There has been a fairly significant change in
events since the ALS half marathon. On 7/2/2011 I ran my first official trail
run. It was fairly flat and had a very wide road as a trail. The following
weekend I ran with some friends to Stack Rock off of Bogus Basin Road. It was
beyond beautiful and I was literally hooked at first sight! After that run I
never wanted to run on the road again. The following week I met up with a group
of people to run in the middle of the night on the same night as the full moon.
It was beyond amazing. Here's what was incomprehensible about that night. At
night, when the sun goes down, all my senses are aroused. I'm scared of the
dark normally so I'm hyper vigilant in every way. My ears were sensitive to
sounds, my eyes were working hard to find any figure, shadow or change in the
scenery, my skin was happy to feel the coolness of the night (63 perfect
degrees), my nose smelled all the aromas of night. I fell in love with the moon
that night. I thought about the moon the entire next day and could not get it
off my mind.
I have done something insane! I've signed up for the Wild Idaho 50K Endurance
Ultramarathon. www.runwildidaho.com
The race is 8/6/2011. This has cut 2 months off of my training plan for a
marathon and I'm doing MORE than a marathon. Nothing rational in that thought
process but who cares...I'm only living once and I don't know what I'm capable
of until I try.
Drinking coffee on the way to the race start the morning of the 50K.
It was cold and it had been a very cold nights sleep. I had no idea the joy that awaited me on the trail....no idea at all!
My final sprint across the finish line
Finish time of WIFKER - Wild Idaho 50K (first ever 50K) 10:23:10 - 08/06/2011
Receiving my award from the RD - Ben Blessing
The salt on my shorts I wore during the race. No road running ever left me this depleted.
I was hooked. I would do this again and again and again! I knew that this trail ultra was not my last and that I would be back for more.
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