Camino Del Rio & Dos Rios & Hartmans

South Town and I-Bar

Hartmans: Via Dos Rios

Van Tuyl + Town

It was a race! Ben, eventual 2nd place, went out fast and made it a race. It was a cold start: 17 degrees and it would only warm up to 21 or maybe 22 degrees by the finish. Consistency was key for the day. I took the lead at mile 1 or 1.5. I put on a couple of surges, grew my lead. At mile 4, at a switchback, I estimated it was at 1 minute. From there, I just ran consistent. There was about an icey inch of crusty snow mixed with leaves for most of the race. 

Mile 6: fast, downhill, mile 7 :similar. I cought a runner???? He was in the 50k and had somehow missed a mile, of course, and jumped in front. I went on. My lead, i guessed was 2 minutes. We had dropped into the gorge and would have to soon climb out. I was averaging 6:30 pace. That would change and increase to 6:50 with the climb out. 

There was a little bit of confusion every time I ran through an aid station. They weren't quite ready for runners yet. I made it up the last climb: it felt sluggish grinding out a 8:30 mile after running 6:30s on icey leaves and slick snow spots.

But finished at last! About 2 to 3 minutes in front of Ben.

Goal:    #project 50/50
9 out of 50 States: last 8 months. 7 CR
11 out of 50 States: All time.  9 CR

SportHill kept me warm in the frigid Temps! Yay!
It got down to 14 degrees last night. I stayed warm in my sleeping bag!

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Camino Del Rio & Dos Rios & Hartmans

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Van Tuyl + Town

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