Dearest dear,
Did a fun little race out near McMinnville this past Saturday. It was in a place called Miller Woods. It was awesome.
Kattie was supposed to work Saturday but was notified Friday that she could have the day off. So she came too after I told her it was short and not too hilly. One part of that sentence was true the other turned out not to be so true by her standards.
The course was really pretty as it set off on a x-country style grass path down to the woods where we entered dodgey singletrack. Lots of twists and turns gently winded downhill until it went up at a grade somewhere between "douche" and "steep" (that is "barely noticeable" and "wanting to shrink the stride for a long slow ride"). It came back down real quick and then went up again for quite aways in a drawn out hill for such a short course. Lots of unnecessary switchbacks were tucked in there I think for the sole purpose of making sure one could never really open up and cruise without having to slam the brakes, turn and rev it up again (over and over). Long patches of what appeared to be new trail with soft ground which made for a good workout. It was pretty wet and slick. Very exciting stuff for the summer season.
I could have run a long time in there as I was having a lot of fun but just 25:40 later it was over. I was thinking that Kattie was probably out there in the woods plotting out how she was going to leave me there for telling her it would be a nice little jaunt in the park when she arrived to the finish 3rd woman! Turned out she kind of liked the challenging course and realizing she was a podium contender she really went for it. She hasn't run a ton lately so she capitalized most on her downhill prowess which is really fast. She isn't scared of anything. She'd probably trample baby kittens if they were in her way on a descent. No joke.
We hung around for prizes even though I needed to go to work at the nursery. It was a good thing because we got to pick wine from an incredible assortment of locally made (we were in the heart of OR wine country) bottled awesomeness! I went with the RD's choice--which happened to match Kattie's opinion--of '09 Shea Vineyard Pinot in a beautiful magnum. Stoked!
Kattie and I both had a blast. All in all, it was a badass Saturday morning!
Be sure to check this one out next year! https://www.facebook.com/EnjoyMillerWoods
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