The Buffalo Stampede Trail Run - RunOther

The first 4 miles were probably the toughest both technically and incline/decline. The first 3 miles were flat and allowed us to get our legs warmed up. Tons of mud and rocks.

We hit this huge technical downhill, with tons of switchbacks and man made bridges. These bridges would be huge 20 to 30 foot logs with the side carved off and pieces of wood nailed to them....did I mention I have vertigo. There is no way I could ride my bike over those.

After the long downhill it was time for hill #1. Thankfully it was on a fire road and not singletrack.

We popped out on to a road and someone asked if we were short or long course. It was tempting to say short but instead we headed back out into the woods for climb #2.

We went down again and were in a valley and crossed this same stream about 10 times. It was flat, cool and very pretty for this part of the run.

We climbed again and got offered a Red bull....I can't remember all the details after this. The trail ended up along side a golf course and at some point we came to a road and then we had to enter the golf course and go up this long hill IN THE SUN. This was a tough hill and it wasn't even one of the six. It was brutal being out in the sun climbing this hill.

We crossed a stream that was about knee high....and at this point we only had about 4 miles to go. This is where I ran out of water in my camelback. I have never ran out of water in all the years that I have used that thing!

The last few miles had a huge climb through the woods, technical and lots of rocks. At the end of the long climb I saw Evil and she said there was only about a mile left, we came out of the woods and there was the farm!!! Woohooo we were done.

I was starting to get tired, but I felt good and if I had water with me I felt like I could have gone for about another 30 minutes. I walked the six climbs and ran most everything else.

Carry more water.

Took off my shoes and socks and laid in the grass.


Not being able to run up the hills.


They advertised food for 5 and since we were done at 4, I was starving at 5:30. We left and went to Sheetz for dinner.