First 50 Miler
Felt great throughout the race. Learned a lot through this experience and look forward to getting better the 50+ mile ultra distance.
Going into this race my training wasn’t consistent at all , mostly averaging 50 mile weeks for the past 6 months but due to work and life I couldn’t go passed that often.
The race was great. I went out extremely conservative, I was honestly scared to blow up after the 50k distance and I held back, found myself a pack where we were hiking the single track and decided to stay with that group for the first 20 miles. Those random conversations with people is huge and helps keep your mind distracted for sure.
What I learned is trust your nutrition. You will lose your legs and then get them back. It is truly full of ups and downs. But fight through that pain.
- I need to get better at running downhill. Going forward I will put an emphasis on learning to run downhills fast.
-I will definitely invest in some trekking poles, those with poles made the climbs look so easy.
Overall, for my first 50 mile race , I’m happy and grateful that I did not DNF.