What a day! I signed up for this on a whim as a training run and I had no idea what I was in for. I woke up at 4:30am and drove over from where I was staying. It was already hot and humid at 6am and was looking like we were in for one of the hottest days of the summer. I probably should have looked more closely at the elevation before I signed up for this since it was a race on a ski hill! But there we were off and the course starts by running on a trail up to the top of the hill. From there it was a mix between trails and country roads. The trails were great because there was actually some shade to make the suffocating heat a little more bearable. As the day progressed it just kept getting hotter and hotter and there was not a lot of shade so lots of people were dropping out of the race. I managed to keep going by putting ice in everywhere I could! The course is a lot of going up and down and back and forth on ski hill, especially at the end where you do a couple loops for the third or forth time. The run ends with you going down a hill for the second time on slippery steps which were really dangerous on legs that weren't functioning by then. The race was brutal but a lot of that was just how hot it was, which no one can control. All the aid stations did have ice and the volunteers were super helpful! I met some great people at the race and might even be back next year.