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Sunmart 50 Mile Ultra - Run

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Huntsville, Texas
United States
40F / 4C
Overcast

Total Time = 11h 20m 7s
Overall Rank = 171/193
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 4/9

Run

11h 20m 7s
50 miles
13m 36s min/mile

Comments:

i honestly can't remember much of this race. i remember the start, it was cold and Q forgot his chip. i remember mile four when my ankle started to hurt and mile 14ish when achilles pain forced me to alter my stride. i remember fit falling...and bleeding, (it's mandatory for her to do this:)) and cletus laughing his ass off at her. i remember i had to run with a flexed foot for a lap or so, as flexing the calf was very painful. i remember wanting to cry and then thinking 'there is no crying in ultras'. i remember my best pal fit sticking with me and letting me pace us. there were a few times when i had to run faster than she may have wanted and there were way more times that i was running slower than she wanted but i did what my legs would allow me and she stuck by my side the whole way. i cannot thank her enough, had she not been beside me i would have stopped after the third lap and fell into an ice bath, but i couldn't let her down. i love her for that. i remember chippy's frozen little smile that we were so happy to see every 12.5 miles, freezing her ass off to see 5 fools run through the texas wilderness. i remember seeing aaron come in for his last lap, smiling ear to ear and waving ol' glory. i remember passing Q during an out and back on the third lap and trying to get enough energy and trixieness in my voice to cheer him on. i remember the cold and the darkness of the last three miles when it was too dangerous for us to run. i remember walking as fast as our broken bodies would carry us, what i did NOT remember is the words to eye of the tiger, and again, fit was there to help me out. i remember trying not to pee my pants as fit called chickens from all over the state to come and join us...beGAWK! most of all, i remember the relief we felt as we saw the light of the tents and the red glow of the numbers on the finisher's clock. and we want to do twice that distance in three months?!WTF!

Post race

Event comments:

i think we all agreed that the race wasn't that much fun, but the weekend was awesome. it wasn't the race's fault, it was an easy course in a beautiful park. it was well supported and there were more spectators than one would expect. it was just a bad day for most of us. i will return to do this again as i have unfinished business in Huntsville, TX.

Last updated: 2006-12-11 12:00 AM

Running
11:20:07 \| 50 miles \| 13m 36s min/mile
Age Group:	0/9
Overall:	0/193
Performance:
Lap 1 2:32:38.35 Lap 2 2:42:08.55 Lap 3 3:01:06.75 Lap 4 3:04:13.30 most impressive lap as we walked well over 3 miles. yay us.
Course:
Keeping cool		Drinking