Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Sunday Out Run CF Run

A while back, Dax posted this item about his sister, niece, nephew, and the Out Run CF Virtual Race. It's a benefit event for cystic fibrosis in which each entrant pays a very modest entrance fee, gets a shirt and runs a virtual "race" on March 20th in their respective locations, at any distance of their choice.

My run on Sunday was at White Ranch Open Space on some nice prairie and woodland trails. Such as:


I did wear the official shirt, which I like, but I didn't like any of the photos so I'll spare you. You can see it here instead. I like the winged logo of the Rock CF Foundation.

On race day I had a slight disadvantage because I had spoiled my taper a bit the prior day, but I wasn't going to bow out just because of that.


But it did make ascents such as this one a bit of an oxygen-free zone:


My legs didn't have much in them, and at times my entire body felt like it was screaming for air. Odd how that worked out.

Little house on the (high) prairie

Distance was 10.3 miles, moving time 2:03, elevation gain/loss was 1,645 feet.

I won't lie, I did some walking uphill, since 37 miles for the weekend is not my typical number.

But it was a beautiful outing at one of my favorite parks, I practically had the place to myself, and it was for a good cause. So the virtual race was a clear win-win.
at

4 comments:

  1. Wow, great pictures and what a great (and appropriate) run. Thanks for participating in the fundraiser and sharing your experience. I'm forwarding this to my sister.

    Thanks again,

    Dax

    ReplyDelete

  2. Dax - Thanks, I'm glad you posted about it, and to participate.

    I imagine I'll get advance notice next year because I'm on their list, which is good because looking back I'd like to promote it a bit more beforehand.

    ReplyDelete

  3. Don't know if you have heard of him, but Brooks Williams is a CS ultra runner(very good one at that) with Cystic Fibrosis. His parents live around the corner from us :-) Here is his blog:
    http://brookswilliams.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete

  4. HappyTrails - Thanks for the tip. Funny thing is, I've followed his blog but I just made that connection this week, I can't remember exactly why. He does some long -- and fast -- runs for having that disadvantage!

    ReplyDelete

Please keep comments civil and refrain from personal attacks, which will not be tolerated. Thanks!

Spam will be deleted!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)