This was by far the most technical race I’ve ever done with terrible footing, huge climbs, and very cold temperatures.  44 runners started this race, only 23 finished.

Fortunately, I was one of the finishers, coming in 30 minutes better than my goal at 35 1/2 hours.  My time would have been much closer to the 36 hour cut-off if I didn’t have “drill sergeant”  Tracy pacing me and another racer for the last 11 miles; she personally pushed us to come in 30 minutes ahead of schedule.

More to come