Four Peaks Challenge 2016
This is the second year for this event which consisted last year of a hiking challenge. The hiking challenge included 4 hills in the area for a total of about 11 miles of hiking. This year, they added a new option. Instead of driving to each trailhead, you could sign up for the Elite challenge and follow a route of roads and trails to get to and from the Four Peaks. This version consisted of about 20 miles of trails and hills. Yes, if you know me at all, you know I elected the crazy long version. I got there about 6:00 for registration which was handled smoothly and efficiently. They had pancakes and bacon and oatmeal. I had some oatmeal and put my race number on and then dropped my stuff in my car. The nice thing about small races is parking is not a huge nightmare. At 6:20 they had some announcements for those of us doing the long race including some notes on the course. Then we lined up at the start line for the countdown to 6...