onepinkfuzzy

Whew, we are back in Tucson. It is good to be home.

A few things I forgot to mention in the previous report:
1. KT Tunstall was my companion on this trip. I kept singing the chorus and bridge to "Miniature Disasters" over and over and over for eight freakin' hours. It's a good thing I like KT Tunstall :)
Miniature disasters/minor catastrophes/bring me to my knees/and I must be my own master/or a miniature disaster/will be, oh oh, will be the death of me....and I need to be patient/I need to be brave/I need to discover/how I need to behave/and I'll find out the answers/When I know what to ask/I speak a different language/and everybody's talking too fast

2. No ticks! No insect bites! No poison ivy! No shoes lost in the mud! (Only Johnny got poison ivy - just a little on one of his toes)

3. Only one spot of chafing - my lower back, where my pack rides. Ouch!!! Bodyglide works wonders even post-race :)

4. And here I thought I was one tough chick. Sure, I can run in heat. I can run with rattlesnakes, scorpions and spiny cactus just waiting to poke me. But put me in the woods, where there are bugs, poison ivy and mud, and I'm a nervous mess. I was so scared! All's well that end's well, though.

5. This is the Nikki I reference below (I couldn't put the hyperlink in while I was in Kentucky). Here are the pics her hubby, Gary, took of the course and a few finishers.

6. RACE PICTURES!!!

7. Uh, I thought I had more thoughts. Maybe it's the four hours of sleep and six hours of plane ride that is causing the short circuit in my brain. Anyway, enjoy a few select pics:

PS the last thing was my splits! I counted my AS time at the end of each split. So the first split counts my first AS stop, second split counts the second AS, and so on.
Start to AS 1 (6 miles) = 1:26.50 (taking it easy)
AS 1 to AS 2 (6 miles) = 1:41.49 (mud)
AS 2 to Turnaround (4 miles) = 57.16 (includes longest AS break at half-way point)
Turnaround to AS 4 (aka AS 2) = 1:00.28 (includes a few minutes of doubling back to Johnny for hugs/kisses/pictures) (total time at half-way: 4:05)
AS 4 (aka AS 2) to AS 5 (aka AS 1) = 1:48.33 (muddy, tired)
AS 5 (aka AS 1) to Finish! = 1:26.35 (Negative split on this section, holy cow! I guess I really wanted to be done!) (Total finish time: 8:21.36)

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Update (yes, already!)
I remembered another thing - the official race results from Herb via e-mail to ultralist:
32 mi Tles, hilly trails, nice weather

1 Annette Bednosky 39, NC 5:33:20
2 Karen Clark 38, KY 8:03:31
3 Rhonda Hampton 45, NC 8:03:53
4 Angie Lyons 28, AZ 8:21:36
5 Lynn Phillips 45, KY 8:30:32
5 Tara Weinel 28, KY 8:30:32
7 Donna Creditor 45, IL 8:47:01
7 Gail Gibson 43, GA 8:47:01
7 Carrie Young 45, IL 8:47:01
10 Frances Connolly 45, IL 8:53:11
10 Saori Hanaki 32, KY 8:53:11
10 Mary Jerde 51, KY 8:53:11
10 Kathe Mattingly 45, KY 8:53:11
14 Tonya Siltman 35, IL 9:34:13
Susan Donnelly 43, TN 20 mi
Elisa Mitchell 38, KY 26 mi
Nikki Ditsch 25, KY volunteered
Tamara Smith 49, OH volunteered

Hello all,

What a nice way to spend my birthday hosting this run.
Herb (going camping this weekend) Hedgecock

Redneck Wisdom For The Day:
There must be something to getting two cookbooks
and a breadmaker for birthday gifts.