Race day was perfect, foggy SF weather. The miles ticked by easily, and I never entered the pain cave as others often do in ultras. I just executed the plan I created – run 50 minutes, saunter over to the snack table, see what goodies they had to offer, then take off again for another 50 minute run. All in all, I ran 41 laps which came out to 31.2 miles. Christy came in first at 44 laps, and I came in second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There wasn’t a lot of fanfare, but internally I was beaming. I ran my first ultra, and it wasn’t that hard! I got a glimpse of the fueling needed, the time on feet, and started to seek my first official 50k\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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