Ahhhh, a long weekend in the Ozark National Forest in Mountain View, Arkansas. It was lovely.
I didn't really have anything unusually adventurous happen, unless you count my sunburn. It was unseasonably warm. I look so good right now...but it's already fading.
Steve had a race. And he has decided that he needs to have the morton's neuroma in his other foot taken care of sooner rather than later. Here are some pretty cool pictures of the area.
The cabin we stayed in.
Inside the cabin.
The view from the deck of the cabin. I didn't get to spend near enough time out here.
At the start line.
Cute picture of my friend Coleen, but mostly, look at that trail!
More of the trail.
And one more...it was so beautiful there.
Who needs an ice bath with a creek like this at the finish line?
Steve finishing strong. Especially strong since he chose to stay with a friend who was struggling the last 10 miles. This behavior has a way of paying you back, it's always worth it to help a friend out. When you're hurting the trail can be a looonnneeeely place.
As always, I loved being Steve's crew. Favorite/most memorable moments:
Dude who ran 16 miles in a speedo to the aid station he was volunteering at. Pink flowered speedo. Then took his running shoes off and put his cowboy boots on with the speedo.
Mile 27.5 aid station cheering for all my friends by name as they came through: Coleen, Sherrie, Debbie, Gen, Nikki, Sophia. It was the last aid station before the finish line of the 50K, they were hot and tired, and I loved being an encouragement.
Sophia taking Puchinni (her puppy) for the last 4 miles of the race and watching him trot in to the finish line.
Watching Steve finish.
Watching the KU game Friday night with our friends from the KC/Lawrence area and getting quizzed about Perry Ellis, freshman extraordinaire of the KU Jayhawks basketball team that went to school with Nate for two years and Whitney two years.
It was a fun weekend, a successful weekend, not a relaxing weekend though. BUT FUN!!!
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