RAIN & WIND

Two words that a race director does not like to use...and those two words we had to deal with for our last two events (Rain and Wind).  After 107 races, this month was the first time we had to deal with both on back to back weekends.  For the LST race, we kept an eye on the forecast the entire week.  Rain we can deal with, lightening we can't.  Although we moved the start time up to 7:35am and shortened the course to 2 miles, we still got hit with a pretty good downpour during the race.  However, there was no lightening in our vicinity luckily so the race continued and everyone was able to finish.  This will go down as the 2nd wettest race we have had.  Nothing will top the Patriot Race from several years back that included thunder, lightening and a torrential downpour.  I don't think a tornado could be ruled out close by for that one.  The starting gun that race was a Howitzer Cannon courtesy of the local National Guard, so that made it all worthwhile. :)   

On to the second word, wind.  At the Farmer and Frenchman we had a dry course, but a ton of wind.  A constant 20-30 mph wind greeted runners and walkers on the course.  The good news was, once done, an excellent brunch was waiting for participants!  This race will definitely be back in 2027 AND we will have a higher number cap on it. Instead of 125 max, we are looking at going bigger to 200!  Stay tuned!