This year was attempt 1 for Isis and attempt 2 for Lee to complete El Scorcho. We had the pleasure of hosting Jennifer Whitter, @jenn_if_er. For those of you who don’t know her, she is truly a beautiful person. We had such a blast taking her to our favorite eateries and Super Target!!
The day of the race, we had no idea what to do with ourselves. It’s totally different preparing for El Scorcho than it is when you are prepping for an early morning race. You don’t know when to eat dinner, when to nap and most importantly, when to meet up with friends! We hit up Spiral Diner for lunch around 12:30pm and Central Market for dinner around 7pm. Jennifer and Lee were able to nap during the day, but Isis worked during the day and was not able to nap until about 9pm. Strangely enough, Isis felt great after my power nap and was ready to take on this race!
One the way to the race, we picked up another good friend Adam Pfaff (@thetrailto26); Adam always provides a little comic relief and we were glad to have him along to ease the pre-race jitters. Before the race we set up the turnaround point for the 5k loop and loaded up our cooler with drinks and food to sustain us for 7 hours (the max time allowed for the 50k). The only problem with doing this was the ~1 mile walk to the starting line. When you’re a 50k what’s 1 more mile…right?
The atmosphere at El Scorcho was awesome. Just imagine 500 crazy runners and all of their supporters getting together for one big party! We went into this race focusing on having fun and not worrying about our time. This would be the first time we had ran 31 miles and we had not really trained for this distance.
The first 5k went surprising well and we were confident that we could run the whole 50k. The more we ran, the more we believed in our CrossFit Endurance training of speed work rather than distance work. Around the 3rd 5k (or lap), Lee’s Achilles started hurting him and both of our feet started to swell. Lee’s pinky toe was the size of his big toes. About half way through the 4th lap, we decided to not push ourselves to hard and to make sure we “smart” with our training for the Chicago Marathon. So we pulled out of the race as a couple even though Isis felt like she could probably still keep going.
Big thanks to Fort Worth Run Co, Cowtown Marathon crew and lululemon Fort Worth showroom for being motivators during the race! We will definitely be back next year!
