Lake Carroll Triathlon Race Report

DNS. Did Not Start. Self- cancelled the race, for myriad reasons. Tossed and turned most of the night, woke to a downpour, thunder and lightning. Another thing was that my back was stiff and sore, so I didn't want to injure myself. Mostly though, I wanted to go home and spend some time with my family rather than waiting for a 9:00 race start.

I got to Lake Carroll Saturday, checked in and got my race bag filled with goodies.

That done, I set up my campsite.

Beautiful area, plenty of wide open spaces (note top of ski hill center back of photo - it is hilly there!). I grabbed a sub for dinner, read a bunch of Born to Run, and hit the hay. As mentioned above, I woke up and decided not to participate in the tri; instead, I headed home.

After my daughter's soccer game, I took a reluctant son out for a run. Once we hit the trails in Maple Grove Forest Preserve, he really lit up and started enjoying himself. No more crabby kid. On the way home, we came up with a plan. When he could, during the week he would train with his mom, while occasionally on the weekends, he and I (and others if they so desire) would find a new trail to run on - thus, the Trail Running Project was born. Hope you'll join us on the journey.