So it SHOULDN’T have been a great experience, what with the wasp swarms and ankle-twisting, but I gotta say that I don’t know when I’ve had such a great time running.  Last Saturday I ran from Saratoga Gap to Highway 1 through the woods in what was the inaugural Skyline to the Sea 50k and though it was pretty and everything, what will stick with me was the wasp-sting dancing of me and my fellow runners.

At first it was funny watching the people ahead of me on the trail start to hop and swat as we ran through our first swarm.  Of course, by the 4th time the screaming ahead around the bend was more like a bad horror movie.  But it was still funny.

I ended up with 19 stings that I could count, and MAN they burn…it’s almost a week later and they still itch.  And my ankle is still taped up from the fall I took.  But I hobbled on and made it through and STILL think it was a great way to spend an afternoon.

I don’t know if that means I’m out of my mind or if my brain is still numb from all the wasps that got stuck in my hair.