Great One Victorious in Battle with Alligator

On Sunday, May 8, while everyone else was competing in the Broad Street Run, Susan "The Great One" Hurrey ran in something called the Alligator 10-k trail race in Reading. She brought home more silverware for the Wanderers finishing first in the women 30-39 category. Because no information is available anywhere on the internet on this race, this report is based on The Great One's first hand account, which is as follows:

"Clearly I do not learn from past mistakes. I stated after last year's race that if I came to my senses I wouldn't do this race again. Well, now we know, I have no sense. This race is brutal! For starters, the first mile is one looooong climb up Mt. Penn. And that is no exaggeration. At no point during the initial mile does it level off. Whew! Talk about sucking wind! And then the rest of the race is spent running over ankle-twisting rocks and more hill climbing. I think the most amusing part of the race was coming downhill. Clearly it is perpetually fall up on Mt. Penn. There were so many leaves you couldn't see the ground and so it was basically like skiing on leaves.

Somehow I  had the crazy idea that I would be able to finish this race in under an hour. This was the day of delusional thinking. My finish time: 1:14. Surprisingly, that was good enough to win first place in the 30 - 39 category. But the best thing about this race is the post-race barbeque. For such a small race they really go all out: hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken, pasta, etc. Yummy! Who could ask for more at 10:30 a.m. on a Sunday!?"

Well done, Susan!

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