It's Tuesday, I'm back in Berkeley, and I just ran my first Hardrock last Friday/Saturday in 34:42. I wanted to record thoughts immediately after the experience, because it was hard , and now that it's been a few days, I'm already forgetting the pain. [I don't want kids, so you'll have to insert your own reference to childbearing here if you so desire.] Start The race started at 6AM. I slept reasonably well the night before in my truck just behind the school gym where the race starts--Silverton is very low key, so it's easy to dirtbag inside the city limits. I did, however, have a bit of GI non-normality, but it didn't seem like a big deal. I started in shorts, T-shirt, and a windshirt. As expected, the windshirt soon became too warm, likely because of the clouds that were obviously going to bring rain sooner rather than later. First Climb I started maybe 30-40 deep in the field, going faster than I'd ever climbed in training, but not feel...
thank you for not using the cliche "hiking the PCT: priceless" after listing off your expenses. double bonus points if you don't post "Best. Hike. Ever." when you finish.
ReplyDeleteRayon is a "natural synthetic" usually made from wood pulp, thought "bamboo socks" could be considered Rayon as well, Viscose I believe is another trade term for the same material.
ReplyDeleteI bought some rayon blended dress socks at a cheap dept. store once and they're one of my favorites, as they don't seem to get quite as hot as my pure nylon ones do, still breathe quite well but keep some of the softness of cotton without being too thick. There's a whole class of "reblended natural fibers" or reformulated natural fibers that seem to work pretty well for socks at least.