GREEN MONSTER

October 12, 2014

Wellsboro, PA - Gabriel decided to race The Green Monster Trail Challenge 25K perhaps 12 hours before race day. He packed his car, loaded his family, and headed out to Wellsboro, PA. He felt like racing, he felt like suffering.

Once again, it was not an uneventful morning. Having to register race morning, Gabriel once again left it late and this resulted in a very sluggish opening mile on the road with the familiar pack. It took the first major climb, a two-mile Deer Trail Climb at 10% to wake him from his slumber. And then he took off.

The course was phenomenal, blending beautiful singletrack with some muddier sections that were not expected. He knew there would be 4-5 major climbs, and terminating with the descent of Frankenstein's Face, a scree-filled drop at -32% grade that absolutely blew out the quads. It was beautiful.

Finishing strongly on the road with a final mile in 5:43, Gabriel relished the new course record and prize earnings...