Occoneechee Mountain Challenge!

Always such a fun race! For some reason going out on the river walk isn't so bad - it's a nice warmup, the crowd carries you, and I'm just eager to get to the mountain. Ran the trails in classic Liz fashion - power-hiked the ups, opened it up and bombed the downs 😁 Sorry to anyone I leapfrogged with several times - great job out there! And please don't mind me being a goober on the trails 💛 It was very much a "if it's funnable it's runnable" sort of day. But alas, all good things come to an end. I popped out of the trails section back onto the pavement and was very bummed the fun part was over. I had to do some mental gymnastics to get myself to run the whole way back on the greenway 😂 Had so much fun seeing people at the race! It is such a great gathering of the community. Congrats to all the folks who did the race today! Huge thank you and congrats to the RD Martin Wileman for another great year of the race! And so much love to all the volunteers that were out there today! 🥰 For once it wasn't a cold one - balmy in the 60s and muddy, but that makes it fun 🥰 Gotta go replenish some salts (I got crusty there at the end) and roll out some tight spots and keep racing my way up in distance - Uwharrie 20 next week! Whoo hoo!