Back for my second year as Race Director for the Milliken Earth Run 5k and boy was it an interesting one. First off, I was out of town for work until Friday evening (the night before the race). Thankfully my volunteer crew is AMAZING and had everything totally organized. Secondly, there were threats of severe weather all night and into the next morning, so I was obsessively checking weather forecasts and making the decision on whether to cancel the event or not.
Thankfully, by the next morning, the rain was predicted to ease off by race start time, so we went ahead with it.
The race course was an absolute MUD FEST but man it made for a memorable time splashing through enormous puddles! I don't even remember most of the event, just trying not to lose my footing and completely face plant in the mud. Also made for not as fast times as usual, but here's the kicker... I was ONE SECOND from being first place female, and I had no idea!
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The timing guy (who knew me/knows I'm the race director) even asked me if I intentionally held back so I wouldn't "win my own race" (his words) but I said heck no, if I had known, I would have pushed to win!
Of course I got zero photos from the event because nothing was dry... but man, what a day!
