Death Valley Marathon... CANCELLED

I ran about a half on the course anyway - it was GORGEOUS.  Really amazing canyon.  A bunch of people from the race came out and ran too, so everyone was there just to run and have fun.  Everyone was really friendly and it was a great time.  I wanted to do more, but my work buddies were waiting at the mouth of the canyon.  It was a bummer to turn back... yet a relief too.  Because the winds really did start getting nasty.  I understood why they cancelled the race.  And that was only about halfway up to the highest point of the race.  It got to the point where I was running uphill and AGAINST the wind which probably came as much as 50 mph gusts with windchill temps probably getting to below zero.  It felt like I wasn't moving much at all... on the other hand, the wind was so strong that it felt kind of cool to really lean into it, like being in one of those wind tunnels.  And then the wind would change and I would almost tumble.  Or get thrown to a side.