What's that girl up to?
This past weekend, Kathy embarked on her 14th Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd. It was also her 56th 100-miler to-date. In typical Kathy fashion, we've not really seen her slow down since the 100, but we did get a few minutes to discuss highlights from this exciting weekend.
Cody:
Clearly, you finished the race! How did it go?
Kathy:
It went a lot better than I thought it would! Especially considering that I was sick the week of the race and haven't been training as much as I usually do this year. It helped that I ended up meeting/running with a friend and learning about 200-mile races. In the end, we got it done!
Cody:
Did you have any interesting experiences overnight?
Kathy:
I sleep-ran 4-5 miles between Mad Dog and Savannah's Corner! I was swerving from one side of the road to the other, barely aware of it happening. Then, all of a sudden, I saw something in front of me and realized it was an aid station. I thought, "What is this light in front of me? Oh! It's people!" I was wondering why my friends didn't wake me up but they were probably sleep-runnning too. Overall it was a pretty uneventful, but beautiful nigh with clear skies and a bright moon!
Cody:
What surprised you, if anything, at this year's race?
Kathy:
Camille Herron signing up surprised me, and so did having so many course records set this year!
Cody:
You did the Urban Adventure 100 less than a month ago, how did this race compare and how are you feeling with two 100-milers on your legs?
Kathy:
My legs are a little tired, but I'm feeling pretty good. I did a walk/run this morning. Of course my feet are sore, but my legs felt better after/during Pumpkin than they did at Urban. Now I'm getting ready for Tulsa Run this weekend!
Cody: You're also the race director of the Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd, how do you manage the race and run it? How did this year compare with previous Pumpkin Hollers?
Kathy: When Ken asked me to join the race committee, I made a deal with them that I would help with all of the pre and post-race things, so I could still run the race. We have a fabulous committee working before and on race day. It's really hard to try and manage things during, so when it's over I help with tear down and pack things up. I guess it's a pretty good deal! People ask how I recover from doing 100's and I think the secret might be doing all of this activity to clean and organize post-race--it keeps rigor mortis from setting in.
Congrats on another 100-mile finish, Kathy!
Photo cred: Arnold Begay
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