I competed in my 2021 "A Race" last weekend - an 11.63-kilometer Obstacle Course Race with 694 meters of elevation.
This is my fifth obstacle race and I have become stronger on the obstacles (but weaker it seems on the run).
Remarkably I find myself PASSING other competitors on obstacles and being PASSED on run sections (at least the steep downhill sections).
In the previous races the 20-year old, ripped, shirtless "gym rats" around me would blow past me on obstacles only to have me catch them on longer run sections.
On last weekend's mountainous course, ancient, craggy "mountain goats" with full hydration systems and clad head to foot in Patagonia capilene wilderness gear glided by me on descents, but I could muscle past them on the obstacles.
However I am disappointed that my time of 2:06:19 is slower than my time at the similar OCR event two years ago. I hope to have chance to do better next year.
