Angler's Ridge, and SERC # 1 in FL

So the season is REALLY here, like jumping into cold water it hit me a few weeks back in Danville, VA.

Not to get all play by play, but the race started with crashing over a guy who fell 15 feet from the start and chasing the rest of the field that got in front of me, which i don't mind if it had to be that way but i ran into some serious back cramp issues on lap 3 that somewhat ruined a promising finish. Lessons have been learned and equally serious core and stretching routines have been implemented.

The trip to Gainsville, FL and back was super fun with the team, and the venue for was cool too, set in an old phosphate quarry (so I'm told) As Robert said, the way to make hills in Florida is to dig holes haha!

The landscape of Florida is so interesting coming from the mountains. I rely so much on the mountains for navigation almost every day and that obviously isn't possible down there. Spanish moss and huge Garter snakes abound, as i had to push one of them (snakes) off the trail with a stick.

From the gun at the race i felt sluggish in the hot sun, but i pushed hard through the heat the whole race and can say i went as hard as i could have on that day. The hardtail felt great and Those Florida guys are fit this time of year!

Now i am officially acclimated to the heat, surely useful in Virginia where it is currently 45 degrees!

Schedule!

March 13 Anglers Ridge, Danville, VA
March 20 SERC #1 Gainsville, FL
March 27 Southern Classic Uwharrie, NC
April 2, 3 SERC #2 Bryson city, NC
April 14-17 Sea Otter Classic Montery, CA
April 30th Cohutta 100 Ducktown, TN
May 1 SERC #4 Winder, GA
May 14th Syllamo's revenge NUE, Mountain View, AR
May 15th SERC #5 Ducktown, TN
May 22 Southern Classic, Charlotte, NC
May 29th SERC #6, Jackson, GA
June 4th Mohican 100, Loudonville, OH
June 5th Massanutten Hoo Ha, Harrisonburg, VA????
June 12th SERC #7, Chattanooga, TN
June 18th, Lumberjack 100, Welliston, MI
June 26th SERC #8, Clemson, SC
July 10th, SERC #9 Huntsville, AL
July 14-17th USA Nationals, Sun Valley, ID
July 30th, Wilderness 101, Coburn, PA
August 6-7 SERC finals, Fontana, NC
August 14th, Southern Classic, Greensboro, NC
August 20th, fools Gold 100, Delonoga, GA
August 21, Southern classic, Wilksboro, NC
September 4th, Shenandoah 100, Harrisonburg, VA
September 11th, Michaux Final??!!!
Pisgah stage race??

There could be more, less misspellings or substitutions, but this should be the general gist of it.