Yesterday I finished my 65th Ultra in the Colossal Vail 55K race. I just so happened also to be 65 years of age too! Pretty cool. I signed up for this race at the last minute and figured it will be a good "ultra" training run for my upcoming Oracle Rumble 55k I'm doing next month. The weather was just perfect for running too!
I finished this race in a little over 9 hours which for me, was harder this time because I wasn't as prepared as I usually am before a race, and the race was particulary rocky in quite a few places. This led to my feet getting super tired of hitting rocks. I managed to fall on the trail a few times, and even in a small creek bed trying to jump over! Oh well, I chalk it up to being overly tired - no biggie. I also had to pick out a few cactus needles embedded into my elbow, but again, no biggie.
The course was mainly an out and back type - entirely run on the Arizona Trail just down south of Tucson. The course got a little long for me especially because we couldn't use any sort of headphones or ear buds. I did manage to get in behind a great group of runners going my speed who were talking the whole time, so that got my mind off what I doing.
Overall, a great day was had. Lori and Sunny met me 4 miles from the end at an aid station and at the very end too! That was so well appreciated! Thank you Lori!!! A barbecued pork sandwich and some pizza and beers ended the night at home and I was asleep soon thereafter!
Thank you all of course for your support!
$100.00 Donated to the Shiley Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center 12/11/22
Here are some pictures!
