Last Thursday was mine and Laura's first trail run with the Valley Women's Running Team. I was expecting to show up and see a bunch of old, over-weight women. That was definitely not the case. In all honesty, a couple of them were pretty old, but these women were hard core! When Laura and I arrived at the base of the canyon, we didn't even want to get out of the car, and contemplated turning around right then. But, they were all staring at us and we figured we were stuck.
Laura and I felt utterly ridiculous in our yoga pants and zip-up cotton hoodies, while all of the other women were wearing tight, tapered, running pants. I have decided that to be a true Alaskan runner, you need to own a pair of tight, tapered, running pants.
Anyways, Laura and I mustered up enough courage to walk over to the spandex clan, in our yoga pants, and we began the run. This run was crazy! We were running on solid snow, up a mountain! Actually, the trail that we were running on was merely a snow-machine track. The only thing I can equate it to is running on sand, but harder.
Well, the entire run was up-hill and near the end I felt as if I was going to pass out, or defecate in my pants. Luckily, neither happened, and I made it back safely. I felt so good afterwards, and can't wait for the next Trail Run!
Tonight we have our coached track work-outs, which I am super stoked about. I'll let you know if I defecate in my pants.
3 comments:
That hill run was literally insane!? What kind of people run that on a normal basis?
Glad I stocked up on the spandex now! And remember- the tighter, the more tapered, the better!!
HahaHaha.
Sounds like Adi's not doing the running club!!!!!
I would deficate in my non spandex pants. :)
Yes, to be true cold-weather runner you need to invest in some tight running pants. You'll never go back to yoga pants...
100 points for being hard-core!
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