Painful Elimination finished!

Managed to run a solid 7 loops (29 miles) this weekend. That was my first time doing back to back Ultra runs, just 7 days apart). Can't say I felt completely rested going into this one. But the weather was perfect, trail was in great shape, and once I got warmed up it was pretty smooth running.

Slightly overdid it with my potassium intake, trying to keep electrolytes up while sweating in the noon sun. Going to be much more careful in the future, I was in a rush and didn't bother to measure. I might have run another 3 loops if it hadn't been for that. But that's alright, finished without injury and preparing for the Evergreen 50k race Sep 9th!

Marquette Trail Ultra 50k finished!

This was the most fantastic race I've run so far. 31 miles of amazing trails along the shore of Lake Superior in Upper Peninsula Michigan. Four peaks to climb, outstanding views from the summits, with some very runnable flatter parts between them. It started at 5am, running with headlamp in the dark for almost 2 hours. I finished in 8.5 hours, 96th of 149 finishers + 8 DNF.  Photo Album

And that was pretty much exactly my goal time. I spent at least 20-25min goofing off taking over 500 pictures and enjoying the views. And I wanted to finish with no injuries and in good shape, because I'm running another Ultra this weekend.... the Painful Elimination at Comlara Park.

Two difficult Ultras in 7 days!