Trail shoes were a must, one runner I talked to felt he may have done well taking his 'rock' shoes instead his trails. In the end I was 43rd out of 369, 10th of 73 in my a/g, and escaped without any twists, scrapes or broken bones. I think this style of running suits me well as I have a tendency to watch my footing anyway when I run, so guarding my foot placement in a race seems to be fairly natural for me. That said, I had a few close calls with foot movement that could have gone bad. I'm not sure how many had problems with the rocks but I know a few got caught up in the raised roots. Pace is never something to regard in these races, it's you and the course and the other runners.
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