Hi folks! I thought I'd squeeze in another ultra while the weather was still (kind of) (relatively) not too hot! Anyway, while we were in Prescott for another week after being in CA. I felt good, so I did the same route I did a month ago on the circle trail and ended at our home! I had a great first half of the run and had some real nice strong breezes in my face which cooled me off. The day gradually got hot near 85 and that sun was wicked hot. I hiked, walked, and jogged for the last 8 miles or so - all on familiar territory.
I had great tunes and podcasts to listen to the whole way which kept my mind active. I actually got to meet Michael Versteeg on the trail about half way through my run of 30 miles. Michael won last years 260 mile Cocodona trail race in Arizona, so it was great finally meeting him! We talked for a bit and he seemed really cool and easy to talk with.
Lori and Sunny met me again at the 15 mile mark and I had my sandwich and chips and changed out my water bottles with cold new ones. What a relief that was. I met another runner guy who was bombing up Wolverton mountain on the same trail I was on. He not only ran another 1-2 miles up the mountain, turned around and ran down - then past me up around 3 miles later! He was going really fast down the trail which to me way to dangerous to go that fast on this very rocky terrain. Oh well!
The run took me about the same time as the last run I did on this course which was around 8 1/2 hours. I got in the tub real soon and was soon refreshed with a couple of nice cold beers. Starting at 6:30 am or so, I got in around 3 pm. It was nice to be back at that time for sure.
Thanks again you all for the support!
$100.00 Donated to the Shirley Marcos Alzheimer's Research Center on 6/16/22
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.