Marble or Bust...

Well we made it to Marble and it was a blast of a girlie weekend. The town of Marble is lovely and I thouroughly enjoyed seeing it and it's people. As our host at the B&B said, Marbolonians with and emphasis on Bolonian...ha ha. We started the race (Lead King Loop 25K) at 7 am instead of the 8:30 start and I'm so glad we did. The first ~5 miles were pretty much uphill the whole way, but we had prepared ourselves for the worst and I believe that really helped our mental state. Plus hiking in the Butte up some of our hills helped get our motors running. My hands were frozen until about mile five and then I sweated the whole rest of the way. The remaining 10 miles were also an ankle breaker, to which Cynther proved yet again what a bad mamma jamma she is by falling, popping her ankle back when it was out and then running the remaining 4 miles. It was a perfect day with the temperature, a bright blue sky and no back log of runners at any point in the race, which can happen in trail races because of the funneling joy of the single track. We did meet a seedy person or two on our journey to which the song of the day is dedicated to...

Song of the day - Mountain Rhythms ~ Dueling Banjos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG4pKmHQaRA

Peace...