I'm glad to see a race report for this. I hadn't heard about it until late last week, but I'm definitely interested in trying it next year. Midnight's right about in my wheelhouse, much more so than 6am.

The loop was cool as you could actually keep track of your splits.  Now, 10 times around might have been a bit much, though.

I didn’t realize you guys were running too… (I did see a few SUVs w/ the USAT stickers though.) It would have been nice meeting y’all.

The temp was much cooler than the condition we normally have in July which certainly made ‘going long’ much easier.

It did feel weird running during the hours I normally have a sound sleep – the adrenaline kept the body moving while the drowsiness slowly crept in.

Somewhere on my 4th loop, an ATV driven by a volunteer (or a cop) shined its headlight directly into my eyes. I tumbled and did a face plant into a pile of dirt!! Lol.

Somehow, there’s a discrepancy w/ the # of loops I ran and the # they logged in. Just before I headed out for the last loop, I checked with one of the ‘lap counters’ and was surprised to be told that she only logged in 5 loops. (She thought I was beginning on the 6th loop!!) It’s understandable though… as there were 200 people running on the same loop over and over… ;) Anyway, I emailed the RD along w/ the splits of each 5K as well as the accumulative times that are stored in my watch.

Apparently there’s a second Sheriff’s star shape medal given to 50K finishers and I LOST it!!

The more I think about this race, the better it gets!  Great run, DB.  We lucked out with the weather too!  Not quite El Scorcho...Hopefully they'll fix the lighting issues for next year!

After reading the article about the race director it puts the whole race in a new perspective. It was actually pretty darn well organized for a first time race and a first time race director, plus the fact that it only cost $25 definitely made it worth it! Great job out there, I think it helped you to start off slow with Ang and I.

Good job Doug!  Must've been weird running so late at night but nice to be so much cooler than the day.  Great race...

Doug - Great run! That had to be a really neat experience. There's no way I would have the endurance for something like that now, but a midnight race would be something I'd love to try in the future.

Carbo loading was the only way I could justify them, that and not wanting to vary my routine too much.