Hennepin 100- good first 100 for mid/back of the pack runner?
Curious if other back of the pack folks have had a good experience with this race or any other similar flat races with a ~30hr cutoff? This feels like not enough time for me.
Some background, my first 100 mile attempt was at Midwest States 100. I was multiple hours off from the cutoff at 100k, though that course is way technical and was probably too ambitious.
My fastest 50 miler was relatively flat, not technical. I finished just over 12 hours.
My long runs on trail are usually 13-14 minute miles.
I don't want to be chasing cutoffs the whole race. I also don't really want to fail at this distance again. I do prefer more forest-y single track, but I live in Chicago so training for that sucks. I want to have a little bit more of a social life this summer and not driving all around the Midwest trying to get my hill training in.