I Found Hell on Earth!

The Trail Mix 25K is the worst thing physically anyone could do to themselves, expect for the 50K Ultra version of this race!!! I literally left blood, sweat, and nearly tears on the course and I only did 12.5K! I bailed out after one lap because I was in such bad shape! It had taken me over 2 hours to go 7.75 miles and I was getting lapped, which normally doesn't bother me. This course was cross country running at its toughest! I mean running up the back of a ski hill via a billy goat trail and then down the hill underneath the chairlift. There were at least 5 other, not quite so offensive, hills in the course that I was reduced to walking on. You know it's bad sign when you see the leaders of the 50K walking too! It was one of those courses where you finish, doesn't matter how you get there as long as you finish, a la the Western 100. This definitely wasn't the packed dirt, wood chips, and mowed grass that they described in the info and showed in the past photos! On the upside I was told, at the start line, that if I could survive this, Grandma's Marathon is easier. Needless to say me and and any kind of trail running are officially over!