Tuckfest @ WWC
If it is late April on the trails, I must be back doing the trail races at the WWC's Tuckfest. This year due to some Sunday plans, I was only able to do events on Friday and Saturday. Still, I had good time and left tired by Saturday evening. The weekend kicked off with an 8:30 PM Friday night-time race. There were two races in fact: a 5K and a 10K. I went for the 10k as I wanted to get the Tuckfest marathon medal. This meant that I needed to accumulate 26 miles of racing during the Tuckfest event. Nighttime trail racing is both exciting and dangerous at the same time. Danager comes in the form of a me running through the trails and over rocks and roots with nothing more than a tiny headlamp to light my way. At any time, my light could dwindle away to nothing and leave me in total darkness. Yet, for many of the same reasons it is quite exciting. The entire world shrinks down to just what my little headlamp can illuminate. Outside of this nothing is visible so in theory doesn'