Dirty German 50K - RunUltra Marathon

I didn't do a great taper for this. Basically one week. My legs were very fatigued from the start but I knew that was going to happen and was okay with it, since I wasn't really trying to smoke this. I felt like I handled nutrition okay. I dilly-dallied at some of the aid stations, though, especially the one at home base. I was trying to get updates on others. They had the most fantastic tasting gels at this race. I can't remember the name but I will investigate. They had Cheez-its at every aid station. Anyone that knows me knows it was hard for me to get over my cheez-it addiction, so it was pretty difficult for me to pass them up. I pondered over eating them. I didn't think they would provide me with what I needed physically but I knew they would taste so good. I did finally decide, at the last aid station, to eat a handful. They were dry and again provided nothing I needed, but they tasted delicious.

Running on the paved path on the second loop was torture for me. I ended up walking a good portion of this. My walk is fast so I feel like I didn't sacrifice too much on that. There was one point where my hair got caught on a branch and yanked me backwards. It took a bit of time and a little bit of help to get it out. As a result I had this enormous knot in my hair that took an hour to get out later than night. There was also one point where you had to duck under a fallen tree. I did duck but I got up too soon and bumped my head really hard. This hurt like hell and as I was running I kept looking around to make sure I was okay. I'm not sure what looking around did or how it helped me determine I was okay. I guess if I wasn't seeing shit then I was good to go. It really hurt, though.





Nothing much. I enjoyed this day of running. If I wanted to do 'better' I would taper.

Sat around with the Animal Camp and chilled. I did go into the creek to cool off the legs a little. Took my neices about 50 yards from the finish to wait for Chrissy to come in and then we ran her in. Gracie booked ass to the finish line - there was no way either one of us was catching her after running 31 miles. She's only 4 but she kicked our asses. lol


I could have put some longer runs in my training. I had a few weeks off from injury and built off of that. I didn't want to push it too much.


This is a very runable course for anyone. I actually would have preferred some more decent climbs. I like hills. I like to walk them, too, as it can provide a much needed break. These hills were all runable. I would recommend this race to almost anyone. It can be a great introduction to trail running for folks.