Have you ever taken a last minute road trip to the desert? Friday I got a wild hair and decided to drag Tishia and Amber up to where we would be running during the day and in the middle of the night. The actual race begins up in Prescott, but because we are in the second van of runners we start running in Wickenburg, AZ. Due to a time constraint, (being back in time to pick up our kids from school) we only drove 2 hours to find one of our relay exchanges. There our parts of the course that are definitely challenging, so the visual actually helped me see what exactly I was getting myself into. I am just glad we got some hill training in over the past 2 months.
Four Peaks Mountain RangeThis was part of the route in the very North part of Scottsdale. On a map it looks pretty boring, but once you actually drive the course it is super pretty not to mention hilly. This photo doesn't really do it justice. From Scottsdale into Fountain Hills it is mostly rolling hills. (My favorite type of running) Due to a huge storm we got the surrounding mountains around the valley are covered in snow. The crazy thing about driving compared to running is, what normally would take 6 hours round trip will take us like 30 hours to run!
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30 hours of running?? Oh my! Good luck!
This is just so fascinating to me that you're doing this, Jenny. When is the actual race?
We start Feb. 27 at 7am and end around 6pm the following day.
You are right, it does look really beautiful! I am sad I couldn't go with you guys. It looks like you had fun.
The first time I ran the 10K Boulder Bolder, I was sort of freaking out the weekend before. I had never ran that far and Jay drove me to Boulder to practice and see the course. It totally helped! Mentally and physically, I knew where I was and where I was going to. I think you'll be glad you checked out those "boring" spots beforehand. It's so pretty! I'm looking forward to seeing you in a couple of months:)
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