This is my second ultra this month... I love doing these things.. It is amazing how beautiful these trails are.. I started running and I think I ran about 75% of the race despite the fact that there were some areas that were incredible steep.
I had a great race until about mile 24 or so, then my right knee started hurting quite a bit, specially on the downhills. I managed to keep a good pace throughtout the whole race.
Again, I am just amazed of the trails and the camaderie of the ultrarunners. They are just plain simple and nice people. No competition among themselves, and I am loving to run by myself. Whever I feel I have someone approcahing from behind I simply let them through so they can be on their way and I can continue my run alone. If I am catching somebody, I simply pass them and don't slow down, I simply keep on running.

This particular course was very hard, lots and lots of lose rocks that were kind of dangerous. I felt that I was beginning to have a blister so I stop in one of the rest stations and put some vaseline on my feet. That I think worked well. The blsiter did not continue developing, but I still have it. I pierced after i came home to drain it and it feels better already.

I am loseing a couple of toe nails though, I am not complaining, it comes with the territory.. right?

Nothing...

walked, stretched a little, talked to other runners, ate vegetarian soup, washed my legs with tecnu (to remove any posion oak oil) and drove home.. that was my warm down.


I think I am still running very conservative. After I finish i usually think, " I could have gone faster". Next time I will do that..


Thank you to Sarah and Wendall, from pacific trail runs.