Race Across New Mexico, Stage 12

Stage 12 brought with it a lot of snow and ice on the road. Because it wasn't sleeting and raining and snowing like yesterday, I actually preferred the conditions today over yesterday. I was just chillin at a pretty good clip, and would have finished today's marathon in around 4:40...but then, the road was closed after mile 19. Actually, the next 60 miles of the road were closed (between Roswell and Tatum, NM). This was sort of a bummer, because I was feeling good and in a nice groove.

It would make sense to just consider today's run as the 19 mile section that we would have run on Monday, but the race director was thinking that we would tack on 4 miles or so over the next two marathons. So, yes, that would mean that we would have to run 30 miles tomorrow, and then 30 miles on Sunday! (And then, only 19 miles on Monday to reach the border of Texas). I am hoping that we just do marathons for the next 3 days...

Below are some photos of today's run. It looks pretty bad, and it was, but I was actually enjoying myself quite a bit, and was bummed that we had to call it quits. Us runners, we could have dominated that hill like it was nothing :)

Right before we started the run

 Look out for trucks!

 Getting er done!

 Icy roads

 An awesome action shot

 Running through Roswell. I haven't run in an urban environment since 2012! And, I didn't like it.

 East of Roswell

Groovin

 "Befriend someone"

 Mile 19, where we had to stop. 

 This weird icicle formed on my facemask.

Stage 12
Distance - 19.11
Time - 3:21:55
Pace - 10:34
Calories - 1443
Elevation Gain - 121
Elevation Loss - 598
Elevation Change - 719
HR Avg - 139
HR Max - 168
Minimum Elevation - 3448
Maximum Elevation - 3948

Totals (10 stages)
Distance - 258.72
Time - 48:57:47
Pace - 11:19
Calories - 19561
Elevation Gain - 9713
Elevation Loss - 11799
Elevation Change - 21512
HR Avg - 138
HR Max - 181
Minimum Elevation - 5579
Maximum Elevation - 6581