Smith's Challenge 10K Trail Race

From June 17th

Every year on Father's Day, a 10K race is held on the trails of Lancaster County Central Park. Because the race is in honor of Father's Day, it is for men only and features women in bikinis at the water stops. That's actually the main reason that I like to run the race. Ha, ha. No, the real reason that I like the race is that it's a good test for me. I don't get the chance to do a lot of trail running so the course is always challenging for me and is a good gauge of my fitness level. The course is constantly going up and down steep hills and has two small water crossings. It was a hot and humid day even at 10:00am when the race started and this race showed me just how far off my conditioning was at the time. My Dad accompanied me to the race and shot some pictures of the event.

And we're off!


This picture makes it look like I was running really fast. I wasn't.


Approaching the finish.