a V-neck and is a little longer in the back. You can’t really tell in this shot but the shirt has hints of purple in it. Here Ron is rocking his Twilight 5k shirt and his 10 miler medal. We had our headlamps with us but we didn’t really need them on the trail. The race started at 6:00 and didn’t end up getting dark until just as we were finishing the 5k. It’s only 1.5 hour drive from Clayton straight up I95. We actually signed up for their 1st annual Twilight 5k and went up to Hollister, NC on Friday night.
And best of all, Ron signed up for the 10 miler! I was so excited that he was coming with me to experience first hand how much fun this race really is. The hilarious and awesome race directors have kept me on their email list and this was the year for me to do a repeat. Back in 2012 I ran the Medoc Trail Marathon and I loved it so much.
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