The North Face Endurance Challenge is rapidly approaching. It's a series of long distance running events offered over two days - the challenge has a few locations and one of them is in the Marin Headlands. You have the pleasure of selecting a 50 miler, 50k, marathon, half marathon, or marathon relay. My friend Kate did the 50k (32 miles) two years ago, this year, our friend Tony is doing the 50 miler in hopes to secure a spot for himself in the 2012 Western States race.
To help Tony prep for his race day - the three of us did a trail run on Sunday just shy of 16 miles. We covered all our favorite trails: Troop 80, Alice Eastwood, Bootjack, Sun Trail, Dipsea. And some new trails: Heather Cutoff, Lost Trail, Fern trail. It's been raining like crazy in the bay area (which means snow in Tahoe) so the trails were nice and muddy ... and wet. So it was a bit tricky coming down a few of the switchbacks, but it was also beautiful because the waterfalls & creeks were going full force. Fern trail might be my new favorite trail.
Highlights of the Day:
1. Tony clapping & making weird noises at the coyote to scare him off the trail.
2. Kate swearing she could clear the creek (that Tony had barely just cleared - and he's over 6 ft tall) and missing it by two feet.
Also - if you have a friend who is registered for an upcoming race, joining that person for their training runs/rides/swims, is a great way to get a good work out in with some company. You don't necessarily have to be doing the same race to train together. Plus going out for group burritos post run is always a good time :)
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