That had to be a joke. Had to be.
Posted on 10/18/2021 12:00:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yan Daixiang squinted through dense, freezing fog as she struggled to make out her surroundings. Runners were scattered everywhere—off the trail, in ravines, on the other side of the mountain—dotting the hillside in brightly colored athletic gear. It was hard to tell loose clothing and people apart. People trudged in every direction, struggling against freezing wind and rain. Others huddled around bushes or boulders.
Some runners passed Yan, heading back down the mountain. They’d tried to reach the race’s third checkpoint at mile 17, but failed. They were retreating now, back to the second checkpoint, to drop out.
“It’s way too cold on the top at the third checkpoint,” one cautioned Yan.
The temperature had been dropping consistently since the rain had started. It would get colder the higher she climbed. Yan was still going up.
Most of the runners were wearing shorts and T-shirts. Racers had been encouraged to stow their warm clothes in a drop bag, which they could pick up at mile 39, at the 6th checkpoint. But few had expected they would need extra layers: the Yellow River Stone Forest 100K took place in a desert, and in previous years runners had battled heatstroke, not hypothermia. The bags, if they had anything warm in them, were nearly 20 miles away.
Yan was lucky; she had brought warmer clothes with her. She donned long pants and a jacket, and decided to keep moving.
There was a mile left to climb before the next checkpoint. Around her, more dots of neon color covered the mountainside—crawling, lying on the ground, standing but barely moving. Yan approached an elderly man whose eye was bleeding. He insisted he was fine.
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Don’t forget SLAP tears.
(Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior)
LOL
Q: what’s the prize?
A: Fifty bucks
I want to get in on the organizer side
That had to be a joke. Had to be.
You get us the t-shirts, you’re in.
...or the MD 20/20.
The first annual Freeper Run Through The Briar Patch.
Hold it in Fresno, CA home of FR!
Done. (if we’re still a country then)
Bingo! Count on me, FRiend
100K means 100 kilometers, not 100,000.
I’ll start with the .100K and next year run the 1K.
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