Muleshoe Loses

Figuring Muleshoe to be tougher, it was.Right off it was obvious that rocks and climbs and dips were going to be the norm. For some reason I amped up nutrition before the start, what a mistake. At least it slowed me way down on the initial hand shake with the course. Four loop courses are a mental, but muleshoe wanted to skid the cutoff but failed to convince me it couldn't be beat. Close to half of the starters dropped, maybe the heat, maybe the head, it gets quiet after the 30kers get off the trail as well. This is one way to get in a 37 mile chunk, next month one in the beginning, one at the end. It is a given the next two will be an even larger than life challenge. It will be hotter, hopefully, because hot is our friend. The fox are bigger in the hill country, but they probably eat better than in our little park.