Shot in the Dark 5K @ WWC
Less than 2 weeks later, I am back racing, but maybe this wasn't the ideal race to make a comeback. Shot in the Dark is a night trail race at the Whitewater Center (WWC). Meaning plenty of roots and rocks, and oh, yeah, you are going to need a head lamp. Preferable, you will need one with fresh batteries. This year, there were a twist. Rain rolled through Charlotte on Thursday, so this left the trail wet a.k.a muddy. I saw a few people go down, and I heard that one woman had to be carried out after a fall. I didn't see, but I just heard about it. Given, I am less that 2 weeks from my marathon, I least was smart enough to do just the 5k. Now, here is the sort of downside. There were 3 races: 5k, 10k, and 1/2 Marathon. They all started at the same time and followed along the same course for the first 3 miles. Let's just say, there was a bit of a log jam of runners trying to get single file. So, we are running along the course, and I have fallen with a group of runners. No