Lone Star 100 KM
As I drove closer to El Paso last Friday morning, I began to get excited as the mountains came into view. I had an absolute blast running the trails in Franklin Mountains State Park last November and I was looking forward to doing it again. I originally signed up to run the 100 mile race but after scoring a Did Not Finish at Brazos Bend 100 and remembering how tough the course was, I decided to step down to the 100 km race. Despite the excitement, I was also very nervous about this race. I got to run those mountains! I picked up my packet on Friday and went into town to check into the hotel and pick up a few things at the store before going back to the park for the race brief. Rob talked about the runners that had started their 200 mile and 200 km races two days earlier and how excited they were to see us join them on the course and share our energy with them. Flat Chip was ready! He also went over the conditions and warned us to plan for colder we