Sunday, December 11, 2022

My Golden Ultra, "65 Ultras for 65 years of age"

 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!






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