Eric and Holly Johnson at Way Too Cool 50kThis was an exciting race as it was my first race for the year and Holly was only a week and a half from her due date with Baby Warren! I had been also battling a bad case of plantar fasciitis since New Years so this was also a painful race. I had made a deal with Holly that I could run the race as long as when I woke up that morning she was not in labor. The other part of my deal was that I had to run with my cell phone in my waist pack in case she did go into labor I would find the fastest way back to my car and get her to the hospital.
As a public accountant, this race is in the heart of busy season for me every year. At this time of year I always find it difficult to get in any quality training time. So, this race always ends up just being a training run for me as I try to loose the busy season weight and this year each step hurt with my plantar fasciitis.
I did the best I could and finished in 4 hrs and 59 minutes. I was 125th overall. Although this was not my PR for this race, I was very proud of my performance given my circumstances!
Eric Johnson at Way Too Cool 50k Finish
Eric Johnson at Way Too Cool 50k finish
