My brother, Jess and I did the Enchanted Forest Wine Run, which is a trail half-marathon in Grants Pass, OR, today. It was about 90 degrees at the start (noon) and very hot in exposed areas of the course. There were about 2700 feet of vertical, per my Garmin. Jared's and Jess's more or less agreed. Jess was the fourth female and 26th of 143, finishing in 2:11:47. Pretty impressive, especially given the fact that she didn't carry any water and had maybe 5 sips from aid stations along the way. My brother finished in 3:14, and I finished in 2:33.
The first few miles circle around the vineyard cross-country style, and then there's a half mile climb on the road to the trailhead. From there, it's straight up, and then you have to do it again as part of a second, sort of truncated, loop. After the second loop of climbing nice single-track, switchback trails, the trail empties back out onto the road for a bit, finishing at the vineyard. I really liked the course. As part of the race package, we each got a buff; post-race, we got really good hot organic food and a glass of wine (with the wine glass).
3 comments:
Nice work! Sounds like a great run. Any trail marathons out there this winter?
What is a buff?
Good question. Not sure. Will look into it. Jess might do the Lithia Loop Marathon, which is all trail, here in Ashland next month. She turned in an unbelievable run yesterday on a super challenging course, so she's feeling confident.
A buff is that thing I wore on my head in Montana!
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