Holy cow. I LOVED this race!! Chippy, Trixie, and I started out together. The first 10K was ridiculously crowded AND on single track AND was an out-and-back so there were people coming the opposite direction! There was nothing to do but walk.
Once we got on the 12.5 mile loop things instantly cleared up and Trixie and I pulled ahead and started running. I was wearing a giant foam cowboy hat so we obviously spent a lot of time entertaining the other runners and talked to lots of people. We sexually harassed one guy and then had to pay for it later when we ran into him and his wife in the medical tent. :) I believe it was on the first lap that we saw Jeff and Hilton and I mooned them. Hilton totally raised the bar, though, and gave me and Trixie a fruit basket. Awesome.
The aid stations were great and I ate mostly M&Ms and potatoes dipped in salt. Drank Gatorade, coke, or water depending on what I felt like. I didn't carry a bottle so I only drank every 3-5 miles but it worked out great.
We started the second lap and I still felt really good (this is mile 18 or 19) so we just kept running. At the out and back we started walking up the hills a lot and my legs started hurting so I decided that I needed to get the race over with and I needed to walk less. At about mile 23 I started to get the pain that I was expecting and I was happy about that for some weird reason. If it wasn't hard it wouldn't be worth it, you know? Trixie and I started running faster and started passing people like crazy! We had lots of good running stretches at about 8:35 pace and it felt SO good. We went through an aid station and I thought we only had 5 miles left so we kept a really hard pace but we were really 7 or 8 miles out. Got to the last station and they said we had 2.7 miles left and those 2.7 miles seemed so freaking long but we were still doing sub 10s. It was just so cool to run that hard for so long at the end of an ultra and be passing so many freaking people!
I did have one problem, though. I had a urinary tract infection. Derek called in a prescription for me and I picked it up in Houston on Friday but the infection was still lingering which made me have NO bladder control. I peed all over myself a LOT, but I'm used to that. :) Derek, I love you and thank you for the drugs!
Crossed the finish line and Aaron came to meet us and helped us back to the chairs. I could barely walk.
I am totally hooked! I can't wait to do another one. I loved it.

Nothing. First ultra, so it's just a learning experience.

Sat, ate, tried to walk occasionally. My IT band and hip flexors were freaking trashed beyond belief. I was more sore after this than after my Ironmans but that is because I ran hard and I was proud of that!


Um, training? Longest run was 16 miles.


This is one of the best races I have ever done. Great organization, great food, just awesome. I will be back next year for sure.