MudRunFun Magazine Aug. 2013 | Page 29

when I heard they had added not only a 5 mile race (whoops), finishing mile 1 in 7:58 minutes. Knowing option, but also a kids race with obstacles for this there was no possibility of holding that pace, I years event. I decided on the 5 mile race, and was quickly adjusted down to a more comfortable yet ready to redeem myself from a 5K last year where still aggressive 8:30 pace and ran on. Here’s where I had started out way too fast, and by the final my stubborn runner streak comes in; to me mile 1 mile had slowed considerably as side cramps and usually feels great, but then you realize exhaustion overtook me. that you still have to take on the rest I arrived the morning of the event so eager of the race, so it’s then you decide to race, that yet again I started out a bit too fast to buckle down and push through 27