Hood To Coast 2010

Another year, another hood to coast complete. This race is a fun one! 12 people, 2 vans, 197 miles (18 of which were mine) 1,000 feet of elevation gain - what more can a girl ask for? Team AKT ran in under 29 hours with an average pace of 8:49 miles. We had a whole lot of fun! We ended the race with sore muscles, blisters all over, and the need for serious massages - but it was awesome!

Nick pulled the airstream over and we stayed the night at the Cannon Beach RV resort. While it did not live up the the awesomeness that was Crown Villa in Bend, it was pretty ok.

Trooper had his first Ocean beach experience. He thought it was the greatest thing EVER. He loved spashing in the shallow river, rolling in the sand, chasing the birds and barking at people. I myself did not enjoy it as much as I might have wanted to, my foot began to hurt pretty bad throughout the day and walking in Sand just made it worse.

I saw Dr. Sandmeier at the Portland Clinic, an Ortho with an amazing bedside manner - how nice! He thinks it is a swollen tendon (beats the break I thought it was) and offered a boot or an MRI. I took the boot. If the MRI showed a tendon issue, I would have been booted anyway - so why not try the boot first, before I have to pay all kinds of money for an MRI? So, I can't run for a while. At least I can still spin, swim, lift and row.