
Marine Base Quantico
I wasn't 3 miles into the first of two laps on this 8.3 mile circuit before I started wondering what I had gotten myself into. I was dead tired, lungs heaving, legs heavy, and everyone and their mothers passed me (that includes the Clydesdales). Oh, did I mention how polite the ladies were when they said "Passing on your left." ?
On Sunday August 26, the Quantico military course was open to the public which only happens a few times a year, so I had to be there to take advantage. It's brutal ravine off-road riding that is described as being like Fountain Head but with hills. It really wasn't...