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I signed up for the Mt Penn Mudfest 15K trail run because DETurtle was doing it! Peer pressure at its finest! Our plan was to have fun and enjoy a trail run in the woods.<br><br>
It was 33 degrees when I arrived in Reading - much colder than I was expecting for April. I was layered up nicely, and found DETurtle.<br><br>
Let's just say this was a challenging course. Lots of long steep uphills, loose rocks, roots, etc. There was one section called "the boardwalk", which was mostly mud with some logs sunk into it. Another section was downed trees, to either climb over or duck under. (My short stature put me at an advantage for the latter.)<br><br>
Oh yes, the water crossings. I had heard there were four water crossing, and I had a mental picture of splish-splish across a bit of water in the path. No, these were streams! One was knee-deep, and the water was quite cold! But we splashed across them with wild abandon, and it was so much fun! Exhilerating! And there was a steep muddy bank we had to get up, and then down on the way back. And a place where the path <b>was</b> a little stream. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
And one super difficult hill. I mean, the hills were of the butt-kicking variety, even when we were hiking them instead of running them. Fortunately, this section was followed by an aid station that had Yuengling and pretzels, quite refreshing at that point!<br><br>
I had a blast, and totally enjoyed running with DETurtle, she rocks!<br><br>
I'll have some pictures in the next post. I don't have trail pictures, but I have some before and afters.
It was 33 degrees when I arrived in Reading - much colder than I was expecting for April. I was layered up nicely, and found DETurtle.<br><br>
Let's just say this was a challenging course. Lots of long steep uphills, loose rocks, roots, etc. There was one section called "the boardwalk", which was mostly mud with some logs sunk into it. Another section was downed trees, to either climb over or duck under. (My short stature put me at an advantage for the latter.)<br><br>
Oh yes, the water crossings. I had heard there were four water crossing, and I had a mental picture of splish-splish across a bit of water in the path. No, these were streams! One was knee-deep, and the water was quite cold! But we splashed across them with wild abandon, and it was so much fun! Exhilerating! And there was a steep muddy bank we had to get up, and then down on the way back. And a place where the path <b>was</b> a little stream. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
And one super difficult hill. I mean, the hills were of the butt-kicking variety, even when we were hiking them instead of running them. Fortunately, this section was followed by an aid station that had Yuengling and pretzels, quite refreshing at that point!<br><br>
I had a blast, and totally enjoyed running with DETurtle, she rocks!<br><br>
I'll have some pictures in the next post. I don't have trail pictures, but I have some before and afters.