It was a great day overall on December 11, 2021. I managed to pull off another Ultra adventure run with my great ultra running buddy, BJ! Wow, what a day on the Arizona Trail near Oracle, Arizona. We did just about 28 miles exclusively on the Arizona Trail starting at Freeman Road Trailhead to Tiger Mine Trailhead for 27.4 miles.
Just having Covid not more than 3 weeks ago I managed to buck up and run/hike this adventure run. I did a few longer runs beforehand. We did this run in a little over 8 hours and along the way had a great time telling stories, singing, and eating our favorite foods we had packed for the entire route. This route has no water whatsoever so we had to take everything with us to make it up to Tiger Mine trailhead where Lori and Sunny were waiting for us! What a lovely sight that was to see Lori and Sunny about 1 mile away from our finish on the trail. What a great way to finish on a lovely but very cool sunset overlooking the entire area. We gained just about 4000 feet overall. I had some issues where my things were cramping up a bit, but I managed to take care of them as they happened. No biggie.
Lori and Sunny dropped us off at the trailhead at 9:15 and we were running at 9:20. All day it was very cool as we ran south on the AZT. There were 2 significant climbs which I was not really prepared for but managed to get up slowly but the body finally warmed up and the trail was way more manageable for me after that. BJ was incredible with his stoic running ability to manage an even pace all day. It was fantastic to have him for this great adventure run. I had a great time. Afterward, we had a drink at our favorite bar in Oracle, then had a super fast meal at Carls Jr., had a beer or two at home, then actually managed to get in a hot tub later on. We immediately went to bed and called it a day. And what a day it was!
Thank you all for your support. Here are some pics of the day.
12/13/21 Donated $100.00 to the Shirley Marcos Alzheimer's Center
