So this is a 24 hour race and . . . . yep according to my time I only lasted 11:28:04. So much to say. This was my first attempt at any running distance beyond a marathon. I really wasn't prepared for the terrain either. I can handle significant hills, but I wasn't ready for sand and rocks. They really took a toll on my ankles and foot muscles over the course of the day. Laps 2 and 3 were probably too fast. If I would have kept my laps around 1:10:00 I might have lasted a couple more laps. Once Misty and Kim got back to the race from their tourism excursion to Arches National Park I became lazy and tired. They were enablers in my early race exit. No excuses though, I was the one that made the decision to call it a day about 12 hours prior to the race finish.

Better terrain preparation, longer training runs, practice night runs when tired.

After my last lap I walked a few miles with Misty and Kim and Tymber so, although not official according to the race results, I did complete 50 miles in under 12 hours which for me is nothing to sneeze at. Immediately following the race (well, before the race actually ended) I vowed to come back next year and knock out a hundy. I will learn fast from this being my first time at a longer distance and will come back stronger faster and better mentally prepared.


This is a good race. Since it was a loop there wasnt really a need for aid station or volunteers. There was a jug of water and some gels halfway through the loop. The base camp aid station had a variety of foods and water/heed throughout the day such as bananas, watermelon, trail mix, doritos, peanut butter and jelly, some sort of bars, and I am sure many different things throughout the night that I did not experience.