It's 8am on a Saturday morning. Sophie and I are up early to get ready for the arrival of Lisa Austin. We three are headed to Gatineau to complete a 10km brutal trail race. How do I know it will be brutal? Because if it's anything like the 5k we did a couple months ago, it will be brutal!
We make our way to The Ark of the Mad Trapper, sign in and get ready to go. The course is an uphill battle - it seems like the only way we go is up - of course we both know that is just not possible - what goes up must come down... right? Well, it sure feels like the ups are more frequent than the downs - which really is not a bad thing since the downs are hard on the knees.
The trail is a difficult one - single track pretty much the whole time -with lots of roots, rocks and logs in the way -all this makes it that much more fun! BTW, no tumbles this time around! There are lots of twists and turns, and ups again -perfect time of year with perfect temperature.
I was happy to see that we actually had a 10k loop and not completing two loops of the 5k -I always find repeats a little boring...and the hills on the 5k... ouch!
Mike made sure the trails were very well marked - I appreciated that as I didn't necessarily want to add any milage to this race!
We got to the finish line in 2 hours. Had lunch (bbq) and headed home. I'm now looking forward to the next race - a 25k trail race up a ski hill - What can I say - I'm a glutton for punishment!
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