Fiona and I went to Huntsville for the Eurocross. With its grass, haybales, muddy stream crossings, and single track , it is always the slowest and most fun 5K of the year. Finished in under 22 minutes. The streams were especially hard this year - in the 5K there are 10 stream crossings and I had to get on my hands and knees to get out of it each time. In prior years, I was able to get through it with out ever putting my hands down (just powering out of the water). The crossings must be getting deeper every year the race is run.
I had planned on doing the companion 8K as well but I let Fiona choose whether to watch me do the 8K or cross the streams twice. After initally saying 8K, she eventually was up to her waist and slogged through the muck while holding my hand. | 